Tag: Derek Chauvin

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Teenager Who Recorded Video of George Floyd’s Murder Wins Pulitzer Prize Citation

Darnella Frazier, the Minnesota teenager who recorded the 10-minute video of George Floyd’s May 25, 2020 murder, has won a special citation from the Pulitzer Prize committee, The New York Daily News reported. Frazier was cited “for courageously recording the murder of George Floyd, a video that spurred protests against police brutality, around the world, […]

June 11, 2021

Opinion

Lest We Be Fooled, As We Reflect on the One-Year Anniversary of George Floyd’s Murder

As critical scholars and DEI strategists, the one-year anniversary of the egregious and pernicious lynching of George Perry Floyd, Jr., committed directly by former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin, but indirectly, by centuries of systemic racism that has historically targeted Black bodies and communities of color, is an opportunity for us to take a bold stance within this op-ed.

May 24, 2021

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Federal Grand Jury Indicts Four Former Police Officers Involved in Death of George Floyd

A federal grand jury has indicted the four former Minneapolis police officers involved in George Floyd’s arrest and death, accusing them of willfully violating Floyd’s constitutional rights, Associated Press reported. A three-count indictment names Derek Chauvin, Thomas Lane, J. Kueng and Tou Thao. Chauvin is charged with violating Floyd’s right to be free from unreasonable seizure and […]

May 7, 2021

Opinion

Diverse Jury Saw George Floyd as Human and Delivered Justice

One aspect of the  Derek Chauvin verdicts in the murder of George Floyd that people fail to see is how there’s justice in diversity—if you let diversity work.

April 26, 2021

Home

Scholars Respond to Chauvin Conviction

From coast to coast, scholars reacted with a sense of relief over the conviction of Derek Chauvin—the former police officer who murdered George Floyd in Minneapolis last May—but cautioned that the fight for racial justice continues.

April 20, 2021

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U of Minnesota Closed Partially on Thursday, the Day of George Floyd’s Memorial Service

The University of Minnesota closed the institution from noon onward Thursday to honor George Floyd, whose private memorial service was to be held in Minneapolis the same day. Floyd died in Minneapolis last week from violence by officers of the Minneapolis Po lice Department. Shortly after, the University of Minnesota was one of the first […]

June 4, 2020