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June 4, 2021 | 12:26 PM

Franklin County D.A. creates race and equity advisory board

The board advises the district attorney’s office on matters of race in criminal justice.

By Anthony Orozco

April 21, 2021 | 5:05 PM

Ma’Khia Bryant: Police identify officer who shot teen, release video footage

Columbus, Ohio, authorities say Officer Nicholas Reardon shot Ma’Khia Bryant, 16, after police were called to a neighborhood due to a reported disturbance.

By Bill Chappell/NPR

April 21, 2021 | 12:24 PM

Two Black activist groups look toward the future of racial justice in Pittsburgh

Two groups of young activists rose to prominence during the summer of 2020: Black, Young, & Educated and Pittsburgh I Can’t Breathe. Both marched through the city Tuesday evening after the guilty verdict in the Chauvin trial was announced.

By Kiley Koscinski/WESA

April 21, 2021 | 7:47 AM

Chauvin’s guilty verdict met with satisfaction, and lots of relief, in Harrisburg’s Allison Hill

As a balmy spring evening wore on, people who had protested repeatedly last summer in the name of racial justice appeared to want to savor this event either by soaking up the news from whatever screens they had, or just getting on with their lives with a sense of relief on their face.

By Charles Thompson, Christine Vendel/PennLive

Updated: 2021-04-20 20:05:34

Biden says Chauvin guilty verdict can be ‘a moment of significant change’

President Biden and Vice President Harris addressed the nation on Tuesday evening after former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin was found guilty of murder for the death of George Floyd during an arrest last year.

By Alana Wise/NPR

Updated: 2021-04-20 18:27:07

Derek Chauvin found guilty of George Floyd’s murder

George Floyd died after Chauvin pressed his knee on Floyd’s neck for 9 minutes and 29 seconds as Floyd lay facedown, hands cuffed behind his back.

By Laurel Wamsley/NPR

April 19, 2021 | 5:28 PM

Trial of Derek Chauvin in the death of George Floyd goes to the jury

Ahead of closing arguments in the case of the former Minneapolis police officer, Judge Peter Cahill issued detailed instructions to the jury. Chauvin faces three counts.

By Scott Neuman/NPR

April 15, 2021 | 1:12 PM

Testimony ends without Derek Chauvin taking the stand in his trial

Derek Chauvin is facing charges after he held his knee on George Floyd’s neck on Memorial Day last year.

By Laurel Wamsley/NPR

April 14, 2021 | 7:42 AM

‘Cops are still killing us’: 150 protesters in Philly demand justice for Daunte Wright

More than 150 people gathered for a rally in front of City Hall Tuesday night in what’s become a familiar response when police kill an unarmed Black man or woman.

By Ximena Conde/WHYY

Updated: 2021-03-12 15:56:49

Minneapolis reaches $27 million settlement with family of George Floyd

The news comes amid jury selection in the trial of the former police officer charged with murder in Floyd’s death.

By Rachel Treisman/NPR

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