The moments that shaped 2020

2020 will be a year remembered for the profound ways it has changed the nation. Here's a look back at some of the pivotal moments that shaped the year.

• Dec 31, 2020
• 9:47

NYC inspector general criticizes NYPD's handling of George Floyd protests

The NYPD resorted to aggressive disorder control methods that stoked tensions, the city's inspector general said.

• Dec 19, 2020

Family calls for officer firing, bodycam release in fatal police shooting

Attorney Ben Crump said Joshua Feast was shot in the back while fleeing an officer; investigators said Feast pointed a gun.

• Dec 15, 2020

Minneapolis to shift $8M from police amid defund the police calls

Money will go to mental health and other programs. But City Council keeps staffing levels where they are to avert mayor's threatened veto.

• Dec 10, 2020

Pope supports George Floyd protests in book

The pope also addresses the coronavirus pandemic and criticized people who protested preventative guidelines in his new book.

• Nov 24, 2020

Mississippi votes in favor of adopting new flag

Mississippi was the last state whose flag contained the confederate battle cross until a House Bill was adopted removing it.

• Nov 4, 2020

Families of police violence victims hold Get Out The Vote Rally

The families of 2020s most high profile police violence cases are banding together for a Chicago voting rally on Thursday.

• Oct 29, 2020

George Floyd and the toll of racism

The death of George Floyd in Minneapolis police custody on Memorial Day sparked nationwide protests that continue to this day and drew widespread attention to issues of systemic racism. Robert Samuels, national political reporter for The Washington Post, joins CBSN to talk about his recent in-depth article, "Racism's hidden toll," which looks at the mark that discrimination made on George Floyd's life before his fateful encounter with police.

• Oct 27, 2020
• 17:34

Member of far-right group charged with rioting at George Floyd protests

Ivan Harrison Hunter, a self-described member of far-right group Boogaloo Bois, has been charged with one count of rioting

• Oct 24, 2020

Trucker who drove toward crowd of protesters charged

A tanker truck was seen approaching thousands of George Floyd protesters as they tried to frantically get out of the way during the incident earlier this summer.

• Oct 22, 2020

Jon Bon Jovi pens song about George Floyd

Grammy award-winning band Bon Jovi recently released its highly anticipated new album. Rock icon Jon Bon Jovi discusses how the pandemic and the death of George Floyd inspired the songs on the band's most topical record to date, "2020."

• Oct 7, 2020
• 8:34

Ex-cop charged in Floyd's death allowed to live out of state

Chauvin may now leave Minnesota before his trial in George Floyd's death due to "safety concerns," a judge said.

• Oct 9, 2020

Trump to Woodward on race in America

In a conversation with journalist Bob Woodward following the death of George Floyd, President Trump dismisses Woodward's question on white privilege responding that Woodward "really drank the Kool-Aid." Hear more from Woodward about his interview with the president, Sunday on 60 Minutes.

• Sep 10, 2020
• 1:33

Trump dismisses question on white privilege: "You really drank the Kool-Aid"

In a conversation with journalist Bob Woodward, President Trump dismisses Woodward's question on white privilege.

• Sep 10, 2020

George Floyd's records breached after his death, attorney says

Floyd's attorney said the letter did not specify what information was accessed.

• Sep 10, 2020

The Art of Protest

From murals to portraits to photographs, a new wave of protest art is emerging across the country. Anthony Mason spoke to artists Nikkolas Smith and Georgie Nakima who are trying to awaken the social consciousness and seek solidarity through creativity.

• Sep 3, 2020
• 7:00

After Jacob Blake shooting, where does Wisconsin go next?

"60 in 6" correspondent Wes Lowery on the ongoing fight against injustice in America.

• Sep 6, 2020
• 5:07

2 Boogaloo Bois members charged with attempting to support Hamas

The Justice Department said the FBI initiated the investigation into Solomon and Teeter during protests in Minneapolis after George Floyd's death.

• Sep 5, 2020

Police PR departments face criticism

Police bodycam footage of the death of Daniel Prude in Rochester, New York, was released not by the police department but by his family's lawyers. That's one of the many incidents leading to scrutiny of police public relations units. Maya Lau of the Los Angeles Times joined CBSN to discuss how police PR departments often shape the narrative of criminal justice stories.

• Sep 3, 2020
• 8:14

Activists unite after George Floyd's death

The death of George Floyd at the hands of Minneapolis police sparked protests nationwide against police brutality and racial injustice. CBS News' Brandi Kellam spoke with local leaders in Minneapolis to find out what has changed in their community outreach in the aftermath of Floyd's death.

• Aug 29, 2020
• 3:46

Impact of the 2020 March on Washington

Fifty-seven years after Martin Luther King Jr.'s "I Have a Dream" speech at the March on Washington, the families of Black Americans shot or killed by police officers joined civil rights activists for an anniversary demonstration Friday at the Lincoln Memorial in Washington D.C. Judith Browne Dianis, executive director of the Advancement Project, joins CBSN to discuss the significance of this year's protest.

• Aug 31, 2020
• 6:42

Meet the young women leading the modern fight for civil rights

The civil rights movement of the 1960s had giants like John Lewis and MLK at its helm. Today's movement is characterized by young female activists commanding the microphone in a way they never have before.

• Aug 28, 2020

57th anniversary of the March on Washington

Fifty-seven years after Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. delivered his "I Have a Dream" speech at the first March on Washington, thousands gathered once again at the nation's capital to demand racial justice and police reform. Dr. Peniel Joseph, founding director of the Center for the Study of Race and Democracy at the LBJ School at the University of Texas, joins CBSN's Lana Zak to discuss how the foundations laid by civil rights leaders in 1963 helped shape today's demonstration.

• Aug 28, 2020
• 11:00

George Floyd's brother and sister speak at march

"I wish George were here to see this right now," George Floyd's brother, Philonise Floyd, told the crowd at the March on Washington for racial justice and police reform. "We have to be the change," his sister, Bridgett Floyd, said. Watch their emotional remarks.

• Aug 28, 2020
• 5:35

Remembering Emmett Till and his legacy

It's been 65 years since Emmett Till, a Black teenager, was brutally killed by two White men after he was accused of whistling at a White woman in Mississippi. As part of the CBSN special "The Power of August," Vladimir Duthiers takes a closer look at the movements that were sparked by Till's death in 1955, and George Floyd's murder decades later.

• Aug 28, 2020
• 4:26

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