Mississippi Democratic leaders ask governor to send … JACKSON, Miss. (WJTV) – Mississippi Senate Minority Leader Derrick T. Simmons (D-District 12) and House Minority Leader Robert Johnson III (D-District 94) sent a letter to Governor Tate Reeves (R-Miss.) asking him to send members of the Mississippi National Guard to the Presidential Inauguration on January 20, 2021. Dear Governor Reeves, We respectfully request that you […]
George Floyd’s brother pleads with Washington lawmakers: … Dozens of witnesses testified before the House Judiciary Committee today, demanding that Congress takes action — including the older brother of George Floyd.
Calls for justice during Andrew Brown Jr.’s funeral … Andrew Brown Jr. will be laid to rest Monday afternoon in Elizabeth City, with the Rev. Al Sharpton to deliver his eulogy.
Eskimo Pie ice cream gets new name months after company … Dreyer’s Grand Ice Cream has announced a new name for its Eskimo Pie months after releasing a statement saying the previous name was “derogatory.”
Memphis NAACP voices stance as people protest the … MEMPHIS, Tenn. — The Memphis Chapter of the NAACP announced their stance on the situation surrounding the death of George Floyd and the violence against black men and women in the country. Members gathered to speak on the violence during a news conference on Monday. “All of us are working together to make sure no […]
AP: Trooper kicked, dragged Black man who died in … A Louisiana State Police trooper has been suspended without pay for kicking and dragging a handcuffed Black man whose in-custody death remains unexplained and the subject of a federal civil rights investigation. Body camera footage shows Master Trooper Kory York dragging Ronald Greene “on his stomach by the leg shackles” following a violent arrest and […]
Biden honors forgotten victims of Tulsa race massacre TULSA, Okla. (AP) — President Joe Biden led a remembrance Tuesday of one of the nation’s darkest — and long suppressed — moments of racial violence, marking the 100th anniversary of the destruction of a thriving Black community in Tulsa. Biden helped commemorate the deaths of hundreds of Black people killed by a white mob a century ago, his […]
Police chief: Kneeling on Floyd’s neck violated policy MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — The Minneapolis police chief testified Monday that now-fired Officer Derek Chauvin violated departmental policy in pinning his knee on George Floyd’s neck and keeping him down after Floyd had stopped resisting and was in distress. Continuing to kneel on Floyd’s neck once he was handcuffed behind his back and lying on his stomach was […]
George Floyd unrest similar to reaction after murder … Many compare the outcry over George Floyd’s death to that of the murder of Emmett Till in 1955.
‘My heart is broken’: Lawmakers weigh in on protests … Lawmakers are weighing in on the protests and unrest across the country in the wake of George Floyd’s death.
Gallery: From 9/11’s ashes, a new world took shape. … The terrorist attacks on the United States nearly 20 years ago brought profound change in America and the world. The death and devastation stirred grief, rage and war. It also sparked solidarity, not only in the United States but among its allies — even some rivals. As NATO countries rallied to America’s defense, Russia offered […]
