A woman has died after being struck by a vehicle at a protest. What We Know: The vehicle drove into a crowd of people in […]
Category: Protests
A chronological category of events that occurred during the 2020 Protests and Riots sparked by the death of George Floyd.
Barack Obama Addresses Daughters Sasha and Malia Participating in Black Lives Matter Protests
Former President Barack Obama discussed his pride in daughters Malia and Sasha’s activism in Black Lives Matter (BLM) protests during his interview with Anderson Cooper. […]
NC Civil Rights Leaders Asking for DOJ Investigation into the Shooting of Andrew Brown Jr.
Civil rights activists and religious leaders met with North Carolina Gov. Roy Cooper on Thursday to request that the Department of Justice investigate the fatal […]
Judge’s Ruling Allows for Longer Sentence for Derek Chauvin in Murder of George Floyd
Judge Peter Cahill ruled Wednesday that there were four factors in George Floyd’s killing; this allows Cahill to sentence Derek Chauvin to a longer prison […]
Minnesota AG Keith Ellison Requests Aggravated Sentence for Chauvin
The state’s attorney general has requested the former Minneapolis police officer receive a harsher sentence for his role in the death of George Floyd. What […]
St. Louis Mayor Proposes $4 Million Cut From Police Budget
A new city budget includes a four million dollar cut from the police department. What We Know: Mayor Tishaura Jones proposed a new city budget […]
FBI Opens Civil Rights Investigation into Andrew Brown Jr. Shooting
The FBI confirmed Tuesday that it would investigate the killing of Andrew Brown Jr. What We Know: Brown is a black man from Elizabeth City, […]
CNN Producer Violently Arrested, Asked Offensive Question
Carolyn Sung, an Asian-American producer for CNN, was arrested on April 13 while covering the Brooklyn Center protests against the police’s killing of Daunte Wright. […]
Chauvin Trial Judge Says Maxine Waters’ ‘Confrontational’ Protest Remarks Could Fuel Appeal
The judge overseeing the murder trial of former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin called recent comments made by U.S. Rep Maxine Waters “abhorrent,” saying they […]
Derek Chauvin Found GUILTY on ALL Charges for the Murder of George Floyd
BLACK NEWS ALERTS SPECIAL REPORT The jury has reached a verdict in the trial of former Minneapolis Police Officer Derek Chauvin, who is charged with […]