George Floyd’s family lobbies Biden for US police reform on anniversary of death
Washington DC/Minneapolis, USReuters Relatives of George Floyd met with President Joe Biden at the White House on Tuesday, lobbying for passage of police reform legislation in their loved one’s name on the first anniversary of his killing by a police officer since convicted of murder. Floyd, a 46-year-old Black man who died in handcuffs with […]
Essay: Derek Chauvin’s guilty verdict might be an exodus for America
CHARLIE DATES, senior pastor at Chicago’s Progressive Baptist Church and an affiliate professor at Trinity Evangelical Divinity School, reflects on what the verdict in the trial of Derek Chauvin might mean…
In Minnesota and beyond, faith leaders hope Chauvin verdict lifts racial justice work
AP Faith leaders in Minnesota and across the United States expressed hope that their advocacy work for racial justice will gain momentum from the guilty verdict rendered against Derek Chauvin, the former police officer convicted of killing George Floyd. “It’s very encouraging for our overall work around racial justice to see the system, in this […]
Sight-Seeing: Of terror and testimonies – living through the Derek Chauvin trial
DANTÉ STEWART, in an article which comes via Religion News Service, reflects on the trial that this week has led to a guilty verdict for former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin over the death of George Floyd…
Updated: In Minneapolis, Derek Chauvin found guilty over death of George Floyd
Updated 12.30pm (AEDT)Former police officer Derek Chauvin has been found guilty of all charges over the death of George Floyd on a Minneapolis street in the US last year. Chauvin, 45, was filmed kneeling on the neck of the 46-year-old African-American man for more than nine minutes during his arrest in May. He was found […]
Updated: After more than a week of protests, four Minneapolis police officers face charges
Updated: 12.25pm AESTMinneapolis, USReuters Prosecutors on Wednesday leveled new criminal charges against four Minneapolis police officers implicated in the death of an unarmed black man who was pinned by his neck to the street during an arrest caught on video, sparking nine days of nationwide protest and civil turmoil. Derek Chauvin, arrested Friday on charges of […]
Minneapolis unrest: Faith groups rush to aid demonstrators as they decry racism
JACK JENKINS, of Religion News Service, reports on how some faith leaders in Minneapolis are responding to the calls for justice over the death of George Floyd and the unrest which has gripped the city in recent days…
Unrest flares in US cities despite arrest of Minneapolis policeman
Minneapolis, USReuters The white former Minneapolis police officer shown in video footage using his knee to pin an unarmed black man’s neck to the street was charged with murder on Friday in the man’s death, an incident that has unleashed four nights of violent protests. Derek Chauvin, who was dismissed from the police department with […]
Updated: Minneapolis police officer charged with murder in George Floyd case
Updated: 11.15amMinneapolis, USReuters A white former Minneapolis police officer was charged with murder on Friday after a bystander video showed him pinning his knee into the neck of an unarmed black man who later died, an incident that triggered three nights of violent protests. Derek Chauvin, the officer seen on the cellphone video footage kneeling […]