The Minneapolis Police Department has engaged in a pattern of race discrimination, according to the findings released Wednesday.
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Read More »April 27, 2022 Comments Off on Investigation finds pattern of race discrimination by Minneapolis police
The Minneapolis Police Department has engaged in a pattern of race discrimination, according to the findings released Wednesday.
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Read More »February 24, 2022 Comments Off on 3 ex-cops convicted of rights violations in George Floyd killing
Three former Minneapolis police officers were convicted of violating George Floyd’s civil rights.
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Read More »December 30, 2021 Comments Off on From Maryland to California, states diverge on police reforms after George Floyd killing
Maryland repealed its Law Enforcement Officers Bill of Rights, just one of the far-reaching policing changes passed in response to the killing of George Floyd.
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Read More »December 15, 2021 Comments Off on Chauvin pleads guilty to federal civil rights charge in Floyd’s death
Former Minneapolis police Officer Derek Chauvin pleaded guilty to a federal charge of violating George Floyd’s civil rights.
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Read More »October 13, 2021 Comments Off on Longtime Montgomery prosecutor faces 3 challengers in race focused on ‘evolving’ justice
The race to unseat Montgomery County’s long-serving chief prosecutor will focus less on who will be toughest on crime and more on who has the best plan for treating nonviolent criminals and removing vestiges of systemic bias from the criminal ...
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Read More »June 18, 2021 Comments Off on Police agencies struggling to recruit since George Floyd murder
Law enforcement agencies across the country are struggling to recruit the next generation of police officers in the year since George Floyd was killed by a cop.
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Read More »June 3, 2021 Comments Off on A year after George Floyd died, uncertainty remains in philanthropy toward racial equity
Though discussion about increasing diversity in all aspects of American life goes on and some changes have been adopted, advocates so far see little systemic progress.
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Read More »May 27, 2021 Comments Off on GOP senators set summer deadline on Congress’ policing bill
Congressional bargainers should reach a bipartisan deal on revamping policing procedures by early summer or abandon the effort, Republicans said Wednesday, a day after George Floyd’s family used visits to the White House and the Capitol to prod lawmakers to act.
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Read More »April 21, 2021 Comments Off on Chauvin’s conviction removes pro-police presumption, Md. lawyers say
The murder conviction of former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin for the recorded and widely disseminated slaying of George Floyd has removed the long and wrongly held courtroom presumption that an officer’s use of deadly force was appropriate, Maryland prosecuting ...
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Read More »April 15, 2021 Comments Off on Defense rests without Chauvin testimony at murder trial
MINNEAPOLIS — The defense at the murder trial of former Officer Derek Chauvin in the death of George Floyd rested its case Thursday without putting Chauvin on the stand, presenting a total of two days of testimony to the prosecution’s ...
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