In the ever-changing landscape of Gotham, a topsy-turvy world has emerged. Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg has taken the perplexing move of prosecuting a police officer who tried to apprehend a serial shoplifter, while Mayor Eric Adams’ team has agreed to a hefty sum of $13 million to be paid to Black Lives Matter protesters …
Former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin plans to take his conviction for second-degree murder in the killing of George Floyd to the US Supreme Court after the Minnesota Supreme Court declined to hear the case, according to his attorney. The state’s highest court rejected Chauvin’s petition without comment, leaving his conviction and sentence unchanged. However, …
The recent incident in France where a 17-year-old was killed by the police, captured on video, has ignited protests and rioting. This event has drawn comparisons to the racial reckoning in the United States following the deaths of George Floyd and other people of color at the hands of law enforcement. Despite cultural and institutional …
Public support for the Black Lives Matter movement in America is rapidly declining. According to a recent poll by Pew, only 51% of Americans now support the group to some extent, a significant decrease from the 67% during the 2020 George Floyd protests. Out of this 51%, a mere 22% strongly support the movement, while …