George Floyd

Jun 19, 2020

Milwaukee schools will end funding for police patrols

School board members in Wisconsin's largest school district have voted to cut ties with police officers who patrol outside its schools.

Jun 3, 2020

Murder charge upgraded in Floyd case, 3 other cops charged

George Floyd's family on Wednesday demanded the arrest of all four police officers involved in his death, as they visited a makeshift shrine at the Minneapolis street corner where the black man died after a white officer pressed a knee on his neck as he pleaded for air.

Jun 3, 2020

US Legislatures slow to pass laws limiting use of force

A wave of police killings of young black men in 2014 prompted 24 states to quickly pass some type of law enforcement reform, but many declined to address the most glaring issue: police use of force. Six years later, only about a third of states have passed laws on the question.