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BY DENEEN L. BROWN – A VIDEO SHOWS George Floyd, a black man, lying in the street in anguish, with his head crushed against the pavement. A white officer presses his knee into Floyd’s neck. “I can’t […]

PORTLAND, Ore. — by Lincoln Graves – The Black Lives Matter movement sprang to life in 2013, after George Zimmerman was acquitted of murdering Trayvon Martin. It’s spotlight has grown over the years because of various high-profile […]

By Clare Corbould – Associate Professor, Deakin University –  he protests that have engulfed American cities in the past week are rooted in decades of frustrations. Racist policing, legal and extra-legal discrimination, exclusion from the major […]

By Alex Johnson – Governor transfers investigation after Minneapolis legislators said they lacked confidence in local prosecutors. Minnesota’s governor appointed state Attorney General Keith Ellison on Sunday to lead the prosecution of any cases arising […]

Black Lives Matter, they say. His life mattered, they say, until a police officer decided it didn’t. They say. Minneapolis is the latest U.S. city whose threads are fraying and burning over race relations. Protesters […]

Chaos ensued outside the White House Saturday night as anti-police brutality protesters fought with Secret Service, Parks Police, and Military Police. This is the second night of rioting in Washington D.C. in solidarity with protesters […]

By Jason Hanna, CNN – A CNN crew was arrested while giving a live television report Friday morning in Minneapolis — and then released about an hour later — as the crew covered ongoing protests over the […]

The now-fired Minneapolis cop who pressed his knee against George Floyd’s neck in a deadly arrest that was caught on camera this week “enjoyed doing what he was doing” and was determined to kill someone […]

by: Patrick Cunningham – MINNEAPOLIS (KETK) – Thousands gathered in protest Tuesday night after the death of George Floyd, a black man pinned by the neck while he was in custody, was caught on camera. […]