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Many hoped Minneapolis’ first black police chief could change the culture of a police department that critics said too often uses excessive force and discriminates against people of color

During a protest in response to the death of Giovanni Lopez, a police officer was set on fire during the demonstration in Jalisco, Mexico.

Young people have been behind some key victories in the protest movement against police brutality, including that some schools are breaking security contracts with local police, said Tiffany Loftin, director of the NAACP Youth and College Division.

Portland Public Schools, Oregon’s largest school district, will discontinue its use of Portland Police Bureau school resource officers and joins a handful of other urban districts from Minneapolis to Denver that are rethinking school police officers amid the outrage over the death of George Floyd.

Joe Biden continued his de facto listening tour on race issues in America on Thursday night, telling a virtual town hall that the tragic death of George Floyd in police custody must be a moment for action.

DeRay Mckesson, the co-founder of Campaign Zero, explains why the police reforms laid out on the “8 Can’t Wait” website can help reduce police misconduct.

New York Times reporter Shaila Dewan explains how internal misconduct procedures, police unions and other institutional systems protect police from accountability.

Charges against Derek Chauvin, the officer who kneeled on Floyd’s neck, have also been upgraded to second degree murder.

A wave of police killings of young black men in 2014 prompted 24 states to quickly pass some type of law enforcement reform, but many declined to address the most glaring issue: police use of force

Montgomery County Park Police are looking for a cyclist who was caught on video going after a group of young people posting protest sign on a popular trail. News4’s Pat Collins reports.

While many onlookers look at the gruesome video depicting George Floyd’s death and see an open and shut criminal case, it’s not always that easy says New York Times reporter Shaila Dewan. Dewan spoke recently to The Daily to reveal five specific reasons why police officers guilty of misconduct often go unpunished.

University of Minnesota student Jael Kerandi convinced her school to terminate its contractual relationship with the Minneapolis police department following the death of George Floyd.

Three days after George Floyd died with a Minneapolis police officer choking off his air, another black man writhed on the tarmac of a street in Paris as a police officer pressed a knee to his neck during an arrest. Immobilization techniques where officers apply pressure with their knees on prone suspects are used in policing around the world and have...

Three Prince George’s officers have been suspended after a video surfaced showing one officer kicking a man who was being detained. News4’s Juliana Valencia reports.

News4’s Tracee Wilkins reports on what actions Maryland leaders are taking to reform police departments in the wake of the George Floyd protests.

Mustafa Tameez, a security expert and former consultant with the Department of Homeland Security, speaks on his experience training police officers in implicit bias, community relations and diversity.

The Louisville Police Department released surveillance video Tuesday showing what they say is David McAtee firing a gun as officers approached his business before he was shot to death. The officers involved did not have their body cameras turned on during the time of the shooting.

D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser implemented a new curfew Monday as protesters continued expressing their outrage over the death of George Floyd across the city. Protesters reported tear gas or pepper spray being thrown into crowds.

Virginia Delegate Ibraheem S. Samirah took to social media to say he was tear gassed by police while participating in protests in response to the death of George Floyd while in police custody. Samirah, who represents parts of Fairfax and Loudoun counties, said the police “instigated riots by firing into our peaceful crowd and charging towards us for no reason.”

Police and protesters clashed in cities around the United States Saturday night, but there were also peaceful protests being held to honor the memory of George Floyd and to call out racism and police brutality.