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The events will also include a number of roundtable discussions featuring activists and family members of other Americans killed by police, including Gwen Carr, the mother of Eric Garner, who was killed by New York City police in 2015, and Katy and Aubrey Wright, the parents of Daunte Wright, who was killed by police in a Minneapolis suburb last month. Floyd was placed in a fatal knee-to-neck restraint by former Minneapolis officer Derek Chauvin in May last year. The incident was captured on video by a number of bystanders and sent shockwaves around the world. Last month Chauvin was convicted...

The Good Men Project Become a Premium Member We have pioneered the largest worldwide conversation about what it means to be a good man in the 21st century. Your support of our work is inspiring and invaluable. ‘He’s Afraid of the Police’: the Daunte Wright Killing Community outrage and fallout from the Wright killing was immediate.   The past two weeks have been harrowing, emotional and deeply traumatic. The nation’s attention has been riveted by the Derek Chauvin trial in Minneapolis. As this drama played out on our television sets, just 10 miles from the Minnesota courtroom in the ...

MARK BOWES Richmond Times-Dispatch One of Chesterfield County’s deadliest fires that took six lives, including four children, was caused by smoking in the bed of one of the victims, county fire officials said Monday. The Chesterfield Fire Marshal’s Office, in conjunction with Chesterfield police investigators, have determined the fire’s cause to be related to cigarette smoking, which originated in the bed of 70-year-old Linda Carlton, fire officials said. “We were able to determine the fire was in her bed where she was at the time,” Chief Deputy Fire Marsh...

Smoking in bed sparked Chesterfield house fire that killed six people By: WTVR CBS 6 Web Staff Posted at 12:35 PM, May 10, 2021 and last updated 2021-05-10 12:36:01-04 CHESTERFIELD COUNTY, Va. -- Smoking in bed was determined to be the cause of an April fire that killed six people, including four children, in Chesterfield County. Linda Carlton, 70, is the sixth and final fire victim to be identified by Chesterfield Fire officials. "The Chesterfield Fire Marshal’s Office in conjunction with Chesterfield Police Detectives have determined the cause of the fire to be smokin...

* Daunte Wright’s family attorney said they have received threats and racist messages following the death of the 20-year-old.  “There are concerns as far as safety for the family that we’re addressing,” attorney Thomas Bowers said at a press conference. Daunte was fatally shot by former Minnesota police officer Kimberly Potter during a traffic stop earlier this month. Potter, 48, has been charged with second-degree manslaughter a day after she resigned from the Brooklyn Center Police Department. The fatal shooting of Wright set off protests in the Minneapolis suburb. As we reported,...