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State, cops seek to bar evidence in trial over Floyd killing

Prosecutors and defense attorneys for two former Minneapolis police officers charged in the killing of George Floyd have filed more than 100 motions to limit testimony or evidence that will be allowed at trial

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Kanye West responds to backlash over ‘White Lives Matter’ Yeezy T-shirts

‘White Lives Matter’ has been criticised as a ‘white supremacist phrase’

The Independent UK

2 guilty of violating Floyd's rights to begin federal term

Two of the four former Minneapolis police officers who were convicted of violating George Floyd's civil rights are scheduled to begin serving their federal sentences Tuesday

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Cloak-and-dagger policing

While people were worrying about military-style policing, US law enforcement quietly deployed the tools of spycraft against their fellow citizens.

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NJ official eyed for chief in city where George Floyd died

Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey has announced that he will nominate a former public safety director from Newark, New Jersey, as his top pick for police chief

The Independent UK

Should Libertarians Root for the Abolition of Police and Prisons?

Libertarians have some common ground with the abolitionists—but if they insist on anti-capitalism as a litmus test, abolitionists will find themselves isolated and marginalized.

Reason

In Minnesota, abortion keys Keith Ellison's 2nd term hopes

Keith Ellison gave up a safe seat in Congress to run for Minnesota attorney general, saying it was his best chance to push back against the policies of Donald Trump

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The story of one US governor’s historic use of clemency: ‘We are a nation of second chances’

Kate Brown has granted more commutations or pardons than all of Oregon’s governor from the last 50 years combined

The Guardian - US

Elijah McClain cause of death quietly ruled as ketamine as police face charges for violent 2019 arrest

Unarmed 23-year-old told police, ‘I can’t breathe’

The Independent UK

12 cops face discipline for misconduct after George Floyd protests

On May 31, 2020 — six days after Floyd died — dozens of protesters were pushed and hit with batons as officers struggled with two people in the 400 block of North Clark Street, according to a report released publicly Thursday.

Chicago Sun-Times

Vinnie Politan hosts A&E’s new ‘Court Night Live’

ATLANTA — In 2020, A&E was riding high with a hugely successful “Live PD” series where live cameras followed cops on patrol in different cities, an unedited version of “Cops.” But after the George Floyd murders and a reckoning on police brutality and race, A&E felt pressured to drop the…

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First Thing: Do the latest legal woes spell the end for Donald Trump?

New York civil lawsuit accusing Trump family of ‘staggering’ fraud could derail presidential bid, experts say. Plus, the case for a ‘marriage sabbatical’

The Guardian - UK

House Dems reach deal on policing bills ahead of midterms

A deal has been struck by the progressive and centrist factions of the Democratic caucus to bring a long-awaited policing bill to the House floor just weeks before the midterm elections

The Independent UK

Why Iranian women are burning their hijabs after the death of Mahsa Amini

Amini, 22, died Friday, several days after she was arrested in Tehran by the country's "morality police" for violating hijab laws. Her death has sparked outrage and protests across the country.

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Former Minneapolis police officer gets 3 years in prison in Floyd killing

A former Minneapolis police officer who pleaded guilty to a state charge of aiding and abetting in the killing of George Floyd, a Black man whose death outraged people around the world, was sentenced to three years in prison on Wednesday.

Evening Standard

Thomas Lane: Former police officer jailed for ‘aiding and abetting’ death of George Floyd

A former Minneapolis police officer who pleaded guilty to a state charge of aiding and abetting second-degree manslaughter in the killing of George Floyd has been sentenced to three years.

Tribune News Service

Ex-officer Thomas Lane sentenced for manslaughter in George Floyd killing

MINNEAPOLIS — Former Minneapolis police officer Thomas Lane was sentenced to three years in prison in Hennepin County District Court for his role in George Floyd's killing more than two years ago.

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A former Minneapolis officer is sentenced to 3 years for aiding George Floyd's death

Former police officer Thomas Lane, who pleaded guilty to a state charge of aiding and abetting second-degree manslaughter in the killing of George Floyd, was sentenced on Wednesday.

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Ex-police officer Thomas Lane lashes out on hot mic as he’s sentenced to three years for George Floyd killing

Thomas Lane is also serving 30 months in a federal prison in Colorado for violating Floyd’s civil rights

The Guardian - US

Riotsville, USA: the shocking story of fake army towns that militarised police

A bleak and revealing new documentary brings to light the history of simulated towns used to train police to handle riots

Tribune News Service

Review: 'Lucy by the Sea,' by Elizabeth Strout

FICTION: In the third novel narrated by Lucy Barton, COVID hits and Lucy heads for Maine with her ex-husband, William.

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Ex-cop Lane to be sentenced for aiding in George Floyd death

A former Minneapolis police officer who pleaded guilty to a state charge of aiding and abetting manslaughter in the killing of George Floyd is scheduled to be sentenced Wednesday

The Guardian - UK

HS2 granted route-wide injunction to tackle environmental protests

Activists barred from accessing hundreds of miles of land earmarked for UK high-speed rail project

Al Jazeera

French court convicts policemen over 2015 death of Black man

A lawyer for the family of Amadou Koume says the ruling was satisfying but the sentence was ‘relatively lenient’.

The Guardian - UK

‘We need to find our kin, people who speak the same language’: the power of shared grief, from Covid to the Queen

Why are so many of us mourning a queen we never met? Is it about Elizabeth II the person, or what she represented for Britain and the world – or us, and our apparently unrelated sorrows? We talk to psychotherapists, anthropologists – and the bereaved

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