Latest news and comment on the death of George Floyd
June 2024
Debating whether Julian Assange is a journalist is irrelevant. He changed journalism forever
Margaret Simons
But he didn’t foresee that lies, conspiracy theories and misinformation would ride the internet as easily as truth and transparency
Seattle protesters arrested over anti-police graffiti awarded $700,000 by jury
Federal court jury rules first amendment rights of four Black Lives Matter protesters were violated
Journalist shot by Minneapolis police at George Floyd protest in hospice care
Former White House staffer says Trump called for leaker to be executed
Marjorie Taylor Greene’s George Floyd rant condemned by Congressional Black Caucus
May 2024
$150m paid in police misconduct claims shows violent response to 2020 protests, experts say
Analysis of 130 lawsuits settled refutes narrative of unruly demonstrations amid fears of police crackdown on Gaza protests
How police killings are kept hidden: ‘We don’t know how many George Floyds there are’
Dr Roger Mitchell, former DC chief medical examiner, on how homicides are mislabeled as ‘accidents’ and how ‘we must hold the system accountable’
Authorized big-screen biopic of George Floyd in the works
The Black Lives Matter era is over. It taught us the limits of diversity for diversity’s sake
Nesrine Malik
Virginia school board votes to restore Confederate names to two public schools
April 2024
Minneapolis backs $150,000 settlement for George Floyd witness’s PTSD lawsuit
Minneapolis city council approves payment to Donald Williams, who tried to intervene to stop police killing in 2020
‘Outdated and offensive’: police in England and Wales barred from blaming restraint deaths on ‘excited delirium’
The pseudoscientific term, made notorious by George Floyd’s murder in the US, will no longer be used by the police watchdog
Seven organizations the far right is targeting for diversity efforts post-affirmative action
Conservatives are taking legal action against public and private organizations that aim to aid women and people of color
January 2024
How Cord Jefferson turned a novel about race into American Fiction – the year’s buzziest comedy
The Oscar-nominated film is a biting satire of the publishing industry’s obsession with stereotypical ‘Black’ stories
December 2023
US prisoner charged with attempted murder over stabbing of Derek Chauvin
John Turscak, 52, accused of stabbing Chauvin, convicted of George Floyd’s murder, 22 times in prison in Tucson, Arizona
November 2023
Derek Chauvin expected to survive stabbing attack in prison, officials say
Minneapolis police chief provided updates about attack on former officer who was convicted of murdering George Floyd
Derek Chauvin, convicted of George Floyd’s murder, reported to have been stabbed in prison
It is understood the former police officer was stabbed by an inmate, according to reports citing anonymous sources
Supreme court rejects Chauvin’s appeal of George Floyd murder conviction
Decision affirms Minneapolis ex-police officer’s conviction for second-degree murder and sentence of over 20 years in prison
October 2023
Philip Guston; Sarah Lucas: Happy Gas review – tragi-comic cartoonery
The delayed Philip Guston retrospective opens at last – and it is mordant, magnificent, unmissable. Over at the other Tate, Sarah Lucas’s repertoire of rude Britannia one-liners wears a little thin
August 2023
Ex-officer sentenced to nearly five years for role in George Floyd’s murder
Tou Thao sentenced to four years and nine months in prison for holding crowds back as other officers restrained George Floyd
