Aug 14
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You know, when one of your officers is alleged to have been responsible for the unnecessary death of a Black man,…
Jul 28
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In May, as protests over the death of George Floyd initially got underway in Minneapolis, a video went viral showing…
Jul 15
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The death of George Floyd has had an undeniable ripple effect across the world. It’s been almost two months since…
Jul 11
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The mendacity of police officers never ceases to amaze me, not to mention the extensive luxuries they get to enjoy…
Jun 15
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The death of George Floyd has sparked nationwide protests and a national conversation on systemic racism in…
Jun 10
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Updated: 6/11/2020, 2:49 p.m. ET: CBS News reports Dave Pinney has now retracted his story about Derek Chauvin and…
Jun 8
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Nine members of the Minneapolis City Council—enough to constitute a veto-proof supermajority—pledged to disband the…
Jun 3
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On Wednesday evening, Barack Obama sought to give the sort of public address that Donald Trump has thus far failed…
Jun 3
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Outrage against police brutality has spread across the country in the week following George Floyd’s death at the…
Jun 3
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Say what you will about civil unrest, sometimes it yields results.
Jun 1
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According to the Hennepin County, Minn. criminal complaint, On May 25, Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin…
May 29
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The roof! The roof! The roof is on fire! We don’t need no water; let that mother fucker burn!
May 29
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A CNN crew covering the ongoing protests in Minneapolis was arrested on Friday while they were providing a live…
May 28
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Parts of Minneapolis were still smoldering Thursday morning as the city awakened from a second night of violent…
May 27
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As the world still struggles to make sense of the inhumane death of George Floyd at the hands of Minneapolis police,…
May 27
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On Tuesday night, Minneapolis police in riot gear clashed with protesters demanding justice in the death of George…
May 26
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The FBI is investigating the death of a black man in Minneapolis after local police violently arrested him Monday…
Jan 30
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As a black man in America whose survival instincts require me to avoid police at all costs, I’ve heard plenty of…
Jul 12 2018
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The Root has obtained exclusive footage and spoke to an eyewitness who filmed a now-viral video that seems to…
Jun 18 2018
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Veterinarians use it as an animal tranquilizer because it induces a temporary-paralysis-like state of euphoria.…