Category: #BlackLivesMatter

Colorado Attorney General Phil Weiser (D) announced Wednesday that three police officers and two paramedics have been charged in the 2019 death of Elijah McClain, a…

Oregon neighbors have taken it upon themselves to build a large Pride flag that can be seen from the high school whose board banned it,…

President Biden on Wednesday said Republicans are lying if they try to paint him and the Democratic Party as anti-police. Source: https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/564257-biden-republicans-who-say-democrats-want-to-defund-the-police-are Droolin’ Dog sniffed out this…

Charlottesville, whose statues of Confederate generals and slavers Robert Lee and Stonewall Jackson attracted a white nationalist rally in 2017, is finally removing them this…

TikTok has reportedly blocked users of its newly rolled out Creator Marketplace from being able to use words and phrases including “Black” and “Black Lives…

Hennepin County Judge Peter Cahill sentenced Derek Chauvin to 22½ years in jail on Friday. Chauvin, the Minneapolis cop who killed George Floyd by kneeling…

A New York City statute of George Floyd unveiled for Juneteenth was vandalized just days afterward, according local law enforcement. The New York Police Department Task…

Newark Mayor Ras J. Baraka announced last week that a statue of Christopher Columbus that was taken down last year in New Jersey’s largest city…

Judge Peter Cahill, who has served on the bench in Hennepin County for 14 years, could sentence Derek Chauvin to as little as probation or…

Opal Lee, an educator and activist who has been dubbed the “Grandmother of Juneteenth,” led a crowd of hundreds through Fort Worth, Texas in celebration of…

Newark, N.J., Mayor Ras J. Baraka unveiled a statue of George Floyd on Wednesday outside of New… Source: https://thehill.com/homenews/state-watch/559222-700-pound-bronze-statue-of-george-floyd-unveiled-in-new-jersey Droolin’ Dog sniffed out this story and…

The Senate on Tuesday passed legislation to recognize Juneteenth as a legal public holiday. “Making Juneteenth a federal holiday is a major step forward to…

A woman was killed and three others were injured on Sunday after a vehicle struck a group of people protesting police brutality in the streets…

Minneapolis city officials and crews early Thursday began clearing portions of George Floyd Square as they plan to reopen the intersection to traffic after more…

Hundreds of people gathered at a historic church in Tulsa, Okla. to dedicate a prayer wall on the 100th anniversary of the 1921 Tulsa Race…

President Biden issued a proclamation to commemorate the 100th anniversary of the Tulsa Race Massacre and declared Monday to be a “Day of Remembrance.” Driving the news:…

Monday is the 100th anniversary of one of the worst acts of racial violence in American history. A spate of books and documentaries are marking…

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) on Tuesday said that George Floyd’s daughter’s prediction that her father would “change the world” is coming true.  Source: https://thehill.com/homenews/house/555366-pelosi-george-floyd-daughters-prediction-that-he-would-change-the-world-is…

Law enforcement officials in Portland, Ore., declared a riot and arrested five people on Tuesday following a demonstration held to mark the one-year anniversary of George…

At least 15 states are trying to ban schools from teaching critical race theory and the 1619 Project. The reactionary movement stretches back to the…

Support of Black-owned businesses has slowed since digital campaigns sparked a surge last year after George Floyd’s death, but some owners say they now have…

Body camera footage obtained by a local Tennessee outlet showed law enforcement officials told a jailed man they restrained, “you shouldn’t be able to breathe” shortly before…