Now that prosecutors have charged all four officers involved in the arrest that ended in George Floyd’s death, their real work begins: proving them. The charges against Derek Chauvin, the former officer who kept his knee on Floyd’s neck for almost nine minutes, were expanded this week to include the more serious one of second-degree…… MORE
Traveling pianist Davide Martello showed up in Minneapolis to spread a message of hope through music at George Floyd’s memorial. Martello, also known as Klavierkunst, lives in Oklahoma City and drove 12 hours to the memorial to use his talent to help heal the community. “I am from Germany and everybody is telling me how…… MORE
A 35-year-old black man in federal prison in New York City died after he became “disruptive” and guards used pepper spray, the Justice Department said. Jamel Floyd, who had been at the Metropolitan Detention Center in Brooklyn since October 2019, was barricaded inside his cell and was “breaking the cell door window with a metal…… MORE
The death of a man while in the custody of police in Tacoma, Washington, earlier this year was “due to physical restraint,” according to a county medical examiner. Manuel Ellis died March 3 after police saw him trying to get into vehicles that had people in them, according to a news release from the city’s…… MORE
If there’s one rule on social media that people can agree on, it’s this: Don’t cross K-pop stans. With tens of thousands of K-pop fan accounts posting over six billion tweets last year, they have become one of the strongest forces on social media. Now, following George Floyd’s death, K-pop fans are using their power…… MORE
Days after deciding not to bring charges in the shooting death of James Scurlock, Douglas County Attorney Don Kleine said Wednesday he is going to petition district court to convene a grand jury with a special prosecutor to review the case. “I’m not wavering in any way in the decision that we’ve made on this…… MORE
YouTuber Jake Paul has been charged with criminal trespass and unlawful assembly after video showed him at a Scottsdale, Arizona, mall as it was being looted, police said. Paul, 23, was present during the looting and property destruction that occurred at the city’s Fashion Square mall on Saturday, the Scottsdale Police Department said in a…… MORE
A World War II-era flag that was presumably stolen during a protest in Nevada was safely returned this week to a journalist who covered its disappearance. The flag went missing during protests near Reno City Hall on Saturday when its display case was found broken. City officials assumed the flag had been lost. The flag…… MORE
New Jersey students will start learning about climate change in kindergarten and keep studying the crisis through graduation under the state’s new education standards. The State Board of Education adopted the new guidelines on Wednesday —which outline what will be taught to New Jersey’s 1.4 million students. It’s the first state to include climate change…… MORE
One day after George Floyd’s fatal encounter with Minneapolis police on Memorial Day, the four officers involved were fired. Four days later, one of the officers was arrested and charged with Floyd’s murder. Within 10 days, the other three officers were in custody. Since Floyd’s death, officials in Minneapolis and other cities across the country…… MORE
