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Protests are taking place across Minneapolis Thursday after an unarmed U.S. citizen was shot and killed by federal ICE agents. The Trump administration claims the ICE agents were acting in self-defence. That’s being disputed by local police and eyewitnesses. At issue is whether the ICE agent who opened fire was in danger when the woman,...

Thousands across the U.S. are remembering George Floyd on the fifth anniversary of his death. Floyd, a Black man in Minneapolis, was killed while being arrested by a white police officer. His death sparked worldwide protests against police brutality and racism. Candice Cole looks at how Floyd is being remembered and what has changed since...

Today marks five years since the murder of George Floyd by a police officer in Minneapolis, an incident which focused attention on race relations in the U.S. and elsewhere. In Montreal, groups gathered to mark the anniversary and to call attention to improvements they want to see in policing, particularly as it relates to racialized...

Groups gathered in Montreal on Sunday to mark the 5th anniversary of the death of George Floyd in the U.S. and to call attention to improvements they’d like to see in policing. Plus, Prime Minister Mark Carney and Pierre Poilievre met with their caucuses on Sunday to map out their priorities for the return of...

Prime Minister Mark Carney and Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre delivered speeches to their MPs on Sunday afternoon, outlining their priorities for the upcoming session of Parliament. Plus, thousands across the U.S. are remembering George Floyd on the fifth anniversary of his death. And King Charles travels to Ottawa Monday for his first visit to Canada,...

Jully Black and Sandy Hudson, leader of Canada’s Black Lives Matter movement, discuss the meaning of “defunding the police” in the context of Sandy’s book Defund: Black Lives, Policing, and Safety for All. They address the controversy around the term, the challenges of policing, and the ongoing fight against anti-Black racism, five years after George...

Policing has been under a spotlight for years, but it came to a head this year with the death of George Floyd. In Edmonton, city council re-directed $11 million from the Edmonton Police Service budget. The decision came with a promise to reform the service, but some activists say that isn’t enough. Vinesh Pratap sat...

Minneapolis, Minn. Mayor Jacob Frey on Wednesday called for Hennepin County attorney Mike Freeman to charge the white police officer who arrested George Floyd, a black man, and was seen on video, appearing to press his knee onto Floyd’s neck. Floyd could be heard pleading that he could not breathe and eventually stopped moving. The...

Asked to address comments from Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey that he’d like the arresting officer implicated in the death of George Floyd to face charges, Minneapolis Police Chief Medaria Arradondo said the actions of the four officers fired following the incident “in no way reflect” the values and culture he’d like to see at the...

Protesters took to the streets in Los Angeles on May 27, shutting down a major highway and burning an American flag in solidarity with similar protests in Minneapolis and across the country. George Floyd died earlier this week when a police officer put his knee on Floyd’s neck while he lay with his face against...

During a roundtable discussion in Dallas, Texas on Thursday, U.S. President Donald Trump said that there are “bad apples” in any profession, including within law enforcement, but added that there are “not too many.” Trump said if police officers are “allowed to do their job, they’ll do a great job.” The president’s remarks come after...

The death of George Floyd at the hands of Minneapolis police and the ensuing wave of protests around the world has created strain on Black people’s mental health, and advocate Svetlana Chernienko has a few ways the community can help. She joins Global’s Laura Casella.

The family of a 26-year-old Black man in Brampton, Ont., is reeling after he was fatally shot by police in April, nearly two months before George Floyd‘s death shook the world. “My son was a fun-loving guy, but he had a mental issue,” Claudius Campbell, D’Andre’s father, told Global News, adding that his son had...

U.S. Attorney General William Barr claimed in an interview on CBS’ Face The Nation on Sunday that projectiles were thrown at Park Police in Washington, D.C. on Monday during an operation he approved to increase the perimeter around the White House and build a more permanent fence around Lafayette Park.

Montrealers took to the streets again Sunday to speak out against racism, systemic discrimination and police brutality.

On Thursday, Conservative leadership candidates Peter MacKay, Erin O’Toole, Derek Sloan and Leslyn Lewis discussed their thoughts on systemic racism in Canada and what leadership they could provide in the wake of the worldwide protests over the death of George Floyd in the U.S. and a spate of recent RCMP violence and shootings of Indigenous...

Former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin will spend 22.5 years in prison for murdering George Floyd. Jackson Proskow reports on the emotional impact statements from Floyd’s loved ones, how Chauvin’s mother broke her silence, and how Chauvin himself briefly spoke at the sentencing hearing.

Hundreds of people braved the sweltering heat to join a Black Lives Matter rally in Vancouver today. Participants renewed their calls for justice, as the former U.S. police officer convicted of murdering George Floyd, learned how long he will spend behind bars. Kristen Robinson reports.

U.S. Representative Hakeem Jeffries (D-NY) called on Tuesday for people to continue protesting and demanding action until the George Floyd Justice in Policing Act gets signed into law as he marked the first anniversary of George Floyd’s death in an event in New York. Floyd died after former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin held his...

Civil rights activist Rev. Al Sharpton and New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio kneeled for nine minutes and 29 seconds in George Floyd’s name on the anniversary of his death on Tuesday. Sharpton called for the George Floyd Justice in Policing Act to be passed during his speech, saying that the killing of George...