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Ex-Minneapolis officer charged with civil rights violations

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Protesters block an intersection in Minneapolis on Wednesday, Oct. 7, 2020, after Derek Chauvin, the former Minneapolis police officer charged with murder in the death of George Floyd, posted bail and was released from prison. (Carlos Gonzalez/Star Tribune via AP)

51 protesters arrested after officer in Floyd death released

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FILE - In this Thursday, July 30, 2020, file photo, a demonstrator holds a sign that reads &quot;Defund the Police,&quot; during a protest march in support of the Black Lives Matter movement and other groups, in New York. The racial justice protests following the death of George Floyd spurred calls to “defund the police” in cities across the country, a priority for activists that has now become a central point in the presidential contest. (AP Photo/John Minchillo, File)

Police departments seeing modest cuts, but not ‘defunding’

By GEOFF MULVIHILL - Associated Press

Tear gas fills the air during protests, Friday, Sept. 18, 2020, in Portland, Ore. The protests, which began over the killing of George Floyd, often result frequent clashes between protesters and law enforcement. (AP Photo/Paula Bronstein)

DOJ declares New York, Portland and Seattle ‘anarchist jurisdictions,’ moves to cut federal funding

By Jeff Mordock - The Washington Times

California considers police reforms as session end nears

By DON THOMPSON - Associated Press

Minneapolis Police Department overhauls use of force policy

By AMY FORLITI - Associated Press

In this May 27, 2020, file photo, police gather en masse as protests continue at the Minneapolis 3rd Police Precinct in Minneapolis. More than 150 Minneapolis police officers have started the process of filing for disability claims since the death of George Floyd and the ensuing unrest in the city, with the majority citing post-traumatic stress disorder as the reason for their planned departure, according to an attorney representing the officers. (Carlos Gonzalez/Star Tribune via AP, File)

Lisa Clemons, Mother’s Love Initiative, fights to save Minneapolis police force

By James Varney - The Washington Times

Crews attach straps to the statue Confederate General J.E.B. Stuart on Monument Avenue Tuesday July 7, 2020, in Richmond, Va. The statue is one of several that will be removed by the city as part of the Black Lives Matter reaction. (AP Photo/Steve Helber)

Amateur photographers take to Instagram to document movement

By JOHANNA ALONSO and Richmond Times-Dispatch - Associated Press

FILE - In this July 29, 2020, file photo, federal agents arrest a demonstrator during a Black Lives Matter protest at the Mark O. Hatfield United States Courthouse in Portland, Ore. An Associated Press analysis of more than 200 arrests shows that even those accused of breaking the law during the nightly rallies don’t neatly fit into President Donald Trump’s depiction of protesters as “anarchists and agitators.” (AP Photo/Marcio Jose Sanchez, File)

Protesters vary as much as their arrests, AP analysis shows

By SUMAN NAISHADHAM and JAKE BLEIBERG - Associated Press

Indianapolis police announce new use-of-force policies

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FILE - In this July 4, 2020, file photo, protesters gather near a fire in downtown Portland, Ore. Oregon's largest city is in crisis as violent protests have wracked downtown for weeks. The mayor can't bring the council along on cracking down because of very liberal council members and no matter what he does, the city gets sued anyway. Meanwhile, downtown businesses are being destroyed on top of the pandemic and the rank-and-file police are increasingly venting their frustration. (Beth Nakamura/The Oregonian via AP, File)

Chaotic protests prompt soul-searching in Portland, Oregon

By GILLIAN FLACCUS - Associated Press

FILE - This combination of photos provided by the Hennepin County Sheriff's Office in Minnesota on Wednesday, June 3, 2020, shows Derek Chauvin, from left, J. Alexander Kueng, Thomas Lane and Tou Thao. Chauvin is charged with second-degree murder of George Floyd, a Black man who died after being restrained by him and the other Minneapolis police officers on May 25. Kueng, Lane and Thao have been charged with aiding and abetting Chauvin. Video from the body cameras of two officers charged in the death of Floyd is being made available for public viewing by appointment on Wednesday, July 15 but a judge has so far declined to allow news media organizations to publish the footage for wider distribution. (Hennepin County Sheriff's Office via AP, File)

Floyd family sues Minneapolis officers charged in his death

By AMY FORLITI - Associated Press

In this May 27, 2020, file photo, police gather en masse as protests continue at the Minneapolis 3rd Police Precinct in Minneapolis. More than 150 Minneapolis police officers have started the process of filing for disability claims since the death of George Floyd and the ensuing unrest in the city, with the majority citing post-traumatic stress disorder as the reason for their planned departure, according to an attorney representing the officers. (Carlos Gonzalez/Star Tribune via AP, File) **FILE**

Lawyer: Over 150 Minneapolis officers seeking disability

By AMY FORLITI - Associated Press

Chicago police officers investigate the scene of a shooting in Chicago on Sunday, July 5, 2020. At least a dozen people, including a 7-year-old girl at a family party and a teenage boy, were killed in Chicago over the Fourth of July weekend, police said. Scores of people were shot and wounded. (Ashlee Rezin Garcia/Chicago Sun-Times via AP)

Black Lives Matter AWOL as hundreds of Blacks killed in wave of violence

By Valerie Richardson - The Washington Times

FILE - In this June 2, 2020, file photo, a demonstrator is taken into custody after the city's curfew went into effect in Los Angeles. The Los Angeles Police Department is investigating 56 allegations of misconduct during protests against police brutality in the wake of George Floyd's death. Of the 56 investigations, 28 involve alleged uses of force, the LAPD said Wednesday, June 10, 2020 in a statement. Seven officers have been taken out of the field. While most protests have been peaceful, there were violent clashes with police and businesses were vandalized. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong, File)

LAPD funding slashed by $150M, reducing number of officers

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LaToya Ratlieff looks at a photograph of herself, Friday, June 12, 2020, in Lauderhill, Fla. Ratlieff was hit in the face by a police officer's rubber bullet during a Fort Lauderdale protest over the death of George Floyd on May 31. Protests continue in support of Floyd, a black man who died while in police custody in Minneapolis. (AP Photo/Lynne Sladky)

Video: Florida police laugh after shooting rubber bullets

By KELLI KENNEDY - Associated Press

FILE - In this June 10, 2020 file photo, Minneapolis Police Department Chief of Police Medaria Arradondo, speaks in Minneapolis. Talk of changing the Minneapolis Police Department is everywhere in the wake of George Floyd's death in an encounter with four officers. But real change may depend on confronting the powerful police union that has resisted similar attempts for years. Local politicians and police leaders have long blamed an entrenched culture in the department and the union. (Richard Tsong-Taatarii/Star Tribune via AP File)

Minneapolis police chief, mayor launching policy changes

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In this Friday, June 5, 2020 photo, musician Courtlin Jabrae films his most recent music video during the Justice for George Floyd rally and march in Carbondale, Ill. (Brian Munoz/The Southern Illinoisan via AP)

Carbondale rapper offers social commentary through song

By ISAAC SMITH - Associated Press

Ethan Murray bales hay using an American flag net wrap for the 1,500-pound bales of hay to help spread some patriotic spirit on Wednesday in a 20-acre field on the Field Farm that is next to Owensboro Community &amp; Technical College in Owensboro, Ky., on June 17, 2020. (Alan Warren/Messenger-Inquirer via AP)/The Messenger-Inquirer via AP)

The Latest: Oregon deputies accused of pinning child by neck

By The Associated Press - Associated Press

A wounded member of a far-right group is escorted by British police officers in riot gear, during scuffles as police tries to contain a protest at Trafalgar Square in central London, Saturday, June 13, 2020. British police have imposed strict restrictions on groups protesting in London Saturday in a bid to avoid violent clashes between protesters from the Black Lives Matter movement, as well as far-right groups that gathered to counter-protest. (AP Photo/Alberto Pezzali)

Protesters call attention to deaths of two more black men

By Russ Bynum and Ed White - Associated Press