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Tucker Carlson condemned for falsely claiming Derek Chauvin didn’t murder George Floyd

‘We all have to pretend he committed murder,’ Carlson said of Chauvin

The Independent UK · Aug 3, 2022

Premier League teams to limit 'taking the knee' to significant games

Players and staff of Premier League teams have been taking the knee since the 2020 killing of George Floyd, but they will henceforth be asked to do it do it only in “significant matches”

The Hindu · Aug 3, 2022

Two new Hollywood newsletters are betting they've got the town covered

LOS ANGELES — It was June 2020, weeks after George Floyd was killed by Minneapolis police, sparking Black Lives Matter protests around the world and a widescale conversation about race.

Los Angeles Times · Aug 3, 2022

Increasing women police recruits to 30% could help change departments' culture

Departments across the country have pledged to recruit more women in order to diversify their staffs and potentially reduce use of force by police. It's called the 30x30 initiative.

WEKU · Jul 31, 2022

'It wasn’t a moment, it was a movement': Liverpool two years on from BLM protests

"The rate of progress is extremely glacial"

Liverpool Echo · Jul 31, 2022

Florida debuts new database on cops with bad records. It has holes, reform advocates say

One of the biggest cries during the police reform marches of the summer of 2020 was about the inability of the public — even some police departments — to accurately track cops with bad records.

Miami Herald · Jul 29, 2022

Dan Rodricks: Gordana Schifanelli, Dan Cox’s running mate, loses defamation suit over unsweet tweets

In the matter of Schifanelli v. Jourdak, a lawsuit filed by the conservative firebrand running to be Maryland’s next lieutenant governor, you can find elements of several storm fronts in America’s overheated political climate.

Tribune News Service · Jul 28, 2022

Ex-Minneapolis cops Kueng sentenced to 3 years, Thao 3 1/2 years for violating George Floyd's civil rights

ST. PAUL, Minn. — A federal judge on Wednesday sentenced ex-Minneapolis police Officer J. Alexander Kueng to three years in prison and former Officer Tou Thao to 3 1/2 years on criminal civil rights charges related to the 2020 killing of George Floyd in Minneapolis.

Tribune News Service · Jul 27, 2022

George Floyd deserved a better life. A new book charts his trajectory from poverty to the US prison-industrial complex – and the impact of his death

George Perry Floyd, Jr. was murdered when Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin sank his knee into Floyd’s neck for nine minutes and 29 seconds. Video footage went viral within hours, helping to inspire protests against racism and police violence that lasted all the American summer of 2020.

The Conversation · Jul 27, 2022

Tou Thao preaches from Bible but doesn’t apologise to George Floyd’s family in 22-minute speech at sentencing

The only person the disgraced officer apologised to was the court reporter who had to transcribe his rambling speech

The Independent UK · Jul 27, 2022