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May 25, 2021

Minneapolis police report 'shots fired' near George Floyd Square, suspect believed to have fled: officials

Minneapolis police responded Tuesday to reports of shots fired near George Floyd Square – the intersection where George Floyd died one year ago to the day – and the suspect is believed to have driven away after the fact, officials said.  

May 25, 2021

Rosanna Arquette asks Twitter followers if Supreme Court justices are KKK members

Rosanna Arquette questioned if members of the U.S. Supreme Court are also members of the Ku Klux Klan on the anniversary of George Floyd’s death.

May 25, 2021

Minneapolis police leaving force in droves: Former officer says cops feel ‘helpless’

Former Minneapolis police officer Steve Dykstra who left the force last summer said on Tuesday that the City of Lake's police “feel helpless."

May 25, 2021

Biden to meet with George Floyd's family on death anniversary as he misses police reform bill deadline

President Biden is scheduled to host the family of George Floyd at the White House on Tuesday – though Congress missed Biden’s deadline of getting the federal police reform bill with Floyd’s namesake passed by the one-year anniversary of Floyd's killing by a Minneapolis officer.

May 25, 2021

On Floyd death anniversary, lawmakers optimistic on police reform amid 'Squad' demands that could kill bill

Sen. Tim Scott told reporters Monday night that bipartisan negotiators see "light at the end of the tunnel" on police reform on the eve of the anniversary of George Floyd's death Tuesday.

May 25, 2021

Alveda King: George Floyd death anniversary – I ask all Americans to do this one year later

After George was killed last year I reached out to his family to say I had some idea of their pain. I know it’s terrible to lose a family member to violence, to have to grieve publicly.

May 24, 2021

Jones: US Corporation's 'holier than thou pledges of generosity' to Black Americans are 'a bunch of bull'

'Fox News Primetime' host Lawrence Jones calls American corporation's monetary pledges for advancing Black life 'a bunch of bull'

May 24, 2021

Minneapolis police seeks federal, state reinforcements after mass shooting kills college kid before graduation

Grappling with a shortage of officers and increased crime, Minneapolis is seeking federal and state resources after the latest bout of violence in the city included a mass shooting that left a college student dead hours before his graduation Saturday. 

May 24, 2021

2020 rioting in Kenosha, Wisconsin after police killings hurt Biden, analysis finds

A new study of election results in Kenosha, Wisconsin by the Economist suggests that when the last summer's racial protests turned violent, Trump and Republicans benefited at the ballot box.

May 24, 2021

George Floyd's family holds rally, march in brother's memory

Members of George Floyd’s family, and others who lost loved ones to police encounters, joined activists and citizens in Minneapolis on Sunday for a march that was one of several events planned nationwide to mark the one-year anniversary of Floyd’s death.