By Jesse Jackson Sr. Guest Columnist In Chicago last week, a 14-year-old girl was shot as she was leaving Wendell Phillips Academy High School for […]
Tag: Minneapolis
Floyd family in L.A. to announce new exhibit
Traveling exbibit will promote justice, honor Floyd’s name, family member says By Janice Hayes Kyser Contributing Writer LOS ANGELES – Members of the George Floyd […]
Witness describes ‘party and play’ sessions with Buck
Wave Wire Services LOS ANGELES — A self-described crystal methamphetamine addict told a Los Angeles federal jury July 20 that he “felt death” creeping up […]
How police officers become Derek Chauvin
THE HUTCHINSON REPORT By Earl Ofari Hutchinson Contributing Columnist There was a loud warning 30 years before Derek Chauvin choked George Floyd to death about […]
Former police officer convicted in George Floyd’s death
Staff and Wire Reports MINNEAPOLIS — A jury convicted former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin guilty on three separate counts related to the death of […]
Waters defends ‘confrontational’ comments
By Ray Richardson Contributing Writer MINNEAPOLIS — U.S. Rep. Maxine Waters fired back at Republicans criticizing her “confrontational” comments about the George Floyd murder trial, […]
‘It’s very tense here’
Floyd murder trial sparking comparison in some circles to Rodney King case By Ray Richardson Contributing Writer MINNEAPOLIS — The George Floyd murder trial, which […]
Chauvin has won no matter what trial says
THE HUTCHINSON REPORT By Earl Ofari Hutchinson Contributing Columnist Former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin may well be convicted of one or more of the […]
Police shootings bring calls for social justice reforms
By 2UrbanGirls Contributing Writer LOS ANGELES — Demands for social justice reforms were a major story in 2020 — here and across the nation. The […]
PASTOR’S CORNER: George Floyd Was No Willing Martyr
I have never been one to join “causes,” but I have watched with interest and sorrow at the recent news reports of the George Floyd […]