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Darnella Frazier was just seventeen years old when she recorded George Floyd’s murder in Minneapolis last year. Her video played a major role in igniting a global protest movement against police violence, as well as being used as evidence in the trial of George Floyd’s killer. Darnella Fraizer’s video showed former Minneapolis police officer Derek […]

Saturday, Floyd’s family praised the indictment of 4 former police officers to the news. The former police officers will be facing federal charges. Floyd’s nephew, Brandon Williams stated: “If you saw that video, it’s self explanatory. We all know that it was a murder and a torture in broad daylight. We all know that his […]

The prosecution and defense argued a separate filing Friday in regard to Derek Chauvin’s sentencing for the murder of George Floyd. Derek Chauvin was convicted April 20th for murder and manslaughter.  However, his sentencing will be determined in June, and the proscution and defense believes there are five other aggrevating factors that should increase Chauvin’s […]

Minnesota’s Attorney General Keith Ellison what’s on CBS’ 60 Minutes being interviewed about his reaction of the guilty verdict on a former Minnesota police officer Derek Chauvin. When Minnesota’s Attorney General Keith Ellison was asked about his thoughts of the verdict he said he was surprised about the outcome, and being a former defense attorney […]

Some food for thought, we can agree to disagree and that is absolutely okay. A lot has happened in the last past year and a half that has been difficult for all of us. We faced and are still facing a pandemic, the death of George Floyd, and the trial of Derrick Chauvin who murdered […]

Country music singer Mickey Guyton made history becoming the first Black woman to host Academy of Country Music Awards‘ on Sunday, with Keith Urban. In September 2020, the 37-year-old singer from Arlington, Texas became the first Black solo female artist to earn a Grammy nomination in a country music category.  At the ceremony, she performed “Black […]

Derek Chauvin’s trial was completed yesterday, April 12th.  In the afternoon there was a breif testimony with Philonise Floyd, George Floyd’s brother. Philonise Floyd said, “He was a big mama’s boy. Every mother loves all of her kids but it’s so unique how they were. He would lay up on her like in the fetus […]

Longtime supporter of the Black Lives Matter movement and Brooklyn Nets guard Kyrie Irving has shown a great kindness to the family of George Floyd. When he was on “The Rematch” podcast with former NBA player Eten Thomas, fellow former NBA player Stephen Jackson said that Irving bought Floyd’s family a house. Jackson himself was […]

In response to the deaths of George Floyd in Minneapolis and Ahmaud Arbery in Georgia, the Urban League of Rochester decided that it was time to make its voice heard on a larger scale. The group has spent many long hours organizing its first Interrupt Racism Summit, which will begin at 9 a.m. to 4 […]

On Wednesday, the Los Angeles City Council voted to continue on with a proposal to create an unarmed crisis response team for nonviolent 911 emergency calls, in place of police officers. The measure passed 14-0 and it makes it so the city can hire non-profits who are interested in partnering up with the council and […]