Palm Beach County community leaders reflect on murder of George Floyd
One year ago, George Floyd was murdered by former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin. His death catapulted the nation into conversations on social and racial injustice.
and last updated 2021-05-25 23:30:49-04
PALM BEACH COUNTY, Fla. â One year ago, George Floyd was murdered by former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin. His death catapulted the nation into conversations on social and racial injustice.
Protests, chants, and police sirens became recurring sounds during the summer of 2020.
âA year ago, things were tough,â Ricky Aiken said.
Aiken is the founder of Inner-City Innovators, a program started in the north end of West Palm Beach that is now expanding throughout Palm Beach County.
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The two prison guards who skipped their rounds and falsified records the night that Jeffrey Epstein allegedly died by suicide will dodge jail time after agreeing to cooperate with a DOJ inspector general investigation, the latest examples in the Epstein saga seemingly let off the hook.
The announcement by the Southern District of New York follows a Florida Department of Law Enforcement investigation in May and a DOJ Office of Professional Responsibility investigation in November separately concluding they had uncovered no criminality in how investigators and prosecutors handled the case against the jet-setting financier and deceased sex offender, leading to renewed calls for accountability.
I called it at the time, but it wasn t any kind of great leap of faith. But don’t worry. There will be investigations. In Palm Beach, Sheriff Ric Bradshaw, has promised to investigate how Epstein was able to use his stockade as a hotel and his deputies as private security even though the logs have been destroyed. There are investigations in New York City and you can bet they’ll be every bit as thorough and useless. Last month the Florida investigation was wrapped up with a big thumbs up. The Florida Department of Law Enforcement (FDLE) has cleared the state prosecutors in Palm Beach County, as well as the Palm Beach County Sheriff s Office, of any wrongdoing in connection to the work release privileges and lack of criminal prosecution related to the late Jeffrey Epstein.