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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 […]
George Floyd would have celebrated his 47th birthday on October 14 2020, had he not been killed by Minnesota police in a viral encounter that sparked protests across the world. The Biden for President campaign memorialized Floyd’s birthday by releasing a new ad featuring his sister. In the ad, Bridgett Floyd talks about how Biden […]
As the protests continues for the for the firing of the police officers in Rochester connected to the death of Daniel Prude I’m seeing another problem that nobody is talking about which is the police unions. I came across another story out in Arizona where a Tempe police officer is under investigation, after pulling a […]
The former Minneapolis police officer, Derek Chauvin, requested that a judge and the Minnesota attorney general dismiss his murder and manslaughter charges connected to the death of George Floyd back in May. Derrick Chauvin attorney argued that George Floyd was resisting arrest by the time Chauvin arrived on the scene putting himself and the others […]
On Tuesday morning, the Los Angeles City Council approved legislature that will create an unarmed crisis response team that would take the place of police officers as responders for nonviolent calls, like mental health crises, substance abuse and noise complaints. The task force was put together by the Chief Legislative Analyst, the City Administrative Officer […]
According to Flo Anthony from the WDKX Wake-Up Club. Gianna Floyd, 6-year-old daughter of George Floyd. Posted on Instagram thanking Hollywood Great Barbra Streisand for her gift of Disney sharers. Gianna Floyd posted “Thank You @barbrastreisand for my package, I am now a Disney Stockholder thanks to you,”. Actress-Singer Streisand joined a list that includes […]
There are 10 U.S. military bases named after confederate generals in the south that have been a subject of controversy for decades. Calls for renaming the bases have escalated after the death of George Floyd. The bases were built before and through World War II, and were named in the Jim Crow era. Efforts to […]
In a statement on Wednesday, the multibillion dollar corporation WalMart confirmed that about 12 of its 4,700 stores nationwide has been keeping multicultural hair and beauty products under lock and key. A lawsuit was filed in 2018 by Essie Grundy, who said products marketed toward African American customers were locked up in cases at the […]
On Tuesday, lawmakers in Albany approved a bill that allowed the public to access police records, known as 50a. The Democrat led officials in the Senate and State Assembly agreed that 10 bills pertaining to police brutality would be voted on. Some of the bills included have been stuck in circulation for decades because of […]
The plot thickens now that more information came out about the connection between George Floyd and the fired Minneapolis Police Officer David Chauvin. A former coworker of both men by the name of David Pinney said in an a interview that the two men had history with each other. George Floyd worked security detail inside […]
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