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After Chauvin’s conviction, Congress is reviving its effort to reform U.S. policing laws

Bolstered with new momentum, Congress is ready to try again to change the nation’s policing laws, heeding President Joe Biden’s admonition that the guilty verdict in George Floyd’s death is “not ...

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George Floyd: US teachers initiate difficult conversations as students process reactions to verdict

As she watched a broadcast of the verdict in the murder trial of the police officer charged with killing George Floyd with her last-period class, middle school teacher Diana Garcia-Allen did her best ...

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George Floyd: US teachers initiate difficult conversations as students process reactions to verdict

As she watched a broadcast of the verdict in the murder trial of the police officer charged with killing George Floyd with her last-period class, middle school teacher Diana Garcia-Allen did her best ...

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'Let them go with it': Teachers lead talks on Floyd case

As she watched a broadcast of the verdict in the murder trial of the police officer charged with killing George Floyd with her last-period class, middle school teacher Diana Garcia-Allen did her best ...

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https://www.seattlepi.com/news/article/Let-them-go-with-it-Teachers-lead-talks-on-16118705.php

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Classrooms across country let students weigh in on Chauvin verdict, social justice

Teachers around the U.S. have grappled with how to address the country's reckoning with racial injustice for the past year.

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OPINION: How a new generation of students are responding to Black America’s echoes

In the wake of the Derek Chauvin verdict, my former high school students in rural Arkansas, who sat in my civics class in 2014 and tried to process the Ferguson, Missouri, police killing of Mike Brown ...

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https://hechingerreport.org/opinion-how-a-new-generation-of-students-are-responding-to-black-americas-echoes/

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'They were ready to engage in this conversation': Students respond to verdict in George Floyd case

As she watched a broadcast of the verdict in the murder trial of the police officer charged with killing George Floyd with her last-period class, middle school teacher Diana Garcia-Allen did her best ...

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'They were ready to engage in this conversation': Students respond to verdict in George Floyd case

As she watched a broadcast of the verdict in the murder trial of the police officer charged with killing George Floyd with her last-period class, middle school teacher Diana Garcia-Allen did her best ...

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For George Floyd, a complicated life and consequential death

Years before a bystander’s video of George Floyd’s last moments turned his name into a global cry for justice, Floyd trained a camera on himself. “I just want to speak to you all real quick,” Floyd ...

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Chauvin’s Conviction is Far From Justice

Almost 1,000 protestors were arrested in Portland during the BLM protests last year ... the struggle for justice and equality for over 30 years. She is a substitute teacher at an alternative high ...

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https://www.counterpunch.org/2021/04/23/chauvins-conviction-is-far-from-justice/

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‘Let them go with it’: Teachers lead talks on Floyd case

As she watched a broadcast of the verdict in the murder trial of the police officer charged with killing George Floyd with her last-period class, middle school teacher Diana Garcia-Allen did her ...

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Evidence in Chauvin case contradicted first police statement

Sroufe said Lakeview Elementary School teacher Cybil Billie was arrested and charged with felony possession of cocaine. ALTOONA, Pa. (WTAJ) — A Pennsylvania man is accused of stalking a woman he ...

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'Justice was served': Polk County leaders react to verdict in George Floyd murder case

Sheriff Grady Judd: In Polk, Chauvin 'would have been fired and arrested that night' But Polk County's top ... your mom and your dad and you go out and do that same thing with your teacher and then ...

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https://www.jsonline.com/story/news/local/2021/04/20/derek-chauvin-guilty-verdict-george-floyd-murder-case-polk-county-florida-reaction/7308193002/

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'Justice was served': Polk County leaders react to verdict in George Floyd murder case

Sheriff Grady Judd: In Polk, Chauvin 'would have been fired and arrested that night' But Polk County's top ... your mom and your dad and you go out and do that same thing with your teacher and then ...

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https://www.dispatch.com/story/news/local/2021/04/20/derek-chauvin-guilty-verdict-george-floyd-murder-case-polk-county-florida-reaction/7308193002/

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Philadelphia schools: America built on a 'pyramid of hate' culminating in 'genocide'

Students in Philadelphia public schools are reportedly learning about George Floyd and a "Pyramid of Hate" that begins with societal acceptance of biased attitudes that then culminates in "Genocide." ...

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Activists: Drop all charges against Minneapolis protesters

Activists in Minneapolis are demanding all charges be dropped against those who protested against police brutality and racism in the year since George Floyd was murdered, saying the arrests are an attempt to clamp down on dissent. Former Minneapolis Police officer Derek Chauvin was convicted on second and third-degree murder and second-degree manslaughter charges in relation to Floyd’s death on April 20. The verdict caused joyous celebration and calls for further justice, especially for the hundreds of protesters still facing charges. About 600 people were arrested in the initial protests, which activists call an “uprising”, but mass arrests have occurred ...

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Activists: Drop all charges against Minneapolis protesters

Activists in Minneapolis are demanding all charges be dropped against those who protested against police brutality and racism in the year since George Floyd was murdered, saying the arrests are an ...

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High school assignment about Derek Chauvin trial sparks controversy

A class assignment at a Montgomery County, Pennsylvania high school about the Derek Chauvin trial has sparked some controversy.

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High school class assignment about Derek Chauvin trial sparks controversy

According to the student's family, the teacher responded to her concerns about the assignment by saying "'I'm sorry you feel that way. I guess you'll take a zero." ...

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Catholic High School Assignment Asked if Derek Chauvin Should Have Been Charged With Murder

A high school in Pennsylvania has caused controversy with an assignment asking students about the death of George Floyd and whether Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin should have been charged ...

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