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3 Black Activists Discuss What's Changed — and What Hasn't — 1 Year Since George Floyd's Death Despite more people joining calls for racial justice, Black people are still being killed by police. By Anastasia Moloney May 24 (Thomson Reuters Foundation) — In the year since the death of George Floyd, an unarmed Black man who died after a police officer knelt on his neck for nearly nine minutes, people worldwide took to the streets to protest against racism amid renewed calls for reforms in US law enforcement. Former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin was convicted of murdering Floyd...

Survey shows low trust in Tempe Police Department Survey shows low trust in Tempe Police Department from local residents. and last updated 2021-04-22 21:08:54-04 TEMPE, AZ — If community trust was a test, the Tempe Police Department would score a D, but the city and department is working after class to help raise the score to a passing grade. According to a study of Tempe residents, the Tempe Police Department scored a 68 out of 100 on "police trust." The survey asked two "How much do you agree” questions: The police in my neighborhood treat people with respect. The police in my ne...

Gen Z watches Chauvin trial with cynicism, urgency Georgia State student Matia Wright poses in Atlanta on Thursday, April 1, 2021. (Photo for The Washington Post by Nydia Blas) Georgia State student Matia Wright watches the murder trial of former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin on Thursday, April 1, 2021. (Photo for The Washington Post by Nydia Blas) Brandon Williams wears a pendant of his uncle George Floyd during a news conference in Minneapolis on Monday, March 29, 2021. (Washington Post photo by Joshua Lott) The casket of George Floyd exits after a memorial service in Minneapolis...

Gen Z is watching another case in which they have been anguished bystanders but also key witnesses and drivers of change.

Shaped by Black Lives Matter, Gen Z watches Chauvin trial with cynicism and urgency: ‘What’s next?’ Hannah Knowles © Nydia Blas/For The Washington Post Like many of her peers, Matia Wright says her outrage does not start with George Floyd’s death and will not end with Derek Chauvin’s trial. (Photo by Nydia Blas for The Washington Post) When testimony began this week in Derek Chauvin’s murder trial, 18-year-old Matia Wright was watching — joined sometimes by her mom and grandma in the same small-town Georgia living room where, eight years ago, they tuned in t...