George Floyd’s brother joyfully shared memories of their childhood together in Houston — from eating banana and mayonnaise sandwiches to playing football together — during the first of several memorials planned in Floyd’s honor. But Philonise Floyd also said it was painful to be so close to his brother for the first time since his…… MORE
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One of the officers had been on the job four days. One was on his third shift ever. And Derek Chauvin, who pressed his knee into George Floyd’s neck for nearly nine minutes, was the field training officer for one of them. Chauvin, J. Alexander Kueng, Thomas Lane and Tou Thao were responding to a…… MORE
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
