NPR's Scott Simon speaks to Attorney General Keith Ellison about the death of George Floyd, the resulting protests and the arrest of the former officer on a murder charge.
Images of a burning precinct in Minneapolis raised questions about police tactics during unrest. When emotions are running high, law enforcement has to decide when to stay — and when to go.
NPR's Mary Louise Kelly talks with Keeanga-Yamahtta Taylor, assistant professor of African-American Studies at Princeton University, about the protests around the U.S. sparked by George Floyd's death.
Tensions in cities across the country have intensified Friday, as protesters continued to demonstrate against the police killing of an unarmed African-American man in Minnesota.
Presumptive Democratic nominee Joe Biden called the death of George Floyd "an act of brutality" in remarks from his home today and called for "real leadership."
NPR's Mary Louise Kelly speaks with Tony Williams, a contributor to MPD150, who published an investigation into the conduct of the Minneapolis Police Department throughout its 150-year history.
The former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin, who was filmed pinning George Floyd to the ground with his knee, has been taken into custody and charged with third-degree murder.