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Family of George Floyd considers legal action over Kanye West comments

Rapper alleges on podcast that Floyd died from drug abuse, despite former police officer Derek Chauvin’s conviction for murder

The Guardian - UK

Kanye West news – live: Rapper to buy Parler as George Floyd’s family threatens to sue

Floyd’s family is considering a lawsuit against West, according to lawyer

The Independent UK

George Floyd’s family may sue Kanye West over false claims about his death: ‘Absolutely betrayed by his comments’

The rapper claimed on a podcast over the weekend that Floyd died from the drug fentanyl during his 2020 arrest

The Independent UK

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Kanye West claims George Floyd died by fentanyl; Floyd’s family considers lawsuit

Kanye West continues to create outrage.

Tribune News Service

Kanye West sparks fresh controversy as he claims George Floyd’s killer didn’t really have knee on his neck

Rapper made the claims in an appearance on the Drink Champs podcast

The Independent UK

Jury awards $1.5 million to woman injured by LAPD projectile during Lakers celebration

LOS ANGELES — A federal jury has awarded $1.5 million to a woman who suffered a brain injury two years ago when a Los Angeles police officer shot her with a hard-foam projectile as she left the Lakers' downtown NBA title celebration.

Los Angeles Times

New play seeks to give a voice to Scotland’s black history

THE question of representation of people of colour on the Scottish stage (and, for that matter, within theatre audiences) is as complex as it is…

The National (Scotland)

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Whoopi Goldberg esperó mucho por “Till”

Whoopi Goldberg dice que le llevó más de dos décadas a Hollywood considerar que la historia de Emmett Till valía la pena para la gran pantalla

The Independent UK

For Whoopi Goldberg, 'Till' release comes after long wait

Whoopi Goldberg says it took more than two decades for Hollywood to believe Emmett Till’s story was worthy of the big screen

The Independent UK

'Tory Government wants to cancel me for caring about fairness and racial equality'

New Cabinet Office guidance will see civil servants trawling through social media profiles of speakers who attend events in Whitehall for any instances where they have criticised the government

Daily Mirror

Talk about police bias scrutinized in Kansas governor's race

Kansas’ Republican attorney general told a racial justice commission two years ago that racial bias “obviously” exists in law enforcement

The Independent UK

Civilian police oversight off to slow start

Adam Gross, executive director of the Community Commission for Public Safety and Accountability, told City Council members that out of 14 positions in the 2022 budget, only one other person besides Gross is “hired and on staff.”

Chicago Sun-Times

Jared Kushner suggested Kanye West-led ‘healing church service’ at White House after George Floyd killing

White House Chief of Staff Mark Meadows reportedly nixed the idea

The Independent UK

John Oliver: local news crime coverage gives police ‘a huge lobbying platform’

The Last Week Tonight host looked at how daily crime beat stories can misrepresent crime rates, exacerbate inequities and act as police PR

The Guardian - US

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Chicago Sun-Times

America has a path to a true racial reckoning, if only we’ll take it

Smaller circles, where people are familiar with one another, might be the most conducive environment to engage on a subject as volatile as race.

The Guardian - US

His white lives matter shirt and Tucker Carlson appearance prove it: Kanye West doesn’t want a way back

The musician’s latest controversies remind us who he’s been this whole time: a guy who will do anything to be relevant

Tribune News Service

Ahead of manslaughter trial this month, litany of motions heard for ex-officers in George Floyd killing

MINNEAPOLIS — The joint trial scheduled for a pair of ex-Minneapolis police officers charged with aiding and abetting George Floyd's killing later this month will mark the latest proceeding after two and a half years in and out of state and federal courtrooms amid the nationwide reckoning in policing reignited…

Tribune News Service

Litany of motions heard ahead of ex-Minneapolis officers' trial this month for George Floyd's killing

MINNEAPOLIS — A litany of 170 motions were argued in Hennepin County District court ahead of the joint trial of two ex-Minneapolis police officers charged with aiding and abetting George Floyd's killing, and who are already serving federal sentences for violating Floyd's civil rights.

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The Independent UK

Republican nominee pivots to crime in Kansas governor's race

The Republican candidate for Kansas governor is pivoting from education to crime as a focus in the final weeks of the campaign

Al Jazeera

US city to pay Daniel Prude family $12m after arrest death

Prude, an unarmed Black man, died after Rochester police put a hood over his head and held him down in March 2020.

The Guardian - UK

Racist hate crimes pass 100,000 in England and Wales for first time

Disability, sexual-orientation and religious hate crimes all increased last year while anti-transgender crimes rose by 56%

The Guardian - US

‘We told you so’: For Black athletes racism from college fans is a familiar story

So widespread is racist abuse from the stands that ignoring it is seen as part of a college athlete’s job

Reason

Brickbat: The Purge

Someone manually deleted 191 text messages from the phone of then-Seattle mayor Jenny Durkan following the 2020 protests in response to the death of George Floyd. That's one finding from a forensic report included in a lawsuit filed by business owners and residents over damages from those protests. The report…

The Independent UK

Ahmaud Arbery’s mother condemns Kanye West’s ‘White Lives Matter’ stunt for ‘legitimising extremist behaviour’

Wanda Cooper-Jones says the rapper’s action ’flies directly in the face’ of the support that he has shown to her and the families of other victims behind closed doors

The Independent UK

State, cops seek to bar evidence in trial over Floyd killing

Prosecutors and defense attorneys for two former Minneapolis police officers charged in the killing of George Floyd have filed more than 100 motions to limit testimony or evidence that will be allowed at trial

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