9 FDNY Members Suspended After Allegedly Sharing Racist Messages, Memes In Wake Of George Floyd Murder
According to The New York Times, it started after the murder of George Floyd.
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According to The New York Times, it started after the murder of George Floyd.
They will be on display for one month as part of the city's "Art in the Parks" program.
A farewell ceremony was held in Brooklyn for a statue of George Floyd that stood in Flatbush since Juneteenth.
In front of a new George Floyd statue in Flatbush Junction, residents rallied together to learn the fate of Derek Chauvin, some 1,200 miles away in Minneapolis.
Derek Chauvin, the former Minneapolis police officer convicted of murdering George Floyd, has been sentenced to 22 and a half years in prison.
The statue's face was sprayed with black paint, and "PatriotFront.US" was also written along the inscription.
Prosecutors have asked for a 30-year prison sentence, but the judge could go up to 40.
There was outrage in Brooklyn on Thursday after a George Floyd statue was vandalized during the overnight hours.
There are weather alerts, AMBER alerts and Silver alerts. Now, Nassau County lawmakers want to launch Blue alerts.
The future of the intersection where George Floyd died is still unclear Thursday afternoon after attempts to reopen faced pushback.
Hundreds of people took to the streets on Tuesday, day into night, at times taking over the Brooklyn Bridge, honoring Floyd on the anniversary of his death.
Widespread protests blanketed cities, large and small - an outrage shared by the most diverse patchwork of humanity.
De Blasio joined Rev. Al Sharpton and other to call for more police reforms, changes to the NYPD culture, and more community involvement.
Signs for support for Black lives have never been more apparent.
Professional athletes have come a long way since Colin Kaepernick took a knee during the National Anthem against police brutality in 2016.
As CBS2's Jessica Moore reports, as protestors marched in the streets, companies faced scrutiny for their own records on racial equity.
Activists are proud of the transformative movement that has ignited some change, but they feel more work needs to be done.
Police Benevolent Association President Pat Lynch says morale is "at an all-time low" and worries about his members, some 24,000 NYPD officers.
Thousands filled the streets of New York City in 2020 to march in support of systemic change.
Beyond the hashtags and protests was a family in mourning, thrust into the spotlight as the new face of grief in a long-standing movement.
Tuesday marks the one-year anniversary of George Floyd's death. And as people around the country prepare to gather, a celebration of his life was held Sunday in Brooklyn.
Tou Thao, J. Alexander Kueng, and Thomas Lane face charges in Hennepin County of aiding and abetting second-degree murder and manslaughter. Their trial was scheduled to take place in August.
Attorney Eric Nelson has filed a motion for a new trial for former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin in the death of George Floyd.
During his address to a joint session of Congress on Wednesday, President Joe Biden called on lawmakers to pass a police reform bill before May 25, which will mark the one-year anniversary of Floyd's murder.
If George Floyd's murder became the rallying cry for police reform, then Chauvin's conviction is widely believed to be the example of accountability.
