The intimate and heartbreaking story of a Black undercover police officer who famously kneeled by the assassinated Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr—and a daughter’s quest for the truth about her father In the famous photograph of the assassination of Martin Luther King Jr. on the balcony of Memphis’s Lorraine […]
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 […]
A nurse from Minnesota has spoken out for the first time, recounting the traumatic events she witnessed leading to the death of a paralyzed Black man who was incarcerated in 2018. Almost three years later, Stephanie Lundblad, an experienced nurse who practiced at Beltrami County jail, shared her side of the story, saying Hardel Sherrell […]
Judeah Reynolds, a 10-year-old girl who witnessed the killing of George Floyd last year, said she is proud of the role she played in bringing a guilty verdict against his killer, Derek Chauvin. Speaking to Good Morning America, Reynolds said she watched the verdict on TV on Tuesday as the former Minneapolis police officer was found guilty […]
Charles McMillian, a witness to the killing of George Floyd, cried heavily on Wednesday during the trial of Derek Chauvin. The court was forced to go into recess after McMillian broke down as the video showed Floyd struggling to breathe and calling out for his mother while Chauvin and the other officers violently held him down, […]