Judge seats nearly all-white jury to hear Ahmaud Arbery case

The jury that will consider the fates of three white men accused of killing a Black jogger consists of 11 white people and a single Black member.Prosecutors in the Ahmaud Arbery case, which drew national attention…

Source: https://thehill.com/homenews/state-watch/580029-judge-seats-nearly-all-white-jury-to-hear-ahmaud-arbery-case
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Statue of Robert E. Lee removed from Dallas park now on display at golf course

A statue of Confederate General Robert E. Lee that the city of Dallas removed from a public park is now on display at a golf course in West Texas, …

Source: https://thehill.com/homenews/state-watch/577139-statue-of-robert-e-lee-removed-from-dallas-park-now-on-display-at-golf
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George Floyd statue in NYC defaced for second time

The sculpture was unveiled Thursday, along with a statue of Rep. John Lewis and Breonna Taylor.

Source: https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/george-floyd-statue-nyc-defaced-second-time-n1280664
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Colorado officers, paramedics charged in 2019 death of Elijah McClain

Colorado Attorney General Phil Weiser (D) announced Wednesday that three police officers and two paramedics have been charged in the 2019 death of Elijah McClain, a 23-year-old Black man….

Source: https://thehill.com/homenews/state-watch/570369-three-officers-two-paramedics-charged-in-the-death-of-elijah-mcclain
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Neighbors erect large Pride flag after school bans LGBTQ, BLM signs

Oregon neighbors have taken it upon themselves to build a large Pride flag that can be seen from the high school whose board banned it, along with the Black Lives Matter flag, earlier this month.

Source: https://www.nbcnews.com/nbc-out/out-news/neighbors-erect-large-pride-flag-school-bans-lgbtq-blm-signs-rcna1728
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Biden: Republicans who say Democrats want to defund the police are lying

President Biden on Wednesday said Republicans are lying if they try to paint him and the Democratic Party as anti-police.

Source: https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/564257-biden-republicans-who-say-democrats-want-to-defund-the-police-are
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Charlottesville removes Confederate statues

Charlottesville, whose statues of Confederate generals and slavers Robert Lee and Stonewall Jackson attracted a white nationalist rally in 2017, is finally removing them this weekend. Lee’s will be “hoisted off its pedestal” and “sent to storage”, officials told the AP. — Read the rest

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Derek Chauvin sentenced to 22½ years in prison for murder of George Floyd

Hennepin County Judge Peter Cahill sentenced Derek Chauvin to 22½ years in jail on Friday. Chauvin, the Minneapolis cop who killed George Floyd by kneeling on his neck for nine minutes in a brutal 2020 arrest, was convicted of his murder in April. — Read the rest

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NYC George Floyd statue unveiled for Juneteenth vandalized days later

A New York City statute of George Floyd unveiled for Juneteenth was vandalized just days afterward, according local law enforcement. The New York Police Department Task Force …

Source: https://thehill.com/homenews/state-watch/560095-nyc-george-floyd-statue-unveiled-for-juneteenth-vandalized-just-days
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Newark replacing Christopher Columbus statue with Harriet Tubman

Newark Mayor Ras J. Baraka announced last week that a statue of Christopher Columbus that was taken down last year in New Jersey’s largest city will be replaced by a statue of abolitionist Harriet Tubman.”Nearly on…

Source: https://thehill.com/homenews/state-watch/559676-newark-replacing-christopher-columbus-statue-with-harriet-tubman
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Derek Chauvin sentencing thrusts Minnesota Judge Peter Cahill back into spotlight

Judge Peter Cahill, who has served on the bench in Hennepin County for 14 years, could sentence Derek Chauvin to as little as probation or more than 30 years in the murder of George Floyd.

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‘Grandmother of Juneteenth’: ‘Change people’s minds’

Opal Lee, an educator and activist who has been dubbed the “Grandmother of Juneteenth,” led a crowd of hundreds through Fort Worth, Texas in celebration of the new federal holiday.Lee, 94, walked two-and-a-half mil…

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New Jersey erects 700-pound bronze statue of George Floyd

Newark, N.J., Mayor Ras J. Baraka unveiled a statue of George Floyd on Wednesday outside of New…

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Senate passes bill to make Juneteenth a federal holiday

The Senate on Tuesday passed legislation to recognize Juneteenth as a legal public holiday.

“Making Juneteenth a federal holiday is a major step forward to recognize the wrongs of the past — but we must continue to work to ensure equal justice and fulfill the promise of the Emancipation Proclamation and our Constitution,” Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer said in a statement.

The measure, sponsored by Sen. Ed Markey (D-Mass.) and cosponsored by a bipartisan group of 60 senators, cleared the upper chamber by unanimous consent, meaning no lawmaker objected to its passage.

“This is huge,” Rep. Brenda Lawrence (D-Mich.) tweeted after the vote. “I look forward to passing this bill in the House and making #Juneteenth a federal holiday.”

Juneteenth, celebrated annually on June 19 and already recognized as a holiday in 45 states, commemorates the end of slavery in Confederate states. While President Abraham Lincoln issued the Emancipation Proclamation to free slaves on Jan. 1, 1863, it took another two and a half years before some 250,000 slaves in Texas learned of their freedom on June 19, 1865.

Slavery in the U.S. was formally outlawed when the 13th Amendment was ratified in December 1865.

Source: https://www.politico.com/news/2021/06/15/senate-passes-juneteenth-bill-holiday-494707
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Woman killed when car strikes protesters in Minnesota

A woman was killed and three others were injured on Sunday after a vehicle struck a group of people protesting police brutality in the streets of Minneapolis. The Minneapolis Police Department (M…

Source: https://thehill.com/homenews/state-watch/558264-1-killed-when-car-strikes-protesters-in-minnesota
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Minneapolis moves to open George Floyd Square to traffic

Minneapolis city officials and crews early Thursday began clearing portions of George Floyd Square as they plan to reopen the intersection to traffic after more than a year since the police killing that rocked the n…

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Hundreds gather at historic Tulsa church to dedicate prayer wall on anniversary of massacre

Hundreds of people gathered at a historic church in Tulsa, Okla. to dedicate a prayer wall on the 100th anniversary of the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre. The dedication took…

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Biden proclaims day of remembrance on Tulsa Race Massacre’s 100th anniversary

President Biden issued a proclamation to commemorate the 100th anniversary of the Tulsa Race Massacre and declared Monday to be a “Day of Remembrance.”

Driving the news: Biden said he wanted Americans to reflect on “this solemn centennial” the “deep roots of racial terror in our nation and recommit to the work of rooting out systemic racism across our country.”

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100 years ago, a violent white supremacist mob raided, firebombed, and destroyed the thriving Black neighborhood of Greenwood in Tulsa, Oklahoma.

Today, we recommit to eradicating systemic racism and helping to rebuild communities and lives that have been destroyed by it.

— The White House (@WhiteHouse) May 31, 2021

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What else he’s saying: Biden said with the proclamation, he was committing to the descendants and survivors of the rampage by white supremacists, who killed as many as 300 Black Americans in the-then thriving Black neighborhood of Greenwood, and that “this Nation that we will never forget.”

• “We honor the legacy of the Greenwood community, and of Black Wall Street, by reaffirming our commitment to advance racial justice through the whole of our government, and working to root out systemic racism from our laws, our policies, and our hearts,” he said.
• “The Federal Government must reckon with and acknowledge the role that it has played in stripping wealth and opportunity from Black communities.”

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Pelosi: George Floyd daughter’s prediction that he would ‘change the world’ is coming true

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) on Tuesday said that George Floyd’s daughter’s prediction that her father would “change the world” is coming true. 

Source: https://thehill.com/homenews/house/555366-pelosi-george-floyd-daughters-prediction-that-he-would-change-the-world-is
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Portland police declare riot, arrest five on anniversary of George Floyd murder

Law enforcement officials in Portland, Ore., declared a riot and arrested five people on Tuesday following a demonstration held to mark the one-year anniversary of George Floyd’s murder….

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