In the video, 9th-grade students are seen wearing football jerseys and standing in a circle outside surrounding a Black student, who kneels on the ground. The student who was suppose to be George Floyd, was wearing all black clothing and blindfolds was placed his hands behind his back as if he’s been arrested. Then the […]
Federal prosecutors asked the judge to give Lane between 5.25 to 6.5 years in prison for his involvement in Floyd’s murder. Lane’s attorney Earl Gray asked for 2.25 years. U.S. District Judge Paul Magnuson said that Lane played a “minimal role” in the incident, and also described him as a person of “outstanding character,” CNN […]
A 4-year-old girl was shot in southwest Houston, Texas on New Year’s Day has been identified as the niece of George Floyd, who was killed by a Minneapolis police officer in 2020. The family identified the child as Arianna Delane according to ABC 13 Houston. The toddler’s father, Derrick Delane, said their apartment was hit […]
Minnesota’s attorney general has asked the judge who oversaw former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin’s trial to modify language in his sentencing memo. Keith Ellison says the current wording minimizes the trauma experienced by minors, two of which were Black, who witnessed Chauvin kill George Floyd on May 25, 2020. Judge Peter Cahill stated in the […]
Darnella Frazier, the teen who filmed the killing of George Floyd last year, lost her uncle Leneal Lamont Frazier on Tuesday to a car crash which involved Minneapolis police and a robbery suspect. Leneal had been an innocent bystander. “I honestly can’t believe I’m making this post right now. I’m so hurt. Nothing feels real,” Frazier wrote […]
The teen who filmed George Floyd’s death by police in 2020, has now been awarded a Special Citation Pulitzer Prize. Darnella Frazier was selected by the Pulitzer Prize Board met at Columbia University on June 7 and June 8 to select the 2021 winners and announced the on June 11. The Pulitzer Prize Board met […]
Darnella Frazier, the young lady who recorded George Floyd’s killing last year, reflected in a moving statement on what life has been like in the past 365 days. “A year ago, today I witnessed a murder,” the 18-year-old said in a Facebook post on Tuesday. “The victim’s name was George Floyd. Although this wasn’t the […]
An Colorado high school has launched an investigation after a photo showing a group of student reenacting the death of George Floyd surfaced online. The photo surfaced on Snapchat, shows three students reenacting the death on school property, while the student posing as Floyd was wearing black face according to 9News. “Yesterday, we were made aware […]
A short video clip has sparked outrage after students at an Arizona high school were recorded reenacting George Floyd‘s murder. Floyd was killed last May after then-Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin kneeled on his neck for nearly 10 minutes as he laid face down with his hands cuffed behind his back. The Arizona Republic reported the […]
A federal grand jury has indicted Derek Chauvin, Thomas Lane, J. Alexander Kueng and Tou Thao, the four former Minneapolis police officers involved in George Floyd’s death. According to the indictments, announced on Friday, the four men are accused of violating Floyd’s constitutional rights as he was restrained face-down on the pavement and gasping for air in Minnesota […]