Police brutality

Jim Gudas
May 30, 2020 - 1:29 pm

George Floyd Protests Fill Downtown Chicago Streets, Turn Violent Amid Looting, Property Damage, Police Confrontations

Thousands of protesters returned downtown for a second day of protests to express outrage over the killing of George Floyd in Minneapolis, looting and damaging some downtown businesses.
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Pete Demetriou Protests in DTLA
Rebekah Sager
May 30, 2020 - 6:32 am

Peaceful Protests Over Death of George Floyd Devolve into Clashes with LAPD

Protests across Los Angeles began as peaceful demonstrations, but by about 6:30 p.m., things began to unravel
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Protests over Geoger Floyd Death
AP News
May 30, 2020 - 5:08 am

National Guard Called in as Cities Across US Explode in Protests

Georgia’s governor declared a state of emergency early Saturday to activate the state National Guard as violence flared in Atlanta and cities nationwide following the death in Minnesota of George Floyd after a white officer pressed a knee into his neck while taking him into custody.
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Rebekah Sager
May 29, 2020 - 7:12 am

Obama, AG Barr, Several Celebs Express Outrage Over Death of George Floyd Death Amid Protests

Former President Obama and other high-profile athletes and actors turned to social media to voice their outrage over the death of George Floyd, a black man whose neck was pinned down by a police officer in Minneapolis. Floyd, 46, died Monday night while in police custody.
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AP News
May 29, 2020 - 4:55 am

Twitter Flags Trump's Tweet with 'Glorifying Violence' Warning

Twitter has added a warning to one of President Donald Trump's tweets about protests in Minneapolis, saying it violated the platform's rules about “glorifying violence."
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Minneapolis police officer
Rebekah Sager
May 28, 2020 - 11:43 am

Officer at Center of George Floyd's Death Had 12 Complaints Against Him

Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin, who was seen in the now-infamous video kneeling on the neck of George Floyd, had 12 complaints cases against him.
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AP News
May 27, 2020 - 1:12 pm

Violent Protests, Clashes with Police Erupt Over George Floyd's Death

To the general public, the video of a white police officer pressing his knee into the neck of a black man prone on the street, crying out for help until he finally stopped moving, was horrifying.
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This undated photo provided by the Tarrant County Jail shows Aaron Dean. The Fort Worth police officer who shot and killed a black woman through a back window of her home while responding to a call about an open front door was charged with murder on Monday after resigning from the force. (Tarrant County Jail via AP)
October 15, 2019 - 4:09 am

Fort Worth officer charged with murder in shooting at home

FORT WORTH, Texas (AP) — A white former Fort Worth police officer was being held in jail on a murder charge after shooting a black woman through a window of her home, and the department told a grieving community that investigators would ensure "no stone is left unturned" in the search for answers...
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A bullet hole could be seen in the back window outside the Fort Worth home Monday, Oct. 14, 2019, where a 28-year-old black woman was shot to death by a white police officer on Saturday. Members of the community have brought tributes to the home where Atatiana Jefferson was killed early Saturday by an officer who was responding to a neighbor's report of an open door. (AP Photo/Jake Bleiberg)
October 14, 2019 - 5:15 pm

The Latest: Texas police officer charged with murder

FORT WORTH, Texas (AP) — The Latest on the fatal police shooting of a black woman inside her own home in Fort Worth (all times local): 7:15 p.m. A white former Fort Worth police officer has been booked in jail on a murder charge for the shooting of a black woman through a window in her home. Aaron...
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Former Dallas police officer Amber Guyger, center, arrives for the first day of her murder trial in the 204th District Court at the Frank Crowley Courts Building in Dallas, Monday, Sept. 23, 2019. Guyger is accused of shooting her black neighbor in his Dallas apartment. (Tom Fox/The Dallas Morning News via AP, Pool)
September 23, 2019 - 11:04 am

Trial begins for former Dallas cop who fatally shot neighbor

DALLAS (AP) — Opening statements were set to begin Monday in the murder trial of a white Dallas police officer who fatally shot a black neighbor in his home, a shooting the officer has said happened after she entered the man's apartment by mistake. Amber Guyger, 31, is on trial for last year's...
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