Minneapolis protest misinformation stokes racial tensions
4 years, 7 months ago

Minneapolis protest misinformation stokes racial tensions

Associated Press  

CHICAGO — The false social media posts started just hours after protesters first began chanting and carrying banners around the Minneapolis neighborhood where George Floyd, an African American man, died handcuffed in police custody. “The cop who killed George Floyd,” Facebook and Twitter users claimed, wrongly identifying a man pictured laughing alongside President Donald Trump at a rally as former Minneapolis Police Officer Derek Chauvin. Twitter later labeled rapper and actor Ice Cube’s tweet with the photo as “manipulated media.” After protests on Thursday night, the St. Paul Police Department denied rumors trending online that one of its police officers was responsible for breaking windows of an AutoZone store in neighboring Minneapolis. Divisive misinformation around Floyd’s death and the resulting protests thrives online because social media users choose who they do — “We thought social media was going to be this great equalizer,” Holt said.

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Unearthed 2020 call reveals Trump saying he was ‘very happy’ with Tim Walz’s handling of George Floyd protests
5 months ago

Unearthed 2020 call reveals Trump saying he was ‘very happy’ with Tim Walz’s handling of George Floyd protests

The Independent  

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Judge approves Minneapolis police reform deal forged after George Floyd's killing
1 year, 5 months ago

Judge approves Minneapolis police reform deal forged after George Floyd's killing

The Independent  

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‘Systemic problems’ at Minneapolis Police Dept. led to George Floyd’s murder, Justice Department says
1 year, 6 months ago

‘Systemic problems’ at Minneapolis Police Dept. led to George Floyd’s murder, Justice Department says

CNN  

CNN — Three years after George Floyd was murdered by then-Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin, the Justice Department issued a blistering report Friday of the city’s police department, detailing racial discrimination, excessive and unlawful use of force, First Amendment violations and a lack of accountability for officers. “MPD used force to punish people who made officers angry or criticized the …

Tucker Carlson Makes Wildly Offensive Crack About George Floyd
1 year, 11 months ago

Tucker Carlson Makes Wildly Offensive Crack About George Floyd

Huff Post  

LOADING ERROR LOADING Tucker Carlson on Tuesday worked a racist joke about George Floyd into a hot take about the police killing of Tyre Nichols and the Biden administration’s response. He said now that President Joe Biden was ending national and public health emergency declarations for COVID-19, he’d have to pivot to a new emergency: “white racism.” But, Carlson said, …

Minneapolis police engaged in racial discrimination, probe finds
2 years, 8 months ago

Minneapolis police engaged in racial discrimination, probe finds

Al Jazeera  

Investigation by Minnesota state authorities after George Floyd killing finds ‘pattern or practice’ of discrimination. The Minneapolis Police Department has engaged in an illegal “pattern or practice” of racial discrimination, according to a state investigation that started after George Floyd was killed by an officer in the US city in 2020. In a report released on Wednesday detailing the findings …

Report: Minneapolis didn’t follow protocols in Floyd unrest
2 years, 10 months ago

Report: Minneapolis didn’t follow protocols in Floyd unrest

Associated Press  

MINNEAPOLIS — A report on how Minneapolis police, fire and other agencies responded to protests that erupted following the killing of George Floyd paints a picture of miscommunication and a lack of planning. The report released Tuesday said Mayor Jacob Frey failed to implement the city’s emergency protocols in response to the unrest that followed Floyd’s death at the hands …

America ‘on fire’: Facebook watched as Trump post ignited hate during Floyd protests
3 years, 2 months ago

America ‘on fire’: Facebook watched as Trump post ignited hate during Floyd protests

LA Times  

A sign that counterprotesters set on fire burns after supporters of then-President Trump held marches in Washington in November 2020. But it wasn’t until after Trump posted about Floyd’s death that reports of violence and hate speech increased “rapidly” on Facebook across the country, an internal company analysis of Trump’s post reveals. Leaked Facebook documents provide a first-hand look at …

Movement for Black Lives: Feds targeted BLM protesters
3 years, 4 months ago

Movement for Black Lives: Feds targeted BLM protesters

Associated Press  

The federal government deliberately targeted Black Lives Matter protesters via heavy-handed criminal prosecutions in an attempt to disrupt and discourage the global movement that swept the nation last summer in the wake of the Minneapolis police killing of George Floyd, according to a new report released Wednesday by The Movement for Black Lives. It also drew a comparison to how …

Protests erupt after Black man shot by deputies in Minneapolis
3 years, 7 months ago

Protests erupt after Black man shot by deputies in Minneapolis

Al Jazeera  

On the same day authorities clear George Floyd Square, deputies shoot Black man during arrest. Minneapolis activists expect Friday protests to be raucous after a US Marshals Service task force fatally shot a man they were trying to arrest the same day city authorities attempted to clear the area where George Floyd was killed. The US Marshals Service does not …

Minneapolis’ George Floyd Square barriers removed by city, quickly replaced by activists
3 years, 7 months ago

Minneapolis’ George Floyd Square barriers removed by city, quickly replaced by activists

LA Times  

Crews on Thursday removed the concrete barriers that blocked traffic at a Minneapolis intersection where a memorial to George Floyd was assembled after his death last year, but community activists quickly put up makeshift barriers and resumed chanting the name of the Black man whose killing galvanized the racial justice movement. The intersection had been closed to traffic since Floyd’s …

George Floyd anniversary: The death toll that shows little has changed since his murder shocked the world
3 years, 7 months ago

George Floyd anniversary: The death toll that shows little has changed since his murder shocked the world

The Independent  

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Editorial: Another victim of the Floyd killing: The right to protest
3 years, 7 months ago

Editorial: Another victim of the Floyd killing: The right to protest

LA Times  

Demonstrators march in downtown Los Angeles last May following the killing of George Floyd. On a night in mid-December 1773, a group of about 60 men who had disguised themselves as Native Americans boarded three merchant ships at a Boston wharf and dumped dozens of chests of imported tea into the cold dark waters — an act of civil disobedience …

George Floyd death anniversary marked by marches and memorials
3 years, 7 months ago

George Floyd death anniversary marked by marches and memorials

CNN  

CNN — As the nation honored the life of George Floyd with memorial events and marches, Floyd’s family and supporters said they have been encouraged by the progress made in the year since he was murdered by a Minneapolis police officer. “And they’ve had to relive that pain and grief each and every time those horrific 9 minutes and 29 …

George Floyd’s murder and the Black Lives Matter protests sparked a conversation that is far from over
3 years, 7 months ago

George Floyd’s murder and the Black Lives Matter protests sparked a conversation that is far from over

The Independent  

Get Nadine White's Race Report newsletter for a fresh perspective on the week's news Get our free newsletter from The Independent's Race Correspondent Get our free newsletter from The Independent's Race Correspondent SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. They were the spark for the Black Lives Matter movement, which became …

Floyd’s death laid bare the ‘Minnesota Paradox’ of racism
3 years, 7 months ago

Floyd’s death laid bare the ‘Minnesota Paradox’ of racism

Associated Press  

MINNEAPOLIS — George Floyd’s death under a white Minneapolis police officer’s knee severely tarnished Minnesota’s reputation as a progressive state on matters of race. “If there’s one state where you might be able to solve these problems and set an example that other states could follow, it would be Minnesota.” Samuel Myers Jr., director of the Roy Wilkins Center for …

George Floyd anniversary: BLM got a plaza in Washington. Will it get police reform?
3 years, 7 months ago

George Floyd anniversary: BLM got a plaza in Washington. Will it get police reform?

LA Times  

Dozens of protestors, many with the Black Lives Matters movement, stand off with police on Grand Ave., downtown, in response to the death of George Floyd. In September, Kamala Harris — then a vice presidential nominee — praised the movement, speaking of “the brilliance and the impact of Black Lives Matter,” which she called “the most significant agent for change …

Minneapolis rallies before anniversary of George Floyd killing
3 years, 7 months ago

Minneapolis rallies before anniversary of George Floyd killing

Al Jazeera  

Floyd’s killing on May 25 last year sparked mass protests and calls for end to police violence against Black people. “It’s getting real close to the day,” Bridgett Floyd told reporters earlier this week, as reported by Minneapolis NBC News affiliate KARE11. I’m glad we’re on the right path, but we must continue that path.” Last month, US President Joe …

George Floyd’s family holds rally, march in his memory
3 years, 7 months ago

George Floyd’s family holds rally, march in his memory

LA Times  

Artist Dennis Owes, 31, from Ghana, puts the finishing touches on his portrait of George Floyd during a rally on Sunday, May 23, 2021, in the Brooklyn borough of New York. Members of George Floyd’s family, and others who lost loved ones in police encounters, joined activists and citizens in Minneapolis on Sunday for a march that was one of …

AP PHOTOS: Looking back at fiery George Floyd protests
3 years, 8 months ago

AP PHOTOS: Looking back at fiery George Floyd protests

Associated Press  

The protests raged night after night, starting in Minneapolis and swiftly spreading across the U.S. and around the world in the days after George Floyd’s death. Nearly a year later, the police officer who pressed his knee into Floyd’s neck was convicted of murder Tuesday, and crowds filled city streets again, this time to celebrate the verdict. But the images …

Key events since George Floyd’s arrest and death
3 years, 8 months ago

Key events since George Floyd’s arrest and death

Associated Press  

MINNEAPOLIS — A timeline of key events that began with George Floyd’s arrest on May 25, 2020, by four police officers in Minneapolis: May 25 — Minneapolis police officers respond to a call shortly after 8 p.m. about a possible counterfeit $20 bill being used at a corner grocery and encounter a Black man, later identified as George Floyd, who …

Death of George Floyd, trial of Derek Chauvin: Timeline of key events
3 years, 8 months ago

Death of George Floyd, trial of Derek Chauvin: Timeline of key events

LA Times  

A protest poster featuring an image of George Floyd is displayed during a demonstration in Minneapolis on May 27, 2020. George Floyd’s death in police custody in Minneapolis on May 25, 2020, touched off a nationwide reckoning on race and led to the trial of ex-officer Derek Chauvin. Here’s a timeline of key events: May 25, 2020: Minneapolis police officers …

Maintaining a memorial at the scene of George Floyd’s death
3 years, 8 months ago

Maintaining a memorial at the scene of George Floyd’s death

LA Times  

The intersection where George Floyd died, home to a memorial, has been closed to traffic since his death. People gather outside Minneapolis’ Cup Foods, where George Floyd died in police custody, for Sunday’s rally. I think these police shootings and George Floyd and Breonna and Tamir and Philando are all modern-day lynchings.” Most impromptu memorials to police killings typically aren’t …

Opinion: What the haunting connection between George Floyd and Daunte Wright reveals
3 years, 8 months ago

Opinion: What the haunting connection between George Floyd and Daunte Wright reveals

CNN  

Editor’s Note: Peniel E. Joseph is the Barbara Jordan chair in ethics and political values and the founding director of the Center for the Study of Race and Democracy at the LBJ School of Public Affairs at the University of Texas at Austin, where he is also a professor of history. CNN — The news that George Floyd’s girlfriend, Courtney …

Protests erupt in Minneapolis after police shoot Black man
3 years, 8 months ago

Protests erupt in Minneapolis after police shoot Black man

Al Jazeera  

Protests have broken out near the US city of Minneapolis after the police shot Duante Wright, a young Black man who later died, with police using tear gas and flash bangs to disperse the crowd at Brooklyn Center on Sunday night. The 20-year-old Black man’s mother told a crowd earlier on Sunday evening that he called her to say he …

As trial of officer charged with murdering George Floyd transfixes nation, the future of policing is on the line
3 years, 8 months ago

As trial of officer charged with murdering George Floyd transfixes nation, the future of policing is on the line

LA Times  

Jamar Nelson was asleep on his couch more than two decades ago when police burst into his apartment, beating him and leaving a gash in his head that required 13 stitches. “The harassment, the profiling, the intimidation.” But last summer as politicians and activists discussed abolishing the Minneapolis Police Department after George Floyd died beneath the knee of Officer Derek …

Floyd spurred broad push for change globally, activists say
3 years, 9 months ago

Floyd spurred broad push for change globally, activists say

Associated Press  

Richard Wallace had seen it all before, and he wasn’t hopeful. “George Floyd has taken systemic racism from personal problem to America’s issue,” Wallace said. “Having the Black Lives movement embraced the way it was in this country was painfully healing, because it’s not nice to have an occasion like the tragic death of George Floyd be the reason for …

Fiery chants for justice from marchers at Chauvin trial
3 years, 10 months ago

Fiery chants for justice from marchers at Chauvin trial

Associated Press  

MINNEAPOLIS — Hundreds of people gathered Monday outside the fortified courthouse for the first day of the trial of a former police officer charged in George Floyd’s death, with chants of “No justice, no peace!” and speakers imploring the jurors to “do the right thing.” Many in the crowd carried banners, some reading “Justice for George Floyd” and “Convict Killer …

George Floyd death: Minneapolis scraps plans to hire social media influencers to help with the city’s message during Derek Chauvin’s trial
3 years, 10 months ago

George Floyd death: Minneapolis scraps plans to hire social media influencers to help with the city’s message during Derek Chauvin’s trial

CNN  

CNN — Minneapolis had floated a plan to hire six social media influencers to help share information during the upcoming murder trial of Derek Chauvin, the former police officer charged in the death of George Floyd. “This was never about trying to change or persuade the public opinion on any particular message but it was about getting important information out …

LAPD investigating report of George Floyd photo circulating with caption ‘You take my breath away’
3 years, 10 months ago

LAPD investigating report of George Floyd photo circulating with caption ‘You take my breath away’

LA Times  

The Los Angeles Police Department has launched an internal investigation after an officer reported that a photo of George Floyd with the words “You take my breath away” in a Valentine-like format was being “passed around” by other officers, Chief Michel Moore said Saturday. “Our investigation is to determine the accuracy of the allegations while also reinforcing our zero tolerance …

For Police, MAGA Insurrectionists Weren't A Threat. Black Lives Matter Was.
4 years ago

For Police, MAGA Insurrectionists Weren't A Threat. Black Lives Matter Was.

Huff Post  

On Wednesday, a crowd of white supporters of President Donald Trump livestreamed a fascist insurrection. Getty Images/Reuters In June, for example, when antiracist protesters rallied in the capital, National Guard troops in bulletproof vests, helmets and goggles lined the steps of the Lincoln Memorial like an occupying army; police flew helicopters low enough to generate gale-force winds; and, at Trump’s …

Minneapolis police release officer video in fatal shooting
4 years ago

Minneapolis police release officer video in fatal shooting

Associated Press  

MINNEAPOLIS — Police in Minneapolis on Thursday released body-camera video from a traffic stop one night earlier that ended with a man shot dead, an extraordinarily quick move aimed at stemming public anger over the city’s first police-involved death since George Floyd died while being restrained by officers in May. Later, when he was pressed on whether it was clear …

US Police Shoot Man Dead during Traffic Stop in Minneapolis, Protesters Gather
4 years ago

US Police Shoot Man Dead during Traffic Stop in Minneapolis, Protesters Gather

News 18  

Police in Minneapolis shot a man dead during a traffic stop on Wednesday, seven months after the killing of George Floyd by an officer in the same US city. “Initial witness statements indicate that the subject involved in this felony stop fired first at Minneapolis police officers who then exchanged gunfire with the suspect,” Minneapolis police chief Medaria Arradondo said …

George Floyd trial: Prospective jurors are asked to weigh in on Black Lives Matter protests
4 years ago

George Floyd trial: Prospective jurors are asked to weigh in on Black Lives Matter protests

CNN  

CNN — Prospective jurors in the upcoming criminal trial stemming from George Floyd’s death were sent a questionnaire asking them to weigh in on Black Lives Matter protests and their views on policing. “Did you, or someone close to you, participate in any of the demonstrations or marches against police brutality that took place in Minneapolis after George Floyd’s death?” …

More Portland unrest as friends mourn slain right-wing activist
4 years, 4 months ago

More Portland unrest as friends mourn slain right-wing activist

Al Jazeera  

Hours before he was shot Aaron ‘Jay’ Danielson and a friend were protecting a flag-waving caravan of Trump supporters. Just hours before he was shot in the chest, 39-year-old Aaron “Jay” Danielson and a friend were seen heading downtown to protect a flag-waving caravan of Trump supporters. … Posted by Joey Gibson on Sunday, August 30, 2020 Ex-girlfriend Christine Banks …

News Analysis: Trump sidesteps America’s racism and police brutality and labels protests ‘mob rule’
4 years, 4 months ago

News Analysis: Trump sidesteps America’s racism and police brutality and labels protests ‘mob rule’

LA Times  

President Trump and Melania Trump arrive for his acceptance speech at the Republican National Convention on the South Lawn of the White House on Thursday. “But we must never allow mob rule.” In the four days leading up to Thursday’s speech, one speaker after another at the Republican National Convention dismissed and misconstrued protests held in cities large and small. …

George Floyd’s death: Officer minimises role during questioning
4 years, 4 months ago

George Floyd’s death: Officer minimises role during questioning

Al Jazeera  

Tou Thao, one of four officers charged for the death, says he was a ‘human traffic cone’ focused on crowd control. Tou Thao, one of the four former officers charged in Floyd’s death, described himself as a “human traffic cone” as he held back onlookers who became increasingly horrified at the police officers’ actions during the May 25 incident, the …

Minneapolis 'umbrella man' was white supremacist seeking to stir racial tensions, police say
4 years, 5 months ago

Minneapolis 'umbrella man' was white supremacist seeking to stir racial tensions, police say

The Independent  

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Dozens sign letter against cancel culture following month of BLM protests
4 years, 5 months ago

Dozens sign letter against cancel culture following month of BLM protests

NL Times  

Around 90 Dutch and Flemish students, academics, politicians and opinion makers signed a declaration against cancel culture, which they linked on Thursday to pressure against freedom of speech. The letter invoked the name of George Floyd, killed as a result of police brutality in the U.S. state of Minnesota, and said the aftermath led to intimidating actions by "radical groups". …

‘Something is not right.’ George Floyd protests push white Americans to think about their privilege
4 years, 6 months ago

‘Something is not right.’ George Floyd protests push white Americans to think about their privilege

LA Times  

Mike Sexton is white and a Republican who lives in an affluent suburb of Fort Worth, where many neighbors back President Trump and some work in law enforcement. “The police are fair; institutions are fair — white people have been so happy to believe those things,” said Battalora, a former police officer and author of “Birth of a White Nation: …

Voices of protest, crying for change, ring across US, beyond
4 years, 6 months ago

Voices of protest, crying for change, ring across US, beyond

Associated Press  

They are nurses and doctors, artists, students, construction workers, government employees; black, brown and white; young and old. Jones urged people to join a virtual demonstration anchored by a small group of activists and speakers in front of the U.S. embassy in Stockholm, inundating the embassy’s Facebook page with a photo of the Black Lives Matter logo and the words …

How to cover the protests? For L.A.’s top Black radio hosts, you make noise, and listen
4 years, 6 months ago

How to cover the protests? For L.A.’s top Black radio hosts, you make noise, and listen

LA Times  

Nick Cannon, who hosts the morning show on Power 106, holds a criminology degree from Howard University. He says he has “lost all faith and hope in law enforcement.” When radio personality Kurt “Big Boy” Alexander first watched the video of George Floyd’s killing, the host of the popular “Big Boy’s Neighborhood” morning show on hip-hop station Real 92.3 could …

Inside one reporter’s experience from Ferguson to Floyd
4 years, 6 months ago

Inside one reporter’s experience from Ferguson to Floyd

CNN  

Editor’s Note: CNN National Correspondent Sara Sidner has led the network’s coverage from Minneapolis after the killing of George Floyd, and from Ferguson after the death of Michael Brown in 2014, and investigates hate in America. I think he’s praying.” “The chief?” I said, “What chief?” I turned around and there stood Minneapolis Police Chief Medaria Arradondo. People raise their …

George Floyd protests reached deep into rural California. The reactions were mixed, sometimes scary
4 years, 6 months ago

George Floyd protests reached deep into rural California. The reactions were mixed, sometimes scary

LA Times  

When two teenagers from the tiny, majority-white Gold Rush town of Angels Camp posted a Facebook flier for a racial justice protest, the threats came immediately. The Black teenage organizer of a demonstration in Plumas County got a message on Facebook calling her a “domestic terrorist.” In a claim he later walked back, Humboldt County Sheriff William Honsal said antifascists …

Black lives and the experiment called America
4 years, 6 months ago

Black lives and the experiment called America

The Hindu  

In response to the protests and racial unrest that have spread across the United States and around the world in the wake of the May 25 video-recorded murder of George Floyd, a 46-year-old African-American father of five, by white Minneapolis police officer, Derek Chauvin, who kneeled on Floyd’s neck for 8 minutes and 46 seconds until he stopped breathing, the …

In wake of George Floyd’s death, Minnesota governor proposes police reform
4 years, 6 months ago

In wake of George Floyd’s death, Minnesota governor proposes police reform

CNN  

CNN — Following weeks of protests over George Floyd’s death, Minnesota Gov. “The last three weeks have been some of the most tumultuous and painful in Minnesota’s history.” Walz was joined by House Speaker Melissa Hortman, Senate Minority Leader Susan Kent, and members of People of Color and Indigenous Caucus, who will propose legislation. Another proposal would ban “the use …

`He is going to change the world': Funeral held for Floyd
4 years, 7 months ago

`He is going to change the world': Funeral held for Floyd

Associated Press  

HOUSTON — George Floyd was fondly remembered Tuesday as “Big Floyd” — a father and brother, athlete and neighborhood mentor, and now a catalyst for change — at a funeral for the black man whose death has sparked a global reckoning over police brutality and racial prejudice. Cellphone video of the encounter, including Floyd’s pleas of “I can’t breathe,” ignited …

Statues fall as global anti-racism protests spread: Live updates
4 years, 7 months ago

Statues fall as global anti-racism protests spread: Live updates

Al Jazeera  

The protests that started in the US have spread, leading to the removal of statues with racist legacies. https://t.co/GIv7oUjzMk — Al Jazeera English June 10, 2020 08:30 GMT – Lewis Hamilton on battle against racism: ‘only the beginning’ Formula One world champion Lewis Hamilton said the recent global protests against racism “is only the beginning and there is so much …

Violent protest reflects the violence of the system
4 years, 7 months ago

Violent protest reflects the violence of the system

Al Jazeera  

The death of George Floyd at the hands of police officers in Minneapolis has upended the United States and has resulted in a civil uprising not seen in over half a century. Further, the urban rebellions of the 1960s – triggered by acts of police violence similar to the killing of George Floyd – were also violent and came in …

US protests: In Minneapolis, rage over George Floyd extends beyond cops
4 years, 7 months ago

US protests: In Minneapolis, rage over George Floyd extends beyond cops

India Today  

To truly understand the rage people in this city felt as they watched a video of George Floyd begging, gasping and slowly succumbing beneath the weight of a police officer’s knee, it’s necessary to step back in time. Seven years before Floyd’s cheek was smashed against the pavement, Terrance “Mookie” Franklin cowered behind a water heater in a dark basement …

‘Silence is pro-racist’: Anti-racism protests continue worldwide
4 years, 7 months ago

‘Silence is pro-racist’: Anti-racism protests continue worldwide

Al Jazeera  

Protesters continue demonstrations across the world against police brutality and racial discrimination. In Hong Kong, about 20 people staged a rally in solidarity with the Black Lives Matter movement on Sunday outside the US consulate in the semi-autonomous Chinese city. “We have to remind ourselves despite all we see going on in the US and in the other parts of …

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