NPR's Michel Martin talks to Jillian Johnson, mayor pro tempore of Durham, N.C., about defunding the police and how she's rethinking public safety in her city.
On Saturday, Family, friends and others turned out in Raeford, N.C., where George Floyd was born, to mourn the death of Floyd. Four former Minneapolis police officers are charged in his death.
Police in Maryland say Anthony Brennan III is suspected in the attack on a group of young people who were hanging fliers about the killing of George Floyd. Video of the incident circulated online.
Two officers have been charged with second-degree assault, as the fallout spreads from a video showing the 75-year-old man injured. The officers' entire unit has requested reassignment.
Kenosha County, Wis., voted for the president by less than 1%. Republicans and Democrats are horrified by George Floyd's killing, but the unity falters when Trump and Biden enter the conversation.
Protesters against systemic racism and police brutality have been met with an arsenal of 'less than lethal' weapons which can still seriously injure, sicken, and sometimes kill.