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Denver to pay $4.7 million to settle claims it targeted George Floyd protesters for violating curfewDenver will pay $4.7 million to settle a class action lawsuit that alleged that protesters were unjustly targeted for violating the city's curfew during demonstrations over the killing of George Floyd in 2020.
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Jurors on Friday found police used excessive force against protesters, violating their constitutional rights, during demonstrations over the killing of George Floyd two years ago, ordering the city to pay a total of $14 million in damages to a group of 12 who sued.
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"It was a murder in the full light of day, and it ripped the blinders off for the whole world to see [systemic racism]," the president said after the guilty verdict against Derek Chauvin.
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Chauvin, a former Minneapolis police officer, has been found guilty of unintentional second-degree murder, third-degree murder and second-degree manslaughter.
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This story was powered by America Amplified , a public radio initiative. With protesters taking to the streets nationwide to demand justice for George...
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For many Black communities, George Floyd’s death brought a long-time distrust of whole police departments as well as individual officers back to the…
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A federal ban on police use of chokeholds has been discussed in recent weeks, but NPR reviewed the internal policies of several large U.S. police departments and found them difficult to enforce.
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"It could have been me on the ground begging for my life."Those are the words of Col. Devin Pepper of the 460th Space Wing at Buckley Air Force Base in…
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For nearly two weeks, protesters have marched through the streets of Denver. They are demanding justice and police accountability in the wake of George…
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Last week, Republican Sen. John Cooke of Greeley said he was calling a sweeping set of police reforms being proposed by Democratic lawmakers the “I hate…