Floyd’s death was captured by a bystander on a wrenching video that galvanized the racial justice movement and continues to ripple a year later.
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Top officer in Black man’s fatal arrest withheld body camera video
In perhaps the strongest evidence yet of an attempted cover-up in the 2019 death of Ronald Greene, the ranking Louisiana State Police officer at the scene denied the existence of his own body camera video until the footage emerged last month.
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George Floyd killing prompts some states to limit or ban chokeholds
At least 17 states have prohibited or severely limited the use of chokeholds and neck restraints by police officers in the year since George Floyd was killed in Minneapolis.
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Former officer charged in Daunte Wright killing will go to trial in December
Kimberly Potter faces one charge of second-degree manslaughter in the April 11 shooting of the 20-year-old Black man.
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Minneapolis suburb OKs roadmap for policing changes
The Brooklyn Center City Council voted for the creation of new divisions that would handle non-moving traffic violations and respond to mental health crises.
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Chauvin’s lawyer seeks new trial, impeachment of verdict
The defense attorney for the former Minneapolis police officer convicted of killing George Floyd says the court abused its discretion on several points.
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Use-of-force cases prompt state debates over officer records
At least 16 states have contemplated measures to release such records, or summaries of them, publicly. Another eight have discussed making the records accessible to other law enforcement agencies.
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Deputy shooting becomes part of city’s long history on race
The fatal shooting of a Black man by sheriff’s deputies sends shock waves through North Carolina’s Elizabeth City.
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Minority legislators sense moment to pass ‘bold’ legislation
They are seizing on the nation’s reckoning with racial injustice to insist equity be considered in a range of bills.
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Sharpton decries ‘stench of racism’ in Daunte Wright’s death
Hundreds gather at his funeral, 11 days after the young Black man was shot by police and two days after Derek Chauvin was found guilty of murder in George Floyd’s death.