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Texas Pardons Board Recommends Posthumous Pardon for George Floyd in Drug Conviction
Former officer Gerald Goines, who was caught manufacturing confidential informants in a 2004 sting operation, arrested George Floyd for selling crack cocaine.
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A Black Representative for Queen Elizabeth II Says the Royal Family Supports Black Lives Matter
This seems very contrary to some other things we’ve heard about the royals, but whatever you say, man.
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The George Floyd Janga
George Floyd is dead. No amount of memorials, court cases, T-shirts with his face, Ad Council-sponsored commercials, candlelight vigils, social media hashtags, street activism, presidential camera op meetings, or high-minded speeches about the need for police reform changes that fact. I don’t like to use the word anniversary when it comes to George Floyd. The…
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Sources: George Floyd Family's Visit to White House Will Be More Than a Meet & Greet
When Joe Biden meets with the family of George Floyd on Tuesday to acknowledge the one-year anniversary of the day former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin murdered Floyd in broad daylight, it will not be a perfunctory photo op. Instead, the president will use the visit as an opportunity to push for the passage of…
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Rep. Jim Clyburn Is Out of His Goddamn Mind If He Really Thinks Qualified Immunity Doesn’t Have to Be Part of Policing Reform Bill
Rep. Jim Clyburn is a political juggernaut. He is a kingmaker. He is a South Carolina god. But Jim Clyburn is out of his goddamn mind if he truly believes that qualified immunity—the legal doctrine that protects officers from being sued—doesn’t need to be part of policing reform legislation, . “I will never sacrifice good…
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Justice, I Guess.
On May 25, 2020, George Perry Floyd, was alive. On that day, and every day prior to that day, George Floyd walked and talked and prayed and fell in love and – again, I cannot stress this enough – most of all, he was alive. Then he wasn’t. When George Floyd was two years old,…
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‘He Showed Us How to Treat Our Mom’: George Floyd’s Brother Gives Heartfelt Testimony During Day 11 of Chauvin Trial
Day 11 of Derek Chauvin’s trial saw a cardiologist push back against the idea a heart attack caused George Floyd’s death; George Floyd’s brother gave a moving “spark-of-life” testimony, and another use of force expert explained how the force used on Floyd was not within reason. The police shooting of 20-year-old Daunte Wright in nearby…
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Day 10 of Chauvin Trial Debates How Large of a Role George Floyd's Pre-Existing Conditions Played in His Death
Day 10 of Derek Chauvin’s trial consisted of testimony from medical officials offering their opinion on the medical cause of George Floyd’s death, with much debate surrounding how much of a role his pre-existing medical conditions factored into his death. According to the New York Times, Dr. Lindsey Thomas, a forensic pathologist, was the first…
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Use of Force Experts Made Up the Majority of Testimonies During Day 7 of the Chauvin Trial
As day 7 of Derek Chauvin’s trial went on, we heard numerous use of force experts testify about what was proper protocol and how Chauvin’s actions may have gone against what he was trained to do. According to CNN, the day opened with Sargeant Ker Yang, a crisis intervention coordinator with the Minneapolis Police Department,…