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He prayed things would get better. It’s not too late. George Floyd mural near the place where he was killled inMinneapolis. Some rights reserved by Lorie Shaull. Monday, May 25, 2020, was Memorial Day, the day on which Americans honor members of our Armed Forces who have given their lives in the service of our country. Memorial Day is a day on which we give thanks for the sacrifices of the men and women who have helped to safeguard our freedoms. But May 25, 2020, was a day that would be remembered for other reasons. Early that morning, a Black man named Christian C...

Oral arguments to begin this week in appellate case for Charleston church shooter, Dylann Roof © WYFF charleston church shooter, dylann roof, making appellate arguments The man on federal death row for the racist slayings of nine members of a Black South Carolina congregation is making his appellate argument that his conviction and death sentence should be overturned. Oral arguments in the case of Dylann Roof are scheduled to be held Tuesday before a three-judge panel of the 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals, based in Richmond, Virginia. Appellate Judge Jay Richardson, who as an assistant ...

Christine Flowers I have renewed respect for Keith Ellison. The former congressman and current Attorney General of Minnesota appeared on “60 Minutes” last week and said that he didn’t charge Derek Chauvin with a hate crime because “we only charge those crimes that we had evidence that we could put in front of a jury to prove.” In other words, they didn’t find the requisite hate. Ellison did something I would not have expected him to do, given his past comments and actions. He honored the law, honored its limits, honored our need for due process in the...

One day after Derek Chauvin was found guilty of George Floyd’s murder, mourners gathered in Tampa to honor Floyd’s memory.

By Princess WeekesApr 21st, 2021, 11:56 am Just after the news of the guilty verdict in the murder trial of former police officer Derek Chauvin in last year’s killing of George Floyd, a new story of Black death flooded the news. A police officer in Columbus, Ohio, shot a teenage girl, 16-year-old Ma’Khia Bryant, Tuesday evening while responding to reports of an attempted stabbing. There has been a lot of conflicting information about what exactly happened, who called the police, and what Ma’Khia was doing. One neighbor, identifed as Ira Graham III, said to CNN: “I can certainly see ...