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Trump imagines reaction by George Floyd (who is dead) to jobs numbers: 'This...

“Hopefully George is looking down right now and saying this is a great thing that’s happening for our country.”

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Reddit to honor Ohanian's request to appoint Black director, and address...

• Founder to leave Reddit, saying resignation can be 'act of leadership' • Reddit promises to update content moderation policies to "explicitly address hate" within weeks Earlier today, we told you...

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'Black lives matter'—Mark Zuckerberg, who says Facebook may change policy on...

"Black lives matter," said Mark Zuckerberg today. "We're building a voter hub to double down on our previous get-out-the-vote efforts," wrote the Facebook founder and CEO in a lengthy blog post on...

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'NO KNEELING!'— Donald Trump, who couldn't kneel if he tried

Yes, we regret to inform you that Large Adult President Donald Trump said something stupid again on the Twitters. Tweeted the impeached Donald: …We should be standing up straight and tall, ideally with...

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Amazon's Jeff Bezos proclaims support for Black Lives Matter

This is sure an interesting Friday, with Reddit and Facebook and now Amazon CEOs and founders speaking about Black Lives Matter and the protests surrounding the police killing of George Floyd. "I got...

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'I Have Waited for a Revolution My Entire Life'— Keke Palmer

Actor and activist Keke Palmer, who we saw in a video from recent protests that went viral, has an amazing guest column in Variety today: 'I Have Waited for a Revolution My Entire Life.' In the video,...

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Seattle mayor to Trump: 'Go back to your bunker'

She's good. She's really good. When Donald Trump criticized Seattle's handling of the recent protests for Black Lives Matter and over the death of George Floyd, the mayor of Seattle had a response....

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General Mark Milley sorry for posing with Trump in combat uniform after...

• "I should not have been there." • Milley said his presence "created a perception of the military involved in domestic politics." America's top general said that showing up in combat fatigues with...

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Dave Chappelle's '8:46'

Amazingly powerful.

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Philonise Floyd, brother of slain George Floyd, asks U.N. to investigate...

"I'm asking you to help him, I'm asking you to help me." — George Floyd's brother Philonise Floyd calls for UN probe into police brutality in U.S.

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A powerful portrait series of Black Americans killed by police that uses time...

Adrian Brandon is a Seattle-raised and Brooklyn-based visual artist, whose "Stolen" collection was originally displayed at his first public solo show in November 2019 at 263 Bowery in New York. It's...

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George Floyd Justice In Policing Act, Democrats' police reform bill, passes...

“House approves sweeping police overhaul from Democrats, responding to national outcry over George Floyd's death.” — AP

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George Floyd bodycams show abusive, gun-toting cops goading him and refusing...

Still not made available to the general public, the bodycam footage from the cops who killed George Floyd shows that they gave no explanation for arresting him, swore at him, pointed a gun at him and...

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White woman uses racist slurs against George Floyd memorial observers

She does not look well. In Richmond, Virginia, a white woman let loose the Karen at a George Floyd memorial protest, abusing people with racist slurs.

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Killer cop Derek Chauvin received whites-only guard detail in jail

A lawsuit alleges that Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin received a whites-only guard detail while he was briefly jailed after killing the unarmed black man George Floyd last year. Jail...

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Verdict reached in Derek Chauvin's murder trial: guilty on all charges, bail...

After 10 hours of deliberation, jurors in the Derek Chauvin trial found the former Minneapolis police officer guilty of murder on all three counts. Chauvin stood trial on murder charges in Minnesota...

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Here are some early reactions to Derek Chauvin's guilty verdict

Almost 11 months since Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin murdered George Floyd for trying to pass a counterfeit bill, Chauvin was found guilty on all charges, including second degree murder....

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Merrick Garland says Chauvin's guilty verdict not enough – Minneapolis Police...

On the day that Derek Chauvin murdered George Floyd in May 2020, the Minneapolis Police Department put out a press release that painted quite a different picture. They claimed Floyd, while in...

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Derek Chauvin sentenced to 22 ½ years sentence for George Floyd murder

Hennepin County Judge Peter Cahill sentenced Derek Chauvin to 22 ½ years in jail on Friday. Chauvin, the Minneapolis cop who killed George Floyd by kneeling on his neck for nine minutes in a brutal...

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Innocent man killed in police chase was uncle of teen who filmed George...

Leneal Frazier was killed Tuesday in Minnesota by a police officer who crashed into his car while reportedly pursuing another motorist. Frazier was the uncle of Darnella Frazier, the teenager who...

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Support new George Floyd mural to replace one destroyed by lightning to the...

Our man in Toledo, Dustin Hostetler, informs us that his friend's George Floyd mural in Toledo was destroyed when lightning struck the building where it was painted, according to witnesses. (Other...

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George Floyd murderer Derek Chauvin pleads guilty to federal charge

Derek Chauvin, the former Minneapolis police officer who choked George Floyd to death and was convicted of his murder in April, pleaded guilty Wednesday to violating George Floyd's civil rights....

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Jury convicts cops who helped Derek Chauvin kill George Floyd

J. Alexander Kueng, Thomas Lane and Tou Thao, three Minneapolis police officers who helped Derek Chauvin choke George Floyd to death, were convicted of abusing Floyd's civil rights Thursday. The men...

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Report concludes Minneapolis cops are racist

Police in Minneapolis 'engaged in a pattern of racism' for at least a decade, according to a state inquiry conducted by Minnesota's civil rights enforcement agency. It's so out of control that cops...

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20 year Federal sentence for George Floyd murderer Derek Chauvin

Former Minneapolis cop Derek Chauvin, already sentenced to 22½ years imprisonment for murdering George Floyd in May 2020, was given another 20-year sentence after his trial on federal civil rights...

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No posthumous pardon for George Floyd

The Texas board of Pardons and Paroles has denied a request that George Floyd, the black man murdered by a police officer, be posthumously pardoned. The request concerns Floyd's 2004 drug arrest in...

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Cop who helped kill George Floyd faces sentencing for manslaughter

J. Alexander Kueng, one of the Minneapolis cops filmed killing George Floyd in May 2020, pleaded guilty earlier this year to manslaughter and will be sentenced today on the state charge. Unless the...

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Killer cop Derek Chauvin's appeal denied

Derek Chauvin, the Minneapolis cop who choked George Floyd to death by kneeling on his neck for more than 9 minutes, has lost his appeal against his 2022 murder conviction in Minnesota. Chauvin was...

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"Secret Democrat!"— GOP alarmed that Mike Johnson isn't as racist as they hoped

The Republican party is happy because Mike Johnson is their new leader in the House. Mr. Johnson wants to make abortion, gay relationships, and medical marijuana illegal. He also intends to bring back...

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Derek Chauvin, the cop who murdered George Floyd, is stabbed in federal prison

Derek Chauvin, the Minneapolis cop who murdered George Floyd and was sentenced to more than 20 years' imprisonment, was stabbed by another inmate at a federal prison in Arizona. The Associated Press...

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