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Terrence Floyd, wearing a white T-shirt, visits the place where his brother, George Floyd, died in police custody on May 25. Victor J. Blue for The New York Times ...
Inquiries into law enforcement’s handling of the George Floyd protests last summer found insufficient training and militarized responses — a widespread failure in policing nationwide.
Writer Vicky Osterweil's book, In Defense of Looting, came out on Tuesday. Osterweil is a self-described writer, editor and agitator who has been writing about and participating in protests for ...
The hackneyed emphasis on “Why loot?” obscures the question, which black people have asked for centuries. By Robin D. G. Kelley Dr. Kelley is a professor of American history. “Why are they ...
Protests following the death of George Floyd, a black man who pleaded that he couldn’t breathe while he was held down with a knee by a former Minneapolis police officer, have spread nationwide ...