Tag: George Floyd
Medical examiner accused of covering up police killing in Maryland becomes...
Dr. David Fowler contradicted most other expert witnesses in the trial and suggested heart trouble and other issues, not the police restraint, caused George Floyd’s death.
Another summer of discontent?
Rather than compensation and apologies from the individuals and institutions that snatched these individuals from their families and communities, African American victims of police violence have been smeared over and over again in death.
Derek Chauvin trial: 3 questions America needs to ask about seeking...
Where the accused is placed above the law, there is an unjust system of justice.
Minneapolis agrees to pay $27M settlement to family of George Floyd
“Minneapolis has been fundamentally changed by this time of racial reckoning, and this city council is united in working together with our community and the Floyd family to equitably reshape our city of Minneapolis.”
The murder of George Floyd: Officer Derek Chauvin trial set to...
“A big part of the concern is whether or not there will be any real diversity on the jury.”
‘This is horrendous’: US military confirms bayonets were issued to troops...
"It is difficult for us to imagine a circumstance which could necessitate or justify the deployment of bayonets against American civilians."
Will the death of George Floyd mark the rebirth of America?
A man forced to die with his face pressed to the ground may yet shift the earth under your feet.
“He didn’t deserve to die over $20”: George Floyd’s brother urges...
“People of all backgrounds, genders and races have come together to demand change. Honor them. Honor George.”
Why the George Floyd Protesters are American patriots
For more than 200 years, ordinary Americans have taken to the streets to oppose injustice and improve their lives. That foundational right has been the basis for real change in the nation.
Autopsy reports showing George Floyd’s death was a homicide underscore corruption...
"This happens time and time again.”
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Could Trump’s Iran fiasco be America’s Suez crisis?
The U.S. war on Iran today, but similarities in the larger context, suggest that the United States is facing the same kind of “end of empire” moment that the British Empire faced in that historic crisis.
Trump DOJ subpoenas reporters after Iran war leaks trigger escalating clash with the press
The Trump administration has reportedly issued subpoenas targeting journalists and news organizations over Iran war reporting, intensifying concerns that the Justice Department is being used to expose confidential sources and pressure outlets covering national security issues
Wow! Losing the war PLUS losing the peace – the frenzy of fiascos ravage...
What other blundering buffoons ever lost a war (of choice), then willfully lost the peace via threats, phony bluffs and tin-ear, belligerent BS?
Too much money, too little democracy: Americans across party lines reject billionaire power in...
A new national poll finds widespread bipartisan concern that billionaires, dark money and special interest spending are overpowering ordinary voters in U.S. elections as campaign spending continues to shatter records.
Now you see them… now you don’t
Women leaders and Trump 2.0.