DOJ offers 'fair policing' resources to Minneapolis police following George Floyd death

A judge on Thursday declined to move the location of the trial for the former Minneapolis police officers charged in connection to the death of George Floyd, and that they will be tried in a single proceeding. Hennepin County Judge Peter Cahill ruled after defense attorneys had argued that pretrial publicity had made it impossible for the four men to get a fair trial.They had also cited a Sept.

Iowa police say they’ve found a man who saved an American flag during a protest after the death of George Floyd -- then vanished for three months.

The events of the 2020, starting with the killings of Breonna Taylor and George Floyd at the hands of police, have inspired broader debates about how policing should look in America—and how it should look on TV. Cop shows, propelled by the highly repeatable procedurals that have blanketed the dial almost since the medium’s inception, represent a significant chunk of scripted real estate.

Eight Minneapolis residents are suing the city council over a lack of police presence amid spikes in violent crime in the city, according to local news reports.  The residents are blaming the council's calls to defund the police after George Floyd's May 25 death and argue that the city has not said how many officers are currently on the ground to meet a minimum requirement for protecting residents, according to WCCO.

Samuel L Jackson toned down his anti-Donald Trump tweets due to death threats from “radical crazy people”, his wife LaTanya Richardson has claimed.The Pulp Fiction star has been a vocal critic of the US president, referring to him as a “haemorrhoid” and endorsing those who describe Trump as a “motherf****r”.He also mocked him amid reports he hid in a White House bunker during protests against the death of George Floyd.While Jackson said that he had “learned to count to 100 before I press send”

How do we make sense of the nonstop craziness going on in our society? Is there a common denominator, or is it all happening randomly? Well, it's unlikely that multiple sectors of society just happen to be imploding at the same time without some causal forces behind them. And you don't have to be a garden-variety conspiracy theorist to realize that some kind of intelligent design is at work here.

A Minnesota judge on Thursday denied a request from prosecutors to block public viewing of police body camera footage from a previous George Floyd arrest, ruling that the video would not be prejudicial. The decision by Hennepin County Judge Peter Cahill came after an attorney for one of the four former Minneapolis police officers charged in connection with Floyd's death motioned to include the 2019 arrest as evidence.

On May 29, as the nation rioted and marched and demanded justice for George Floyd after his death at police hands, Donald Trump tweeted a callback to the segregationist and Alabama governor George Wallace: “When the looting starts, the shooting starts.” Two days later the president sought to clear peaceful protesters from the path between the White House and St. John’s Church for a photo opportunity.

Tom Morello has soundtracked a short film on what would have been George Floyd‘s 47th birthday.The film entitled No Justice, No Peace, sees the Rage Against The Machine guitarist’s track ‘Marching On Ferguson’ over footage of Floyd’s murder, imagery of protests and news footage surrounding the deaths of Oscar Grant, Eric Garner, and Breonna Taylor.The short film spotlights the contrast between the racial injustice in the US and the Trump administration’s position on it.

Long before the tragic deaths of George Floyd, Breonna Taylor, Michael Brown, Eric Garner and others helped galvanize the Black Lives Matter movement, people of color had been dying at the hands of white law enforcement officers for centuries. The British filmmaker and political activist Ken Fero has been documenting U.K.

Today marks what would have been George Floyd’s 47th birthday. In honour of the occasion, a score of celebs posted tributes to his life, his memory and his impact.

George Floyd's 47th birthday.

My Next Guest Needs No Introduction with David Letterman, Lizzo candidly spoke about police brutality and racism in America.While talking about George Floyd's murder, Letterman called it a lynching and expressed his disgust at the police officer's actions."To me, it looked like this goon was happy to behave the way he behaved while being videotaped," he added. Lizzo then proceeded to talk about 12-year-old Tamir Rice, who was killed by police in 2015.

George Floyd is being remembered by some of the biggest celebrities in the world on what would have been his 47th birthday. The late African American man, whose death during an arrest in Minneapolis, MN in May, sparked a demand for racial justice by people across the nation, was brought back into the spotlight with touching photos and messages by stars such as Beyonce, 39, Kerry Washington, 43, and even presidential candidate Joe Biden, 77.

Calls to "defund the police" are still alive on social media and in protests amid civil unrest across the U.S., but spikes in violent crime have some officials questioning the feasibility of the movement.

Jon Bon Jovi revealed he took extra precautions when writing his song “American Reckoning” because he considers himself a "poster boy" for white privilege.  In the song released in July, he discussed Black Lives Matter protests, referenced George Floyd’s murder and talked police brutality. The single was a part of Bon Jovi’s new album “2020,” released earlier this month.

How would you like to work in a job that is currently under physical, political, and budgetary attack? Or better yet, show up to work and be told not to do your job and face the threat of criminal charges, firing, or both for carrying out your duties?  Following the deaths of Breonna Taylor and George Floyd caused by police officers, this is the environment that law enforcement officers now find themselves in.