9 h. ago George Floyd's girlfriend worries Trump will pardon killer cop Derek Chauvin 5 years on

WARNING - GRAPHIC CONTENT: This Sunday marks five years since George Floyd was murdered by former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin in a video that shocked the world

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10 h. ago Five years later: How the murder of George Floyd changed America

Five years after the murder of George Floyd, the ripple effects of that summer are still being felt to this day

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22 h. ago Black Lives Matter street murals stand as an enduring reminder of protests against racism

In 2020, Black Lives Matter street murals appeared in cities across the U.S. following the police killings of George Floyd, Breonna Taylor and Ahmaud Arbery

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36 h. ago Pentagon leaker begs Trump for pardon in jailhouse interview, calls himself a ‘patriot’

‘My case was specifically politicized by the Biden administration,’ Jack Teixeira said, adding: ‘I think that I was used as a sacrificial lamb, and I was crucified to be made of as an example’

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53 h. ago How federal consent decrees have been used in police reform across the US

The Justice Department announced Wednesday it was canceling proposed consent decrees reached with Minneapolis and Louisville to implement policing reforms in the wake of high profile police killings

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67 h. ago Maga Catholics are on a collision course with Leo XIV. They have good reason to fear him | Julian Coman

They have been quick to brand the new pope an ‘anti-Trump’ ‘total Marxist’. In return, he is already critiquing their worldviewIn the outer reaches of the Magasphere, it would be fair to say the advent of the first pope from the US has not been greeted with unbridled enthusiasm. Take Laura Loomer, the thirtysomething influencer and conspiracy theorist, whose verdict on Leo XIV was as instant as it was theologically uninformed: “Anti-Trump, anti-Maga, pro-open Borders, and a total Marxist like Pope Francis.” Also doing the rounds on X was a short summary of Leo’s supposed transgressions before ascending to St Peter’s chair: “Trashed Trump, trashed Vance, trashed border enforcement, endorsed DREAMer-style illegal immigration, repeatedly praised and honored George Floyd, and endorsed a Democrat senator’s call for more gun control.”So far, so tedious. The comic-book casting of the new pope as a globalist villain in the US culture wars is traceable back to his predecessor’s impact on lib...

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3 d. ago Death row cop killer executed by lethal injection as last words and final meal revealed

Benjamin Ritchie was given a lethal injection more than 20 years after his crime in a so-called 'sunrise execution' – he was denied a last minute stay of execution by the courts

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4 d. ago Tiger King Joe Exotic pleads for Trump pardon after husband deported

Exotic, who is serving 21 years for murder-for-hire plot, urges president: ‘Just let me go to Mexico’Joe Exotic – star of the 2020 Netflix true crime documentary Tiger King – is publicly pleading for Donald Trump to pardon him from federal prison after his husband was deported to Mexico.“It’s really past time to have one of your people watch Tiger King Season 2, where they all admitted to perjury and a plot to kill me on world television and let me out,” Exotic, whose name is Joseph Allen Maldonado, wrote late on Sunday on social media to the president whom he has politically supported. “I know that you are not fond of my lifestyle, but I supported you just allow me go to Mexico with my husband.” Continue reading...

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7 d. ago Diddy allies are already angling for a pardon for embattled rap mogul from Trump, report says

Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs faces 15 years to life in prison if he’s convicted of sex trafficking in New York

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7 d. ago Should you be worried if your young child has a ‘boyfriend’ or ‘girlfriend’?

Cher McGillivray reports on what to do when your child gets a ‘boyfriend’ or ‘girlfriend’

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9 d. ago Marjorie Taylor Greene joins calls for Derek Chauvin to be pardoned

Georgia Republican calls for release of former Minneapolis police officer convicted over the May 2020 killing of George Floyd, which led to mass demonstrations across the U.S. and around the world

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9 d. ago Imprisoned Suge Knight says Trump will pardon Diddy if convicted in sex trafficking case: ‘Puffy’s gonna be alright’

Suge Knight reasoned that President Donald Trump will pardon Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs because he commuted the sentence of his Death Row Records co-founder, Michael Harris, in 2021

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2 w. ago Charges dropped against 3 officers after they make a training video about fatal Colorado shooting

Charges have been dropped against all but one Colorado law enforcement officer accused of not stepping in and possibly preventing the fatal 2022 shooting of a man in distress who had called 911 for help

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2 w. ago US adults’ belief in impact of BLM protests consistently decreased since 2020 – study

Study also found 54% of adult Americans said the relationship between police and Black people was about the same since George Floyd’s deathThis 25 May marks the fifth anniversary of the police killing of George Floyd, a Black man in Minneapolis, Minnesota, whose murder sparked international protests against police brutality and racism.A new study by the Pew Institute examines the beliefs of American adults regarding race and racial issues five years after Floyd’s death. Continue reading...

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2 w. ago Singer Tanita Tikaram to release sequel to debut album after 37 years

Featuring songs about Brexit, Donald Trump and the murder of George Floyd, the new album, LIAR (Love Isn’t A Right), is a follow-up to her 1988 debut.

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3 w. ago FBI reassigns agents seen taking knee during racial justice protest, report claims

The FBI has reassigned several agents who were photographed kneeling during a racial justice protest in Washington that followed the 2020 death of George Floyd at the hands of Minneapolis police officers, two people familiar with the matter said Wednesday.

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3 w. ago FBI reassigns agents photographed kneeling during 2020 racial justice protest, AP sources say

The FBI has reassigned several agents who were photographed kneeling during a racial justice protest in Washington that followed the 2020 death of George Floyd at the hands of Minneapolis police officers

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3 w. ago Police suspect 2 shootings that left 4 dead in Minneapolis were connected and gang related

Police strongly suspect that a pair of shootings three blocks apart in Minneapolis that left four people dead and two others seriously injured were connected and were gang related

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3 w. ago How Trump’s war on DEI is roiling US police: ‘It doesn’t mean work will stop’

As Trump administration fights diversity, some officers fear for future of policing as they observe culture shiftsAfter the murder of George Floyd, protests pushed some police agencies to bring in a new class of professionals like Colleen Jackson to help make departments more representative of and responsive to the communities they serve.Hired as the first chief diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) officer in Shaker Heights, Ohio, in 2021, Jackson has assisted in a hiring process that swore in a class of women, Black and Asian American recruits and has surveyed residents on their experiences with the police. She is now organizing an event to bring together young residents and Black officers that she hopes will lead to safer interactions on the street. Continue reading...

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3 w. ago Hero cop shot by killer who went on the run wants him jailed for life

Raymond McCourt, who murdered a Glasgow newsagent, went on the run from HM Castle Huntly last week.

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