When destroying a police precinct is a reasonable reaction. Protesters gather in front of the 3rd precinct police building while it burns on May 28, 2020 in Minneapolis, Minnesota. Scott Olson/Getty Images In the early days of the pandemic, did you ever fantasize what we’d do when people could go outside again and gather together?…
The US military on Friday ordered several police units to be ready for potential deployment to Minnesota as the state experiences protests over the death of George Floyd.
Former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin, who was seen on video using his knee to pin down George Floyd, has been charged with third-degree murder and manslaughter. Minnesota Public Safety Commissioner John Harrington, who made the Friday announcement at a brief news conference, said he did not have information about the charges, or about the…
Lines of riot police guarded the home of former police officer Derek Chauvin's house in Oakdale, a Twin Cities suburb, Thursday night from protestors following the death of George Floyd. Chauvin was identified as the cop who held his knee on Floyd's neck in the viral video of Floyd's arrest. Along with the three other…
Police in Louisville, Kentucky shot pepper balls at a news team as they were broadcasting live coverage of a Friday protest.After indicating that she was "behind the line" created by officers, reporter Kaitlin Rust of television station WAVE was hit by a non-lethal offensive weapon by an alleged member of the Louisville Metro Police Department.…
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…