The death of George Floyd has ignited protests in Minneapolis, Minnesota and at least six other cities across the US. Minneapolis has been the epicenter of the protests. George Floyd, a 46-year-old black man, died after pleading for help as a police officer used his knee on Floyd’s neck to pin him. Floyd was both unarmed and … Read more
A CNN crew was arrested while giving a live television report Friday morning in Minneapolis, Minnesota. The crew was eventually released about an hour later. State police detained CNN correspondent Omar Jimenez, his producer and his photojournalist shortly after 5am CT as Jimenez was reporting live from a street south of downtown, near where a … Read more
University Of Minnesota’s president Joan Gabel has announced the institution plans to cut ties to the Minneapolis Police Department after the now viral death of George Floyd. The 46-year-old was suffocated to death by police in the street, with an officer’s knee restricting Floyd’s airway for several minutes. Eventually he lost consciousness and was declared dead. Shocking … Read more
“Absolute chaos,” wrote one reporter. Fires burned and looters struck during protests over the death of a man in police custody rocked a Minneapolis, Minnesota neighborhood. The Associated Press reported that damage stretches for miles across the city. Amid the violence, a man was found fatally shot near a pawn shop. Mayor Jacob Frey has … Read more
