George Floyd

The Civilian Complaint Review Board received hundreds of complaints amid violent protests across the city following the killing of George Floyd.

Members of George Floyd’s family were in Los Angeles Friday to launch their “Thank You Tour” across the U.S. to show their appreciation for the millions of people who protested in 2020 to demand justice and call for an end to police brutality and racism after Floyd was murdered by a Minneapolis police officer.

A Texas agency on Monday approved a request that George Floyd be granted a posthumous pardon for a 2004 drug arrest made by a now-indicted ex-Houston police officer whose case history is under scrutiny following a deadly drug raid.

A cleanup effort got underway Sunday morning to clear a vandal’s attempt to defame a sculpture of George Floyd in New York City’s Union Square. The larger than life Floyd was vandalized with a smattering of blue paint around 10 a.m., according to the NYPD. Police in the Manhattan precinct where the art piece is positioned recovered surveillance video...

A proposal on the Minneapolis ballot about the future of policing in the city where George Floyd was killed has its roots in the “defund the police” movement

Nine firefighters employed by the FDNY have been suspended without pay following a departmental investigation into alleged racist messages shared between the firefighters that mocked George Floyd’s death. The messages shared between firefighters allegedly boast about officers’ ability to “legally shoot Black children” and if using fire hoses on protestors would work, because “wild animals like water.” The New...

The former Minneapolis police officer convicted of murder in George Floyd’s death intends to appeal his conviction and sentence, saying the judge abused his discretion or erred during several key points in the case.

Democrats and Republicans have failed to come to a police reform agreement after the loudest outcry in years over killings of Black Americans.

Four former Minneapolis police officers charged with violating George Floyd’s civil rights have pleaded not guilty to the federal charges against them

Attorneys for three former Minneapolis police officers charged in George Floyd’s death asked a judge Thursday to bar their upcoming trial from being livestreamed, saying some witnesses won’t testify if proceedings are broadcast

Elijah McClain, 23, died after he was stopped by cops while walking in Aurora, Colorado, put in a chokehold and injected with ketamine, a sedative.

Body camera video shows a Los Angeles police officer briefly pressing a knee to the neck of New Orleans Pelicans center Jaxson Hayes as he struggled with them last month

Microsoft’s deal with Volt Energy, a Black-owned solar power firm, shows how the pledge to be 100% renewable energy should include underserved communities.

The probe will look at the use of deadly force by Phoenix officers and whether they engage in discriminatory practices, among other issues.

The changes come after large swaths of corporate America have promised to be more inclusive in the wake of the #MeToo movement and George Floyd’s murder.

An investigation into a circulating George Floyd meme ridiculing the murder of the Black man yielded a “not guilty” result for the only LAPD officer formally accused in the case. Eric Leonard reports for NBC4’s I-Team on July 6, 2021.

The only LAPD officer formally accused of violating department policy by allegedly circulating a social media meme that ridiculed the killing of George Floyd around Valentine’s Day was found not guilty by an administrative trial board.

Adam Mendelsohn, advisor to Lakers star LeBron James, told ESPN NBA reporter Rachel Nichols he was exhausted in connection with Black Lives Matter, #MeToo.

The Minnesota Court of Appeals says prosecutors may file aiding and abetting third-degree murder charges against three former Minneapolis police officers in the death of George Floyd

The House passed a bill that would remove Confederate statues and the bust of Roger Taney, a former chief justice known for promoting slavery.