Black Lives Matter

Derek Chauvin is only the 11th police officer to be convicted of an on-duty murder since 2005. 

With good behavior, the white ex-cop whose murder of George Floyd, a Black man, ignited global outrage could be paroled after serving about 15 years.

Gary Duncan’s case was dragged all the way to the Supreme Court, which made a landmark decision on the right to jury trials at the state level.

The Charleston County Coroner changed the manner of Jamal Sutherland's death from “undetermined” to “homicide” on his death certificate.

Juneteenth commemorates June 19, 1865, the date signifying the end of chattel slavery in the United States. It is now set to become the 12th federal holiday.

“We are deeply grateful for her heroism which led to justice for George and sparked a historic social change,” Ben Crump, the civil rights attorney who represents George Floyd’s family, said of citizen journalist Darnella Frazier.

Police said protesters pulled the driver from his vehicle and witnesses told police that demonstrators began striking him.

Breonna Taylor, who was killed in a raid by Louisville police in 2020, has become a powerful symbol of the Black Lives Matter movement and the push for police reform.

Dozens were arrested over the weekend at protests after two deputies shot Winston Boogie Smith Jr, while he was inside a parked vehicle.

"No sentence can undo Mr. Floyd's death, and no sentence can undo the trauma Defendant's actions have inflicted. But the sentence the Court imposes must show that no one is above the law, and no one is below it," prosecutors wrote in court documents urging a lengthy sentence for former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin.