The 17-year-old teenager who filmed the final moments of George Floyd’s death will receive an award for her mobile phone video, according to a report by the Associated Press. Darnella Frazier will receive the 2020 PEN/Benenson Courage Award from PEN America, the Associated Press reported. “With remarkable steadiness, Darnella carried […]

Derek Chauvin, the ex-police officer who pinned down George Floyd’s neck with his knee, has been released on bond, according to WCCO-TV. He posted a $US1 million bail with conditions Wednesday morning. Chauvin is charged with second-degree murder, third-degree murder, and manslaughter. Visit Insider’s homepage for more stories. Derek Chauvin, […]

A local judge overseeing the criminal case against the cops accused of killing George Floyd has disqualified the county attorney’s office from working on the case, calling their work “sloppy,” reporters at the hearing said. Hennepin County Attorney Mike Freeman sent prosecutors from his office to interview the medical examiner, […]

The four officers charged in the killing of George Floyd are now blaming one another for his death, The Washington Post reported. Derek Chauvin was charged with third-degree murder, second-degree manslaughter, and second-degree murder. Tou Thao, J. Alexander Kueng, and Thomas Lane were charged with aiding and abetting second-degree murder […]

A lawyer for Thomas Lane, one of the four former Minneapolis police officers charged in George Floyd’s death, told the Los Angeles Times that he planned to argue that Floyd “killed himself.” He told the Times that Floyd died from a fentanyl overdose and an underlying heart condition and that […]

A third body camera video was released on Thursday showing another vantage point of the fatal arrest of George Floyd on May 25. The footage was taken from ex-officer Tou Thao, who held back a crowd of horrified bystanders while his colleagues restrained Floyd. Throughout the video, Thao could be […]

Protesters in Minneapolis say they won’t allow the city to remove the cement barricades around the George Floyd memorial until the city meets 24 demands, WCCO reported. The demands include recalling Hennepin County Attorney Mike Freeman, firing four employees of the Bureau of Criminal Apprehension, and ending qualified immunity. George […]

Derek Chauvin, the former Minneapolis police officer charged in George Floyd’s death, is also facing several felony charges of tax evasion in Minnesota, The Associated Press and the Star Tribune reported. Chauvin and his estranged wife each face nine counts of aiding and abetting filing false or fraudulent tax returns […]

Racism in Minneapolis was declared a public health emergency on Friday. The Minneapolis City Council approved a resolution to “recognise the severe impact of racism on the well-being of residents and city overall.” The resolution is authorised two months after the death of George Floyd, an unarmed Black man who […]

The Minnesota Police Department included instructions on how to use a controversial neck restraint in its training manual, according to court documents, the same type of restraint that was used on George Floyd. The court documents, obtained by The Daily Beast on Wednesday, were included in a motion to dismiss […]

Transcripts from police body-camera footage show that George Floyd was worried police officers would shoot him when they approached him on Memorial Day. He and a woman on the scene told the police that he had been shot before and was worried about it happening again. In the transcripts, Floyd […]

St. Louis Mayor Lyda Krewson on Friday was accused of doxxing her constituents during a live broadcast on Facebook when she shared the names and addresses of protestors who gave her letters calling for police reform. On the since-deleted broadcast, Krewson shared the name and addresses of at least 10 […]

The city of Minneapolis, Minnesota is spending $US4,500 a day – so far totaling $US63,000 – to employ private security to protect three of its city council members after they received threats, according to Fox 9. On Friday, councilmembers unanimously voted to disband the police department and establish the Department […]

Protesters in Washington, DC, have tried to establish an autonomous zone, the “Black House Autonomous Zone,” or BHAZ, in the past several days. But DC police are clearing the BHAZ, calling it a public-safety issue. Protesters also unsuccessfully tried to topple a statue of Andrew Jackson. President Donald Trump has […]

The recent police killings of George Floyd and Rayshard Brooks and ensuing protests have focused a spotlight on the historically fraught relationship between Black communities and law enforcement. Slave patrols morphed into police departments, and this painful history has translated into a persistent mentality that Black people are threatening or […]

A police officer gloated to his colleagues about tearing off a protester’s mask and pepper-spraying him, footage from that officer’s body camera shows. The officer, Michael Sher, has been suspended without pay since June 5, the NYPD said. The protester, Andrew Smith, has called for Sher to face “great consequences.” […]

Police across America have faced heavy criticism in recent weeks over instances of brutality and excessive force. But some policing critics have also noted that the country’s law enforcement agencies are often unable to fulfil one of their main tasks: to solve crimes. Federal government data from 2018 show that […]