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Alabama riverfront brawl videos spark a cultural moment about race, solidarity and justice

Bystanders who trained their smartphone cameras on an Alabama riverfront dock, as several white boaters pummeled a Black riverboat co-captain, couldn’t have known the footage would elicit a national conversation about racial solidarity

The Independent UK

The Pentagon plans to shake up DC’s National Guard, criticized for its response to protests, Jan. 6

U.S. officials say the Pentagon is developing plans to restructure the National Guard in Washington, D

The Independent UK

Short Circuit: A Roundup of Recent Federal Court Decisions

Butterfly knives, and prison atrocities, and a clueless detective.

Reason

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Police Reform and Police Recruitment Don't Have To Be at Odds

Better policing could solve the police-recruiting crisis.

Reason

‘One of the great American stories’: the incredible life of playwright August Wilson

The legendary playwright’s humble beginnings and Pulitzer-winning career are explored in the first authoritative biography of him

The Guardian - US

Florida wants to let a rightwing group teach history to children. This is appalling

PragerU’s cartoon videos for children downplay our country’s history of slavery, racism, colonialism and police brutality. Other states may follow

The Guardian - US

Is Tou Thao More Culpable Than the Other Cops Who Helped Derek Chauvin Kill George Floyd?

The former Minneapolis officer's 57-month sentence is based largely on the premise that he was "in the best position" to save Floyd.

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Noah Gragson, NASCAR Team Part Ways After Suspension Over Social Media Activity, per Report

The rookie was disciplined for liking an Instagram meme making light of George Floyd’s death.

Sports Illustrated

Kanye West performs with Travis Scott in first show since antisemitism row

‘There is no Travis Scott without Kanye West,’ Scott said during the performance

The Independent UK

Ex-officer Tou Thao sentenced to nearly five years for role in George Floyd’s murder

Tou Thao facilitated Floyd’s death because he ‘stood by and allowed it to happen’, lawyers said

Evening Standard

Ex-officer sentenced to nearly five years for role in George Floyd’s murder

Tou Thao sentenced to four years and nine months in prison for holding crowds back as other officers restrained George Floyd

The Guardian - US

Unrepentant ex-Minneapolis officer gets nearly 5 years in George Floyd’s killing

“I did not commit these crimes,” Tou Thao said in lengthy, sometimes rambling remarks at his sentencing hearing Monday.

Chicago Sun-Times

Former Minneapolis police officer Tou Thao sentenced to over four years in prison for George Floyd killing

Ex-officer was found guilty of aiding and abetting manslaughter in Floyd's death

The Independent UK

Nascar driver Noah Gragson suspended after allegedly liking meme mocking George Floyd

Gragson issued a non-specific apology after the suspension

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The Guardian - US

The Orlando Magic spat in the face of Black players by supporting Ron DeSantis

The NBA team’s backing of a US presidential candidate who has crusaded to delegitimize the horrors of slavery is hypocritical and disgusting

The Independent UK

Ex-Minneapolis officer faces sentencing on a state charge for his role in George Floyd's killing

The last former Minneapolis police officer to face sentencing in state court for his role in the killing of George Floyd is expected to learn Monday whether he’ll spend any additional time in prison

The Independent UK

Nascar driver suspended after allegedly liking meme mocking George Floyd

Gragson issued a non-specific apology after the suspension

Sports Illustrated

NASCAR Driver Noah Gragson Suspended Over Social Media Activity

The 25-year-old Cup series rookie will not race for the foreseeable future after receiving a suspension on Saturday.

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The Independent UK

Why Trump is charged under a civil rights law used to prosecute KKK terror

Trump is accused of conspiring to undermine Americans’ right to vote – a charge with roots in the Civil War’s aftermath but used to more broadly prosecute voter fraud conspiracies and election interference, Alex Woodward reports

Reason

Lawsuit Over Firing of Sports Show Host for Tweeting "ALL LIVES MATTER…EVERY SINGLE ONE" Can Go Forward

So says a federal judge in California, applying statutes that protect private employees from firing based on their "political activities."

The Independent UK

School board in Missouri, now controlled by conservatives, revokes anti-racism resolution

In the national reckoning that followed the police killing of George Floyd three years ago, about 2,000 protesters took to the streets in a St. Louis suburb

The Independent UK

Minneapolis police reforms leader hired following George Floyd's murder retiring after a year

The law enforcement veteran appointed to oversee reforms at the Minneapolis police department in the wake of George Floyd’s killing plans to retire in September

Reason

How Chris Rufo Became the Thing He Hates

His panicked manifesto contains a strong case against CRT activism, but he ultimately falls into the same trap as his enemies.

Chicago Sun-Times

Derek Chauvin to ask Supreme Court to review conviction in murder of George Floyd

Derek Chauvin was sentenced to more than 20 years in prison in the 2020 killing of George Floyd. Minnesota’s highest court denied his request to review his case.

The Guardian - US

New York to pay $13.7m to George Floyd protesters arrested or beaten by police

City agrees payout to settle class-action lawsuit from thousands who say they were victims of police brutality in 2020 protests

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