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FBI fires agents who kneeled during 2020 racial justice protests over George Floyd's death

September 28, 2025 6:31 am

The number of agents sacked by the FBI isn’t confirmed but people aware of it said it could be between 15 and 20.

Five years since the murder of George Floyd, many of the commitments made to address systemic racism have been abandoned

May 30, 2025 10:36 am

The Black community in the US now faces the most formidable federal governmental obstacles against its efforts to achieve racial equality since the 1940s

In Photos: Thousands gather in US cities to mark 5 years since George Floyd’s murder

May 26, 2025 2:32 pm

Activists, families, and community leaders criticised the Trump administration for recent actions they say undermine progress made since Floyd’s death.

Minneapolis approves $150,000 settlement for witness to George Floyd's murder

April 26, 2024 10:51 pm

Donald Williams, a mixed martial arts fighter who testified against former Officer Derek Chauvin in his 2021 murder trial, sued the city last spring, alleging he was assaulted by police while trying to prevent Floyd's death on May 25, 2020.

Ex-officer Derek Chauvin, convicted in George Floyd's killing, stabbed in prison

November 25, 2023 12:23 pm

The attack happened at the Federal Correctional Institution, Tucson, a medium-security prison that has been plagued by security lapses and staffing shortages.

Officer who killed George Floyd pleads guilty in tax case

March 17, 2023 10:14 pm

Chauvin and his now ex-wife were charged with multiple counts of underreporting their income and failing to file tax returns.

Black Americans living abroad reflect on Juneteenth holiday

June 20, 2022 11:34 am

While there are no official statistics tracking Black Americans moving abroad, many are discussing it more openly after the police killing of George Floyd. In the aftermath, many African Americans saw the U.S. “from the outside in” and made up their minds not to return.

Judge delays trial of 2 ex-cops in George Floyd killing until 2023

June 08, 2022 12:25 pm

Tou Thao and J. Alexander Kueng were due to go on trial next week on charges of aiding and abetting both second-degree murder and second-degree manslaughter of George Floyd.

Two years after Floyd murder, racial trauma permeates US

May 26, 2022 12:35 pm

Floyd's slaying, along with a series of killings of other Black Americans, has wrought a heavy toll on the emotional and mental health of Black communities.

Joe Biden to issue policing order on George Floyd death anniversary

May 25, 2022 12:39 pm

George Floyd, a Black man suspected of passing a counterfeit bill, was killed when Derek Chauvin, a white Minneapolis police officer, kneeled on his neck as three other officers looked on.