Guest Commentary: The Movement to End Police Violence 1 Year after George Floyd’s Murder
By Paige Fernandez and Taylor Pendergrass One year ago today, George Floyd was brutally murdered in broad…
Task Force Highlights Five Reforms to Limit Shortcomings of U.S. Police
By Leah Timmerman WASHINGTON, DC – Citing national training standards, duty-to-intervene policies, a federal registry of decertified…
Legendary Attorney to Defend BLM Activists in Santa Rosa Vandalism Case
By David M. Greenwald Santa Rosa, CA – It is a strange case where prominent Black Lives…
Guest Commentary: International Accountability is Critical to Dismantling Systemic Racism and Police Brutality Domestically
A robust international accountability mechanism would further support and complement, not undermine, efforts to dismantle systemic racism…
Derek Chauvin’s Attorney Files Expected Motion for New Trial, Claiming Multiple Court Errors
By William McCurry MINNEAPOLIS, MN – Defense Attorney Eric Nelson, who defended Derek Chauvin for the murder…
Philadelphia DA Throws Weight Behind Police Reform
By Michael Wheeler PHILADELPHIA, PA—The police reform movement, back in the spotlight after Derek Chauvin was found…
Everyday Injustice Podcast Episode 104 – Appeal Analysts Discuss Policing Polling
Recent polling by Data for Progress for the Appeal taken between March 5 and March 7 found…
Chauvin Guilty Verdicts Should Not be Considered Victories Just Yet, Warns Massachusetts Representative
By Alexander Ramirez BOSTON, MASS – In the wake of Derek Chauvin’s guilty verdict for the murder…
Sunday Commentary: Despite the Conviction, the System Is Broken and Systems of Oppression Must Be Dismantled
By David M. Greenwald The consensus this week seems to be the verdict in the Derek Chauvin…
NYPD Claims It Used Restraint during BLM Protests, but Videos, Like in George Floyd Killing, Show Otherwise
By Lovepreet Dhinsa NEW YORK CITY, NY – As the verdict of the Derek Chauvin trial was…
Speaker: “Racialized violence and its varying dynamics in those that have been rendered different stem from the same source of white supremacy.”
Community Gathers in Recognition of Victims of Police Violence By David M. Greenwald Davis, CA – Passionate…
Sacramento Police Chief Talks with Family of Police Killing Post-Chauvin Murder Verdict
By Jose Medina SACRAMENTO, CA – In the aftermath of the former cop Derek Chauvin guilty verdict…
Commentary: Chauvin Unlikely to Win on Appeal
By David M. Greenwald The evidence was overwhelmingly against Derek Chauvin in the murder trial where he…
California Legislative Black Caucus Reactions to Chauvin Verdict, Calling for Comprehensive Police Reform
by David M. Greenwald Sacramento, CA – On Tuesday morning prior to the verdict in the Derek…
Innocence Project Details Connections between Wrongful Convictions and Police Accountability
By Michael Wheeler NEW YORK, NY – Since the Ferguson shooting in 2014, activists have made the…
Commentary: Reisig Misses Opportunity to Call for Reform in Wake of Chauvin Conviction, Believes the System Works
By David M. Greenwald Woodland, CA – The Woodland Daily Democrat captured some local reaction to the…
Commentary: No Justice, No Peace
By David Greenwald “Make sure it’s filmed, Shown on national TV, They’ll have no mercy, A legal…
San Francisco District Attorney Chesa Boudin Responds to Guilty Verdicts against Derek Chauvin for Killing George Floyd
By Mia Machado SAN FRANCISCO, CA — After the jury in Minneapolis convicted former cop Derek Chauvin…
BREAKING NEWS: CHAUVIN GUILTY ON ALL THREE CHARGES
by David M. Greenwald It was a quick verdict for the jury—taking less than ten hours. The…
Commentary: Two Key Moments in the Prosecution’s Case Show the Inhumanity of Chauvin’s Actions
By David M. Greenwald This isn’t your TV courtroom drama where you see a coherent narrative put…
