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 […]
Talking about race: For transracial adoptive families, it’s an act of love, not ‘woke’ test
BOB SMIETANA, of Religion News Service, reports on why Bethany Christian Services, one of the largest evangelical adaption agencies in the US, is pushing back against a “colourblind” approach to interracial adoption…
“A ministry of listening”: In the US, Minnesota churches caught in standoffs between protesters and police
JACK JENKINS, of Religion News Service, speaks with the leaders of two congregations in the Minneapolis suburb of Brooklyn Center which have found themselves at the centre of standoffs between police and racial justice demonstrators over the past week…
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 […]
US Catholic peace activist Martin Gugino committed to struggle, despite grand jury dismissal
RNS Martin Gugino took the long view when he heard a grand jury declined to indict two Buffalo police officers who were seen shoving him to the ground during a protest outside City Hall last year. Gugino said he heard the felony assault charges against Buffalo officers Robert McCabe and Aaron Torgalski were dropped from […]
Faith and comfort amid protests: Guard chaplains reflect on Floyd protests, lessons learned
GIOVANNA DELL’ORTO, of The Associated Press, reports on the experiences of National Guard chaplains during recent unrest in the US…
Protests, pandemics and politics: The top 2020 searches for Bible passages online
RNS In the midst of a strange and stressful year, people turned to the same place they have for decades in their search for answers. The internet. A person is taken on a stretcher into the United Memorial Medical Center after going through testing for COVID-19 Thursday, on 19th March, in Houston. People were lined […]