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In this Monday, May 25, 2020, frame from video provided by Darnella Frazier, a Minneapolis officer kneels on the neck of a handcuffed man who was pleading that he could not breathe in Minneapolis. Four Minneapolis officers involved in the arrest of a George Floyd who died in police custody were fired Tuesday. (Darnella Frazier via AP)

George Floyd death body camera footage: Derek Chauvin dismissed ‘I can’t breathe’ pleas

By Amy Forliti - Associated Press

Former Minneapolis police officer Thomas Lane, right, walks out of the Hennepin County Public Safety Facility on Monday afternoon June 20, 2020, in Minneapolis with his attorney, Earl Gray, after a hearing. Lane is one of four former officers charged in the death of George Floyd. (Glen Stubbe/Star Tribune via AP)

Thomas Lane, Minneapolis police officer in George Floyd death, seeks dismissal of case

By Amy Forliti - Associated Press

Protesters return to highway where tear gas was used in June

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This combination of photos provided by the Hennepin County Sheriff's Office in Minnesota on Wednesday, June 3, 2020, shows J. Alexander Kueng, from left, Thomas Lane and Tou Thao. They have been charged with aiding and abetting Derek Chauvin, who is charged with second-degree murder of George Floyd, a black man who died after being restrained by the Minneapolis police officers on May 25. (Hennepin County Sheriff's Office via AP)

Tou Thao, Minneapolis police officer in George Floyd death, released from jail

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FILE - In this Saturday, June 22, 2019 file photo, Pittsburgh Pirates' Josh Bell waits to take the field for the team's baseball game against the San Diego Padres in Pittsburgh. Pirates first baseman Josh Bell watched George Floyd's death in horror. Rarely one to talk, Bell prefers to have his actions speak for him. Bell, who is Black, has started a book club and a weekly &quot;Social Reform Sunday&quot; movement on Instagram where he attempts to highlight one of the may issues surrounding the fight for racial (AP Photo/Gene J. Puskar, File)

Eyeing social change, Pirates star Josh Bell finds his voice

By WILL GRAVES - Associated Press

Protest held in Atlantic City, handful of people arrested

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LETTERS TO THE EDITOR: Brutal-cops myth punishes poor

By THE WASHINGTON TIMES

Police and city workers fill a street occupied hours earlier by an encampment of protesters Wednesday, July 1, 2020, in Seattle, where streets had been blocked off in an area demonstrators had occupied for weeks. Seattle police showed up in force earlier in the day at the "occupied" protest zone, tore down demonstrators' tents and used bicycles to herd the protesters after the mayor ordered the area cleared following two fatal shootings in less than two weeks. The "Capitol Hill Occupied Protest" zone was set up near downtown following the death of George Floyd while in police custody in Minneapolis. (AP Photo/Elaine Thompson)

Father of Black teen killed in Seattle CHOP still hasn’t heard from city officials

By Valerie Richardson - The Washington Times

Protesters react along Chicago Avenue as fires rage along a strip of businesses, early Saturday, May 30, 2020, in Minneapolis. Protests continued following the death of George Floyd, who died after being restrained by Minneapolis police officers on Memorial Day. (AP Photo/John Minchillo)

Minnesota Senate GOP spotlights damage after Floyd’s death

By STEVE KARNOWSKI - Associated Press

George Floyd's aunt Angela Harrelson, of Minneapolis, speaks with reporters outside the Hennepin County Public Safety Facility on Monday morning, June 29, 2020, in Minneapolis. A Minnesota judge on Monday warned that he's likely to move the trials of four former police officers charged in Floyd's death out of Minneapolis if public officials, attorneys and family members don't stop speaking out about the case. (Jerry Holt/Star Tribune via AP)

Minneapolis commission to hold 2 hearings on police proposal

By AMY FORLITI - Associated Press

Demonstrators holds signs during a protest to demand the defunding of the Los Angeles school district police outside of the school board headquarters Tuesday, June 23, 2020, in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Marcio Jose Sanchez) ** FILE **

‘Defund police’ movement hurts recruitment, effort to change culture, experts warn

By Jeff Mordock - The Washington Times

Wisconsin city council to vote on removing Columbus statue

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In this June 5, 2020, file photo, people hold signs as they listen to a speaker in front of city hall in downtown Kansas City, Mo., during a rally to protest the death of George Floyd who died after being restrained by Minneapolis police officers on May 25. Thousands of Black activists from across the U.S. will hold the 2020 Black National Convention on Aug. 28, 2020, via livestream to produce a new political agenda that builds on the protests that followed George Floyd’s death. Organizers of the gathering shared their plans with The Associated Press on Wednesday, July 1, ahead of an official announcement. (AP Photo/Charlie Riedel, File)

2020 Black National Convention set for Aug. 28

By Aaron Morrison - Associated Press

In this June 24, 2020, file photo, Antonio Mingo, right, holds his fists in the air as demonstrators protest in front of a police line on a section of 16th Street that's been renamed Black Lives Matter Plaza, in Washington. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin, File)

Movement for Black Lives plans virtual national convention

By AARON MORRISON - Associated Press

Police stand on the street beside a protest encampment surrounded by handmade signs and barricades outside City Hall, Friday, June 26, 2020, in New York. (AP Photo/John Minchillo)

NYC passes austere budget that cuts $1B from NYPD

By JENNIFER PELTZ and MICHAEL R. SISAK - Associated Press

Pope Francis recites the Angelus prayer from his studio window overlooking St. Peter's Square, after celebrating a Mass for the Feast of Rome's Patrons Saints Peter and Paul, at the Vatican, Monday, June 29, 2020. (AP Photo/Riccardo De Luca)

Pope urges US Catholic media to work to overcome racism

By NICOLE WINFIELD - Associated Press

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi of Calif., puts her mask back on after speaking at a news conference on District of Columbia statehood on Capitol Hill, Tuesday, June 16, 2020, in Washington. House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer of Md. will hold a vote on D.C. statehood on July 26. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik) **FILE**

Nancy Pelosi slips up, goes half-masked in meeting with George Floyd’s brother

By Valerie Richardson - The Washington Times

In this video grab issued Sunday, June 28, 2020, by BET, Beyonce accepts the humanitarian award during the BET Awards. (BET via AP)

Beyoncé’s message, epic performances stand out at BET Awards

By JONATHAN LANDRUM Jr. - Associated Press

In this June 10, 2020, file photo, Sen. Tim Scott, R-S.C., speaks during a Senate Small Business and Entrepreneurship hearing to examine the implementation of Title I of the CARES Act, on Capitol Hill in Washington. Initially reluctant to speak on race, Scott is now among the Republican Party's most prominent voices teaching his colleagues what it's like to be a Black man in America. (Kevin Dietsch/Pool via AP) **FILE**

Senate Democrats accused of ‘presidential politics’ in blocking crime bill

By Valerie Richardson - The Washington Times

K-State players announce boycott after student’s Floyd tweet

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