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George Floyd’s family calls on Congress to pass police reform, 4 years after his murder
Local 3 News Chattanooga· 5 days ago“Change is needed,” Philonise Floyd, George Floyd’s brother, said at a news conference Thursday where democratic lawmakers announced their latest effort to pass the George Floyd Justice in Policing ...
On This Day, May 25: Phoenix spacecraft lands on Mars
United Press International via Yahoo News· 5 days agoLess than a year later, a jury convicted Chauvin on second- and third-degree murder and manslaughter...
Medcalf: George Floyd's uncle speaks out 4 years after his nephew's murder
Star Tribune (Minneapolis) via Yahoo News· 5 days agoSelwyn Jones counts the days. On Saturday, it will be 1,461 days. That's exactly four years since...
Hope, continued activism, shine at fourth anniversary of George Floyd’s death
MPR News· 4 days agoFour years after the killing of George Floyd, there are markedly fewer people protesting on the...
George Floyd’s Uncle Tells How Nephew’s Death Changed His Life
The Daily Beast via Yahoo News· 5 days agoCourtesy of Selwyn JonesEvery day, Selwyn Jones misses his nephew, George Floyd.Today marks four...
George Floyd’s murder led to a national reckoning on policing, but efforts have stalled or reversed
NBC NEWS· 5 days agoFour years ago, protests erupted across the country after millions of Americans watched the chilling...
Today in History: May 29, Reagan and Gorbachev meet in Moscow summit - The Boston Globe
The Boston Globe· 1 day agoIn 1765, Patrick Henry denounced the Stamp Act before Virginia’s House of Burgesses. In 1848, Wisconsin became the 30th state of the union. In 1914, the Canadian ocean liner RMS Empress of Ireland ...
Four years after George Floyd’s murder, Minnesota’s racial gaps remain stark
The Fargo Forum· 6 days agoFour years ago this week, Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin murdered George Floyd. The event...
Day of remembrance honors George Floyd nearly four years after his killing
Star Tribune (Minneapolis) via Yahoo News· 6 days agoNearly four years after the police killing of George Floyd, civil rights advocate Leslie Redmond...
Millwood High School graduation in photos
The Oklahoman· 6 days agoThe white officer, Derek Chauvin, was convicted the following year of murdering Floyd and sentenced to 15 years in prison and 7 1/2 years parole. A...