>"Months after he was convicted of murder, former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin pleaded guilty in federal court Wednesday to civil rights charges related to the death of George Floyd."

>"His acquittal has reinvigorated support on the right for armed responses to racial justice protests and unrest."

We need effective, non-militarized policing with accountability for bad officers. Getting that takes hard work, not just rhetoric.

"Minneapolis residents on Tuesday rejected  a ballot measure to overhaul policing  drafted amid the national fury over George Floyd's murder but that went to voters as concerns about rising gun violence drained energy from the protest _...Read More_

>"COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — The reports of hateful and violent posts on Facebook started pouring in on the night of May 28 last year, soon after then-President Donald Trump sent a warning on social media that looters in Minneapolis would be _...Read More_

>"MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — As activists mobilized this summer to ask Minneapolis voters to replace their police _...Read More_

>"Gen. Mark Milley will appear in what could be the most significant televised congressional hearing involving senior military leaders in years."

"Republicans claim the Justice Department is treating alleged insurrectionists harshly because of their political views, but court records tell a differen..."

>"“Defund the Police” is a disaster. Under-policing is a form of oppression too."

“It’s important to point out that Democrats created this environment,” Mr. Jordan said, “sort of normalizing rioting, normalizing looting, normalizing anarchy, in the summer of 2020, and I think that’s an important piece of information to _...Read More_

MORE: With good behaviour, Chauvin could be paroled after serving two-thirds of his sentence, or about 15 years.Chauvin broke his silence for the first time today, saying he hopes more information coming out will give Floyd's family "some _...Read More_

>"The stamps were released to mark the first anniversary of the death of George Floyd"

The two tragedies make for easy inferences about the importance of commemoration. But this is not how trauma works.

"“There’s something called racial battle fatigue, and it is the exhaustion that comes from event after event, assault after assault,” _...Read More_

"Floyd’s brother describes Biden as a ‘genuine guy’ but urged him to pass a law ‘to protect people of color’ at White House meeting"