Derek Chauvin stabbed in prison: report The Bureau of Prisons performed “life-saving measures” on an incarcerated person, who was taken to a hospital Salon · Nov 25, 2023
Derek Chauvin stabbed in prison: source The former Minneapolis police officer was convicted of murdering George Floyd in 2020. Chicago Sun-Times · Nov 25, 2023
Derek Chauvin, convicted of George Floyd’s murder, stabbed in federal prison Former police officer given ‘life-saving measures’ after attack at prison in Arizona The Independent UK · Nov 25, 2023
Ex-officer Derek Chauvin, convicted in George Floyd's killing, stabbed in prison, AP source says Former Minneapolis police Officer Derek Chauvin has been stabbed by another inmate at a federal prison in Arizona where he's serving time for the murder of George Floyd The Independent UK · Nov 25, 2023
Derek Chauvin breaks silence in first prison interview over George Floyd’s murder The interview was part of a documentary about the fallout of George Floyd’s death The Independent UK · Nov 21, 2023
Supreme Court declines to hear Derek Chauvin’s appeal in George Floyd’s murder Floyd’s murder galvanised widespread protests across America against police brutality The Independent UK · Nov 21, 2023
DEA's Domestic Surveillance 'Mission Creep' It appears that DEA agents have been employed on non-drug-related investigations for far longer than they were originally authorized. Reason · Nov 20, 2023
New York City's ban on police chokeholds, diaphragm compression upheld by state's high court New York’s highest court has upheld a New York City law that forbids police from using chokeholds or compressing a person’s diaphragm during an arrest The Independent UK · Nov 20, 2023
Supreme court rejects Chauvin’s appeal of George Floyd murder conviction Decision affirms Minneapolis ex-police officer’s conviction for second-degree murder and sentence of over 20 years in prison The Guardian - US · Nov 20, 2023
‘This film is needed now more than ever’: exploring the roots of US racism Netflix documentary Stamped from the Beginning takes Ibram X Kendi’s best-selling book and explores the question ‘what’s wrong with Black people?’ The Guardian - US · Nov 20, 2023
Africa's flourishing art scene is a smash hit at Art X It's Art Month in Nigeria — and a highlight is the celebration of art that is Art X, a wide-ranging fair that highlights "Black portraiture" as well as other creations from the continent. WEKU · Nov 18, 2023
Police board votes to fire Chicago officer accused of dragging woman by the hair during 2020 unrest The Chicago Police Board has voted to fire an officer accused of dragging a Black woman out of a car by her hair during unrest at a mall in 2020 The Independent UK · Nov 17, 2023
Chicago Police Board votes to fire cop who dragged woman by her hair and knelt on her neck Officer David Laskus was found guilty of various violations including using excessive force and making a false report in the arrest of Mia Wright. Chicago Sun-Times · Nov 17, 2023
Mistrial: Austin Police Officer’s Landmark Murder Trial Gets No Resolution A grand jury indicted Christopher Taylor after the 2020 shooting of Michael Ramos in Austin. From Criminal Justice reporter Michelle Pitcher. Texas Observer · Nov 15, 2023
The Walrus · Nov 15, 2023 Why Do Cops Keep Lying? Widespread perjury among police is well documented. Obfuscating has become a routine part of policing
The Independent UK · Nov 14, 2023 Ex-officer Derek Chauvin makes another bid to overturn federal conviction in murder of George Floyd Former Minneapolis police Officer Derek Chauvin is making another attempt to overturn his federal civil rights conviction in the 2020 murder of George Floyd, saying new evidence shows that he didn’t cause Floyd’s death
Fortune · Nov 9, 2023 Former Merck CEO Ken Frazier on the responsibility of CEOs to uphold principles despite politics Plus: Frazier talks about the shareholders who trusted his vision enough to support him in his early days at the helm.
The Independent UK · Nov 7, 2023 What to know about Elijah McClain's death and the cases against police and paramedics A jury has acquitted another Denver-area police officer who put Elijah McClain in a neck hold before the Black man was injected with the powerful sedative ketamine by paramedics and died
The Independent UK · Nov 6, 2023 2nd police officer acquitted in death of Elijah McClain, who was put in a neck hold, given ketamine A second Denver-area police officer has been acquitted in the 2019 death of Elijah McClain
The Independent UK · Nov 5, 2023 Antisemitism should be treated with same abhorrence as other racism – Dowden The Deputy Prime Minister said he was ‘disappointed’ that the same ‘moral indignation’ shown during Black Lives Matter protests had not materialised.
The Independent UK · Nov 3, 2023 Minneapolis City Council approves site for new police station; old one burned during 2020 protest The Minneapolis City Council and Mayor Jacob Frey have agreed on a new location for a police station to replace the one set on fire in 2020 response to the murder of George Floyd by a city police officer
The Guardian - UK · Nov 2, 2023 Is it right or wrong to post about conflict on social media? Perhaps it’s not about judging the act of posting or not about the war between Hamas and Israel, but interrogating the intentions behind it, says Guardian columnist Hannah Jane Parkinson
The Independent UK · Nov 2, 2023 Officer charged in Elijah McClain's death says he feared for his life after disputed gun grab A police officer charged with manslaughter and criminally negligent homicide in the 2019 death of Elijah McClain has testified that he put the 23-year-old Black man in a neck hold because he feared for his life
The Independent UK · Oct 28, 2023 Elon Musk calls SNP leader Humza Yousaf a ‘blatant racist’ Scotland’s first minister fires back at tech mogul – urging him to tackle ‘unchecked racism’ on X
The Independent UK · Oct 27, 2023 Musk responds ‘blatant racist’ to Yousaf speech made after George Floyd murder The video to which the X owner replied was posted by a right-wing account.