The transcripts make clear that Floyd was trying to cooperate with police but was deathly afraid of them, at times telling them that he had had covid-19 and was worried that he was going to die because he couldn’t breathe while in their custody. As one of the officers — Derek Chauvin — pressed a…
The House on Thursday passed Democrats’ police reform bill, the George Floyd Justice in Policing Act of 2020, by a 236-181 vote. Three Republicans joined Democrats to vote in favor of the bill, which now heads to the Senate, where it isn’t expected to get much traction. Thursday’s vote underscores an ongoing stalemate: Over the…
Five years to the day after the mass shooting at the Emanuel African Methodist Episcopal Church, the city is wrestling anew with its legacy of slavery and racial discrimination.Right NowThe district attorney said he would announce his decision on whether to file charges in the police killing of Rayshard Brooks in Atlanta at 3 p.m.…
George Floyd Killing 911 Dispatcher Concerned About Cops on Scene ... Something 'Looks Different' 6/15/2020 4:11 PM PT Breaking News Seeing live footage of George Floyd's arrest alarmed a 911 dispatcher enough, she called a police supervisor to respond to the scene ... this according to newly released audio. In phone recordings between the 911…
U.S.|Grand Juror in Breonna Taylor Case Says Deliberations Were MisrepresentedThe Kentucky attorney general’s office said it would release the panel’s recordings after a grand juror contended in a court filing that its discussions were inaccurately characterized.Breonna Taylor's family and the lawyer Ben Crump, right, said the charges a Kentucky grand jury agreed upon in the…
(John Finney Photography/Moment/Getty Images) An abnormally bad season of weather may have had a significant impact on the death toll from both World War I and the 1918 Spanish flu pandemic, according to new research, with many more lives being lost due to torrential rain and plummeting temperatures. Through a detailed analysis of an ice…