#george-floyd

#george-floyd

George Floyd, a Black man who had been detained by Minneapolis police after a store clerk alleged he had used a counterfeit $20 bill, died as Officer Derek Chauvin knelt on his neck for more than nine minutes, ignoring Floyd's complaints that he could not breathe. A video of Floyd's May 25, 2020 death triggered massive protests throughout the nation and across the globe, energizing the Black Lives Matter movement that had been founded in 2013.

WASHINGTON -- The FBI has fired 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, three people familiar with the matter said Friday. The bureau had reassigned the agents last spring but has since fired them, said the people, who insisted on anonymity to discuss personnel matters with The Associated Press.

Eddington illustrates the emotional turmoil in a small town faced with the pandemic and racial tensions, particularly focusing on the impact of George Floyd's murder.

"Today, we are ending the Biden Civil Rights Division's failed experiment of handcuffing local leaders and police departments with factually unjustified consent decrees."

Sanderlin's landmark lawsuit against the city depicts policing methods that led to injury and reform within the San Jose Police Department's practices.