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A Minnesota man was sentenced to 4 years in prison for helping set a police precinct on fire during last year's George Floyd protests
Dylan Shakespeare Robinson, 23, was also ordered to pay $12 million in restitution, according to th…
Taylor Ardrey
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Derek Chauvin's guilty verdict will never bring me peace
I live every day with the knowledge that my story could become George Floyd's family's story. It gn…
Keyaira Kelly
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Hundreds of students in Minnesota walked out to protest the killings of Daunte Wright and George Floyd
Students from across the state walked out of class on Monday in coordinated protests.
Azmi Haroun
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Minnesota State Patrol officers purged their texts and emails after they were sued over their response to George Floyd protests, according to witnesses
Witness testimony on July 28, 2021, revealed that troopers knew a lawsuit had been filed before del…
Morgan Keith
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Minneapolis and other US cities are beefing up their security and shutting down schools ahead of the verdict in the Derek Chauvin trial
Former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin is on trial for the death of George Floyd, and jury…
Sinéad Baker
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The George Floyd protests inspired San Francisco Giants concession workers to strike for a better contract - and they won
San Francisco Giants concession workers of color led the fight for better benefits. The George Floy…
DeArbea Walker
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'Real Housewives of Salt Lake City' star Jennie Nguyen is facing backlash for anti-BLM Facebook posts from 2020
Nguyen shared numerous posts that criticized the Black Lives Matter movement after George Floyd was…
Connor Perrett
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One year after Breonna Taylor's death, her mother again calls for the officers involved to be 'arrested, and charged, and convicted'
"I can't believe it's a year later and we're still just asking people to do the right thing," Tamik…
Taylor Ardrey
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Gen. Mark Milley fumed that he was 'fucking done with this shit' after Trump used him to stage a photo op during George Floyd protests: book
Defense Secretary Mark Esper reportedly said they'd been "duped," and Colin Powell called Trump "a …
Sonam Sheth,Bryan Metzger
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George Floyd's brother urges peaceful protests as the jury begins deliberations on Derek Chauvin's trial
Terrence Floyd told the Independent that a guilty conviction would be "a big spark of hope," but pe…
Sinéad Baker
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Police and paramedics mishandled encounter with Elijah McClain that led to his death, new report finds
The 23-year-old Black man died in August 2019 after a violent encounter with Aurora, Colorado, poli…
Erin Snodgrass
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'We don't have time to grieve': Families of Wright, Floyd, and Castile are channeling trauma into protest
Derek Chauvin was convicted. But Minnesota's been a hub of police violence. Victims' families chann…
Yelena Dzhanova
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A grand jury refused to indict the 2 Buffalo police officers who shoved and injured a 75-year-old man at a BLM protest
The altercation, caught on video, showed Martin Gugino, 75, peacefully walking towards officers and…
Azmi Haroun
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More than 10,000 people have been arrested in anti-police-brutality protests across the US since George Floyd's death
A tally from the Associated Press said more than 10,000 have been arrested in the anti police-bruta…
Sinéad Baker
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Seattle protesters are using umbrellas to block pepper spray and tear gas, mirroring tactics used by the Hong Kong pro-democracy demonstrations
Seattle anti police-brutality protesters showed up with umbrellas as a shield, and also as a potent…
Sinéad Baker
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The 75-year-old man hospitalized by Buffalo police and called an 'antifa provocateur' by Trump is actually a Catholic peace activist and volunteer, his friends say
Graphic video showed Martin Gugino, 75, approach Buffalo, New York police officers, who shoved him …
Sinéad Baker
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An Atlanta protester describes what it was like to be arrested while peacefully protesting
Vanessa Vigo is one of more than 10,000 people who have been arrested across the US amid civil unre…
As told to Michelle Mark
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The president of the Chicago Police Board said he was struck five times by officers with batons after trying to defuse tensions at a protest
"This is the duality I live with as a black man in America, even one who is privileged to be part o…
Lauren Frias
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Kim Potter's attorney says the former Minnesota police officer will testify at her manslaughter trial
Former Brooklyn Center cop Kim Potter was charged with first- and second-degree manslaughter after …
Kenneth Niemeyer
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'I miss you and I love you': George Floyd's 7-year-old daughter delivers the first victim impact statement at Derek Chauvin's sentencing
Gianna Floyd, 7, said if she could say anything to her father, "it would be I miss you and I love y…