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(Image: Maxine Waters House Select Subcommittee) Congresswoman Maxine Waters (D-CA) is adamant about ending qualified immunity for police officers across the country and is not afraid to say it. On The Sunday Show with Jonathan Capehart, Waters said she is uninterested in any discussion of removing qualified immunity from police reform bills and the George Floyd Justice In Policing Act. “I am not giving up on qualified immunity,” Waters said on the show. “I do not want to send any messag...

Updated on May 24, 2021 at 2:21 pm For decades, demonstrators against acts of violence targeting Black Americans have chanted: "No justice, no peace." Since 2013, protesters in the streets and on social media have shouted that "Black Lives Matter." After Breonna Taylor was shot dead in March 2020 by police who raided her apartment with a no-knock warrant, protesters demanding accountability urged the country to "Say her name." Following the murder of George Floyd by an officer who knelt on his ...

Imran Ali cited “vitriol” and “partisan politics.” Published 1 hour ago Written by BET Staff Imran Ali, the Minnesota prosecutor who was co-counsel in the case against former police officer Kim Potter over the fatal shooting of Daunte Wright, reportedly resigned on Monday (May 24). According to CBS Minnesota, the assistant criminal division chief at the Washington County Attorney’s Office claims “vitriol” and “partisan politics” have made it difficult to pursue justice. The mo...

May 21, 2021 Tony Crawford, center, converses with members of the Sons of the Confederate Veterans during a protest on the Parker County Courthouse lawn in December. Weatherford Democrat file photo When it comes to racial relations both in county and nationwide, conversations can go a long way in bridging the gap, locals say. Weatherford Police Chief Lance Arnold, who joined the city as chief in 2017, said he has seen a lot of extremism on both sides of so...

A prosecutor who was co-counsel in the case against a former suburban Minneapolis police officer charged in the fatal shooting of Daunte Wright resigned Monday, saying “vitriol” and “partisan politics” have made it hard to pursue justice. The resignation of Imran Ali, the assistant criminal division chief at the Washington County Attorney’s Office, came just days after it was announced that his office would no longer handle prosecution of Kim Potter, the former Brooklyn Center officer...

Minneapolis Police Chief Medaria Arradondo calls for peace, healing Minneapolis Police Chief Medaria Arradondo expressed hope for the city in a post-verdict statement Tuesday night while asking for “calm, safety and peace in our communities.” Arradondo, who took the stand at the opening of the second week of witness testimony, telling the jury that Chauvin “absolutely” violated department policy by using his knee on Floyd’s neck, also thanked jurors and expressed his “respect” for...

Hes been centerstage in the aftermath of a string of racially charged police shootings in America, but civil rights attorney Ben Crumps rise to prominence is a story with humble beginnings.

Minneapolis The intersection where George Floyd took his final breaths is to be transformed Tuesday into an outdoor festival on the anniversary of his death, with food, children’s activities, and a long list of musical performers. “We’re going to be turning mourning into dancing,” rapper Nur-D tweeted. “We’re going to be celebrating 365 days of strength in the face of injustice.” Mr. Floyd, who was Black, died on Memorial Day 2020 after then-Officer Derek Chauvin knelt on his neck...

The day after the anniversary will start "another journey for us to put our heads together and be at the forefront for all needed changes," says George Floyd's sister

Date Time One year after George Floyd: When will white Americans rise up for justice? A Los Angeles Police helicopter hovers as Joyce Robertson, foreground, clenches her fist in Los Angeles after a guilty verdict was announced at the trial of former Minneapolis police Officer Derek Chauvin for the 2020 death of George Floyd. (AP photo by Jae C. Hong) In the long and terrible history of violence against Black people in America, the police killing of George Floyd one year ago may someday stand as...