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Today in History: May 25, police kill George Floyd
San Francisco Chronicle· 7 hours agoToday is Thursday, May 25, the 146th day of 2024. On May 25, 2020, George Floyd, a Black man, was killed when a white Minneapolis police officer pressed ...
Ex-Trump aide jokes about giving homeless counterfeit money to get them arrested
The Daily Dot· 25 minutes agoJohnny McEntee, a former aide to President Donald Trump, is roiling social media with a “joke” he...
Teen run over by Chicago police car during 2020 George Floyd protests to get $525,000 settlement
CBS News· 4 days agoA teenager who was run over by a Chicago police vehicle during the protests of George Floyd's murder...
How Six Sigma Racial Equity Institute Empowers Black Women
Black Enterprise· 5 hours agoRacial Equity Institute was founded by Joy E. Mason in spring 2021 as an offshoot of her Optimist...
Virginia school board decides to rename schools after Confederate traitors, reversing 2020 decision
Salon via Yahoo News· 3 days agoLee and Turner Ashby. The board had stripped their names amid protests over the murder of George ...
‘Black Twitter’ Tells the Biggest Story in Social Media
The Daily Beast via Yahoo News· 11 hours agoClarence Williams/DisneyWhen Wired’s Jason Parham published “A People’s History of Black Twitter” in...
Once again: Police cruelly killed someone Black under the guise of their self-governing authority
Florida Phoenix via Yahoo News· 8 hours agoQuality Journalism for Critical Times Since I read about a sheriff’s deputy who, according to civil...
NAACP, Other Civil Rights Orgs Call For Biden To Pardon Marilyn Mosby
Blavity via Yahoo News· 20 hours agoThe NAACP is one of over a dozen civil rights organizations urging President Joe Biden to pardon...
R.I. House passes police reform, but without ‘George Floyd’ provision - The Boston Globe
The Boston Globe· 4 days agoThe amendment, which was ultimately tabled in a vote of 47 to 25 over questions of...
$550K settlement proposed for teen run over by police vehicle during 2020 George Floyd protests
Chicago Sun-Times· 5 days agoThe civil unrest that devolved into rampant mayhem after the murder of George Floyd was one of the most chaotic days in Chicago history. The inspector general ...