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Floyds death led to concern for race and racism, but its unclear what that means

April 21, 2021

MINNEAPOLIS - Every morning, Crystal Lescault stares at the app on her phone that has been counting the days since George Floyds death. On Tuesday, it read 330. And she wondered whether that number would be the one.

Trump signs order on policing, but Democrats and activists say it falls far short of what is needed

June 17, 2020

WASHINGTON - President Donald Trump announced executive action on policing Tuesday, but his plan was swiftly panned by Democrats and liberal groups as falling far short of the sweeping changes needed to address what they have called a culture of systemic racism and brutality that sparked nationwide protests.

Vehicles striking protesters raise disturbing echoes of 2017 Charlottesville attack

TUESDAY, JUNE 16, 2020

Emily Bloom said she barely had time to dive to safety before a gray Kia with its engine revving was driven through the intersection where she had stood moments earlier in downtown Gainesville, Fla., protesting police brutality.

Reaction to Floyd's death leads to concerted attack on symbols of Confederacy

FRIDAY, JUNE 12, 2020

One hundred fifty-five years after the end of the Civil War, a sculpture of Jefferson Davis, president of the Confederacy, was toppled in the Virginia city that American secessionists called their capital.

NFL commits $250 million over 10 years to 'combat systemic racism'

FRIDAY, JUNE 12, 2020

The NFL pledged Thursday to contribute $250 million over 10 years to programs that address racial injustice, bolstering the league's social justice initiatives first established in cooperation with a group of players amid the national controversy in late 2017 over players' protests during the national anthem.

Beleaguered and besieged, police try to come to grips with a nation's anger

THURSDAY, JUNE 11, 2020

The crowds have thinned and the smoke has cleared, with more than a week of nationwide protests leaving in their wake a nation increasingly resolved to change a broken law enforcement system.

Images from demonstrations across the nation

SUNDAY, JUNE 07, 2020

Civil rights advocates march in Washington, D.C., on Saturday to mourn black lives taken by police brutality.

Cities brace for another night of chaotic protests against police violence

TUESDAY, JUNE 02, 2020

Cities across the United States braced for another chaotic night of protests against police violence Monday as New York and other hard-hit cities imposed curfews and President Donald Trump urged governors to use more force.

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