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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...

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.

Beaconsfield Mayor Georges Bourelle joined Global’s Elysia Bryan-Baynes to discuss municipal taxes, flood maps and lakeside properties, the reshaping of Centennial park and more.

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...

Members of George Floyd’s family met with U.S. President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris on Tuesday, urging them to pass police reform legislation in Floyd’s name a year after his death in Minneapolis. “It was great. He’s a genuine guy,” Philonise Floyd, a brother of George Floyd, said after the meeting. Biden had...

WARNING: This story contains images that may be disturbing for some viewers. Discretion is advised. It’s been one year since the murder of George Floyd sparked a worldwide reckoning on racial injustice and police brutality. So what’s changed? Jackson Proskow reports.

Former First Lady Michelle Obama on Monday during the opening night of the Democratic National Convention said that as the country goes through a pandemic, and with race relations at the forefront following the death of George Floyd and several other persons of colour, when people have turned to the White House for leadership, they’ve...

Former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin is asking for a new trial, according to court records,. The move comes just two weeks after being found guilty in the death of George Floyd. Chauvin’s attorney claims his client was deprived of a fair trial, adding there was prosecutorial and jury misconduct.

The family of George Floyd, attorney Ben Crump and U.S. Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee (D – Texas) reacted Saturday to federal civil rights indictments handed up against former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin, as well as three others connected to the death of Floyd.

Video showing a boy playing basketball on his driveway hiding when a police cruiser drives pass his home has gone viral on Instagram. In the post, his parent asked why he hid from the police, and he said “because they killed George Floyd.”

Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz is acknowledging the “abject failure” of the response to this week’s protests over the death of George Floyd. During news conference on Friday, Walz said the state would take over the response. He says it’s time to show respect and dignity to those who are suffering called for order to be...

Speaking to reporters on Friday, a representative of the Minnesota National Guard said the initial request to deploy to Minneapolis in response to the ongoing protests came from Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey.

Civil rights activist Reverend Al Sharpton lead a vigil on Thursday, where he appealed for justice in the death of George Floyd in Minneapolis. Floyd died at the hands of police on Memorial Day in Minneapolis after an officer kneeled on his neck for almost eight minutes.