Violent crime rates have surged since the death of Floyd, a Black man who was handcuffed pleaded for air for several minutes while a white police officer dug his knee in his neck.

Chief Medaria Arradondo said demonstrators marched to the 5th Precinct on Saturday night and vandalized the exterior of the building and also targeted officers with ``commercial grade fireworks.''

The poll, conducted between July 8 and 10, found a majority — sixty per cent — of respondents believed racism is a serious problem in the country.

A Minnesota judge on Tuesday lifted a gag order in the criminal case against four former officers charged in death of George Floyd.

Four protesters in Kentucky are on a hunger strike, demanding that two police officers involved in the shooting of Breonna Taylor are fired and stripped of their pensions.

The Minnesota Legislature passed a package of police accountability measures early Tuesday that includes a ban on neck restraints like the one that was used on George Floyd before his death in Minneapolis.

Surveillance video showed three people smearing blue paint on the Fifth Avenue mural while a woman littered it with flyers around 4 p.m. Friday, police said.

The world of tournament Scrabble is split over whether to remove slurs from official dictionaries, as governing bodies debate the rules in light of Black Lives Matter protests.

Tou Thao, age 34, is the third former officer accused in Floyd's death to be released on bond

According to Google, searches for “Black-owned businesses near me” reached an all-time high last month in the U.S.