Several incidents caught on video showing NYPD officers during recent demonstrations — including one showing an officer who apparently drew his gun amid protesters, a police vehicle moving into a crowd and an officer pushing a woman — are under investigation, according to the mayor of New York. The investigation comes as police and community…… MORE
The funeral for George Floyd, who died while being arrested in Minneapolis last week, will be held June 9 in Houston, a family attorney said. A memorial service will be held in Minneapolis this Thursday from 1 p.m. to 3 p.m., according to Ben Crump. The funeral in Houston, where Floyd grew up, will be…… MORE
In what seems like a scene straight out of the movie “Madagascar,” social media roared with rumors of animals on the loose Sunday night after people supposedly broke into Lincoln Park Zoo in Chicago. “There are RHINOS and GIRAFFES loose in the streets of CHICAGO!!!” one person tweeted. “So Sad #chicagolooting,” another person tweeted along…… MORE
As thousands across the US take to the streets for another day of protests demanding justice for George Floyd, more than 17,000 members of the National Guard are standing ready to support local law enforcement. That represents approximately the same number of active duty troops deployed in Iraq, Syria and Afghanistan. As of Monday, nearly…… MORE
Legendary Auburn football coach Pat Dye, one of the winningest coaches in school history, died on Monday. Dye, 80, passed away while in hospice care due to kidney and liver failure, Lee County coroner Bill Harris confirmed to CNN. Dye had been hospitalized due to kidney-related issues, and while undergoing treatment, he was diagnosed with…… MORE
The mayor of Birmingham, Alabama, is vowing to remove a 115-year-old Confederate monument from a public park after protesters attempted to tear it down. Demonstrators at Linn Park took aim at the Confederate Soldiers & Sailors Monument, dedicated in 1905, on Sunday during a protest over systemic racism and police brutality in the aftermath of…… MORE
A food drive at a middle school in Minneapolis was overwhelmed by the amount of donated groceries and supplies. “Donations covered every inch of ground of our parking lot, the grass, everywhere,” Sanford Middle School Principal Amy Nelson told CNN of Sunday’s drive. “We had to also use a neighboring park because we didn’t have…… MORE
The police chief of Louisville, Kentucky, has been fired after officials discovered two police officers involved in fatal shooting of a man during a protest over George Floyd’s death had not activated their body cameras. “This type of institutional failure will not be tolerated,” Louisville Mayor Greg Fischer said on Monday. “Accordingly, I have relieved…… MORE
Experts hired by George Floyd’s family and the Hennepin County Medical Examiner have concluded his death was a homicide, but they differ on what caused it. The independent autopsy says Floyd died of “asphyxiation from sustained pressure” when his neck and back were compressed by Minneapolis police officers during his arrest last week. The pressure…… MORE
George Floyd’s brother Philonise had a clear and pressing question for the Minneapolis Police chief on Sunday. “I want to know if he’s going to get justice for my brother and arrest all the officers and convict them,” he told CNN. That question regarding the legal fate of the four officers present during Floyd’s death…… MORE
