3 days ago
in National
Moments after former officer Derek Chauvin was convicted of murder in George Floyd's death, copies of the original Minneapolis police statement began recirculating on social media. It attributed Floyd's death to "medical distress" and made no mention that the Black man had been pinned to the ground at the neck by Chauvin, or that he'd cried out that he couldn't breathe.
3 days ago
in National, Trending
Leaders of a North Carolina city where a Black man was shot and killed by deputies serving search and drug-related warrants urged the sheriff Friday to release body camera video of the shooting, saying they're prepared to go to court if he doesn't.