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A Minnesota judge has struck down a request to move the trial of the four former Minneapolis Police Department officers involved in the death of George Floyd. Hennepin County Judge Peter Cahill confirmed the upcoming trial for the officers — identified as Derek Chauvin, Tou Thao, J. Alexander Kueng, and Thomas Lane — will not…

The Black teenager who filmed the death of George Floyd as it happened in Minneapolis on Memorial Day is now being honored by a prestigious organization. Seventeen-year-old Darnella Frazier’s valor and quick thinking enabled African Americans to showcase an example of the savage violence that is often perpetrated by law enforcement against people of color.…

A Minnesota judge dropped a lower-level murder charge against former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin, the man who pressed his knee into the neck of George Floyd for nearly nine minutes before he died. However, Hennepin County District Judge Peter Cahill stated he will keep the remaining two charges on the books against Chauvin: one…

Comic superstar Dave Chappelle talked about the aftermath of George Floyd’s killing at the hands of a White cop on Memorial Day 2020. Chappelle, 47, expounds on his own Netflix series regarding the extreme emotional trauma Floyd’s televised death caused as the first guest on the new season of “My Next Guest Needs No Introduction…

The police officer who kneeled on George Floyd’s neck has been allowed to leave the state of Minnesota. On Oct. 9, a judge in Hennepin County, Minnesota ruled that Derek Chauvin could leave the state as he awaits trial, according to StarTribune. Citing “safety concerns,” Chauvin will be able to travel until his proposed court…

The cop who kneeled on George Floyd’s neck has been released from jail. On Oct. 7, Chauvin posted a $1 million bond, according to the StarTribune. Shortly before 11 a.m. CT, Chauvin was released from Hennepin County jail and will likely remain free until the trial, which will take place on March 8. Following his…

Donald Glover has become a father for a third time. The 37-year-old actor-and-musician has revealed he and his girlfriend Michelle White welcomed their third child into the world some months ago amid the coronavirus pandemic, and the couple has named their son Donald, after the Lion King star’s father Donald McKinley Glover Sr. Speaking to actress…

A video of a Black woman yelling at her child’s White teacher has gone viral. On Sept. 29, 2020, a video emerged of the woman ridiculing the teacher during a virtual class session on Zoom. The video starts with the woman voicing her thoughts about a comment the teacher made about George Floyd. “It’s 2020, you…

The intersection where George Floyd took his last breath on Memorial Day 2020 had already been turned into an unofficial shrine that was maintained by volunteers. Now that intersection will be turned into an official memorial for the man who’s come to symbolize the national insurrection against police brutality and racial injustice. The intersection of…

The police officers who are charged in the death of George Floyd are blaming each other for the alleged crime and are seeking separate trials. According to the Washington Post, the officers are distancing themselves from each other and what occurred during the deadly arrest on May 25. Bodycam footage revealed that officers were aggressive…

Derek Chauvin, the former Minneapolis police officer who killed George Floyd by kneeling on his neck on Memorial Day, wants the murder and manslaughter charges thrown out. Chauvin continues to languish in a Hennepin County, Minnesota, jail awaiting trial on third-degree murder, second-degree murder and second-degree manslaughter charges, according to USA Today. The horrific video…

It took 8 minutes and 46 seconds to shock the collective American conscious out of quarantine and into action. Eight minutes and 46 seconds of modern technology capturing the death of George Floyd and transmitting it around the world. And the same 8 minutes and 46 seconds to launch protests from Minneapolis to Washington, D.C.,…

The governor of Tennessee quietly signed a bill that would make it a felony for protesters to camp out at the state capital in Nashville. The bill signed by Republican Gov. Bill Lee makes it a Class E felony to camp out on state property. However, Lee did so without making the customary announcement to…

Millions of people around the world watched the video of George Floyd dying while a White Minneapolis police officer, Derek Chauvin, kneeled on his neck. Two autopsies have concluded that Floyd’s death was a homicide. Chauvin eventually was charged with murder and three other police officers — Thomas Lane, Alexander Kueng and Tou Thao —…

One of the four former Minneapolis cops says he would have done something differently in the brutal death of George Floyd if he had a chance to do it all over again. Ex-officer Tou Thao has been charged with aiding and abetting second-degree murder and manslaughter as has fellow ex-officers J. Alexander Lueng and Thomas…

A new video showing the final minutes of George Floyd’s life, including his arrest and his beating in the backseat of a squad car by former Minneapolis officers, has been revealed in a Minnesota court, the media has learned. The new video, obtained by Daily Mail of London, shows Officer Thomas Lane knocking on…

A hologram of George Floyd hovered above the statue of Confederate general Robert E. Lee in Virginia. The statue of Lee is located on Monument Avenue in Richmond, which was the capital of the Confederacy during the Civil War back in 1863. However, the statue of Lee was not erected until 1890 when, according to…

National Football League helmets will prominently feature the names of George Floyd, Breonna Taylor, Botham Jean and other social messaging. Front Office Sports was the first to report that the names of unarmed Black men and women who have been killed by police will be placed on the back of NFL players’ helmets in large,…

Great art will always stand the test of time. In the summer of 1989, Public Enemy released the most poignant protest song in hip-hop history in “Fight the Power” for Spike Lee‘s gut-wrenching film, Do the Right Thing. Thirty-one years later, the song speaks to a new generation of activists inspired by the killings of…

Iconic Congresswoman Maxine Waters doesn’t want another George Floyd episode popping off during her watch. So as Waters was driving by a police stop where the officers were White and the motorist was Black, the legislative lioness darted out of her SUV to closely monitor the situation personally. Passersby just happened to drive by and…