CLOSE After a Seattle Police precinct left a violent protesting area, protests became peaceful and they dubbed it the Capitol Hill Autonomous Zone, or CHAZ. StoryfulThe Atlanta police chief has resigned and the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department launched an investigation following the deaths of two Black men in separate incidents as protesters continue to demonstrate against systemic…
MINNEAPOLIS — Video recorded by a bystander showed the world George Floyd’s horrifying last minutes, capturing his cries and pleas for air as a Minneapolis officer used his knee to pin down Floyd’s neck. But the footage recorded by body cameras that officers wore on their chests as they were arresting Floyd is expected to…
In the wake of nationwide protests in the US, many districts are under pressure to remove police from schools.School boards in Minneapolis, Portland, Denver and Oakland are just a few that have decided to end or phase out their contracts with police departments.Al Jazeera’s Rob Reynolds brings us this report. - Subscribe to our channel:…
A&E Network canceled its police reality series “Live PD” after weeks of protests inspired by the death of George Floyd and a report that a crew from the show filmed the death of another black man in police custody.Dan Abrams, the former host of A&E Network’s hit show “Live PD,” said he was "disappointed" by the…
CLOSE Historical Confederate monuments are being taken down and defaced from protests over the death of George Floyd. StoryfulTwo symbols of the nation's divide were passing into history Thursday after protesters in Virginia tore down a century-old statue of Jefferson Davis while workers in Washington, D.C., were dismantling a temporary fence installed last week to protect the…
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…