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First NYPD officer charged under George Floyd-inspired chokehold law set to stand trial
Prosecutors say Omar Habib placed a man in a chokehold so tight that he temporarily lost consciousness.
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Samantha Max
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Don't 'mistake backlash for failure': NYC's George Floyd protests, 5 years later
Demonstrators clogged city parks and streets for weeks. What came later is complicated.
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Arun Venugopal
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George Floyd's brother, a New Yorker, says racial progress hasn’t come quickly enough
Terrence Floyd, who lives in Bed-Stuy, reflects on his brother’s murder by a Minneapolis police officer five years later.
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Stephen Nessen
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Bowman chides Latimer over George Floyd, COVID-19 comments in NY primary fight
The Westchester County executive said George Floyd's killing galvanized Black voters.
By
Michelle Bocanegra
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Mayor Adams taps two officials to lead NYC's racial justice efforts
The appointments, announced this week, include that of a longtime police reformer.
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Arun Venugopal
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A 2020 NYC protest leader on the past, present and future of racial and social justice activism
Chelsea Miller, co-founder of Freedom March NYC, joins WNYC’s Martin Luther King Jr. Celebration at the Apollo Theater on Sunday.
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Arya Sundaram
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Calls to strengthen NYPD oversight increase as watchdog agency ends investigations into 2020 protests
Lawmakers and civil liberties advocates say increased oversight of the NYPD is needed as the city’s police watchdog reaches its statute of limitation on all cases of alleged police misconduct arising from the 2020 racial-justice protests.
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Christopher Werth
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Mistakes, NYPD stalling hindered watchdog investigations into police misconduct during 2020 protests
The CCRB faces a statute of limitations deadline of May 4th for civilian complaints over the NYPD’s response to the 2020 protests in New York City. Staff members say it’s struggled to fully investigate allegations, both because of a lack of cooperation from the police department and mistakes made within the oversight agency.
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Christopher Werth
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CCRB substantiates complaints against officers who drove into protestors during 2020 protests
Video of the incident had dominated news coverage of the demonstrations.
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Christopher Werth
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Lawyers Plead Guilty To Molotov Cocktail Attack On NYPD Vehicle During George Floyd Protests
The Brooklyn lawyers face up to 10 years in prison.
By
Jen Chung
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