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1 week ago | abcnews.go.com | Deena Zaru |Tesfaye Negussie

Tyrone Mason died in a crash while being pursued by a North Carolina trooper. ByDeena Zaru and Tesfaye NegussieHenrietta Mason, the mother of Tyrone Mason, a man who died after allegedly being chased by North Carolina State Highway Police, is flanked by two of her attorneys, Bakari Sellers and Ben Crump, at a press conference in Raleigh, N.C., May 29, 2025.

1 week ago | yahoo.com | Deena Zaru

Five years ago, during the early months of the COVID-19 pandemic, video of then-Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin kneeling on the neck of George Floyd until he died shocked the world and sparked widespread protests. Untold pieces of protest art also were created in public spaces across the U.S. – from murals honoring Floyd, to calls for justice and support for the Black Lives Matter movement, which swelled in the wake of Floyd's death. Today, much of that protest art has been taken down.

1 week ago | yahoo.com | Deena Zaru |Tesfaye Negussie

George Floyd's family reflected on his legacy and called again for police reform during a press conference on Sunday to mark the five-year anniversary of Floyd’s death. The press conference took place outside the Houston, Texas cemetery where Floyd is buried and followed a private memorial that was held there by the family.

2 weeks ago | abc7chicago.com | Deena Zaru |Tesfaye Negussie

When Brian O'Hara arrived in Minneapolis as the new chief of police in 2022, he said that he found a department that was depleted, having lost about half of its officers, amid widespread protests and backlash after the killing of George Floyd on May 25, 2020, by a Minneapolis police officer. "The cops would openly tell me that if anybody asks them about becoming a cop, they tell them, 'Don't come here, everybody hates us,'" O'Hara told ABC News.

2 weeks ago | 6abc.com | Deena Zaru |Tesfaye Negussie

When Brian O'Hara arrived in Minneapolis as the new chief of police in 2022, he said that he found a department that was depleted, having lost about half of its officers, amid widespread protests and backlash after the killing of George Floyd on May 25, 2020, by a Minneapolis police officer. "The cops would openly tell me that if anybody asks them about becoming a cop, they tell them, 'Don't come here, everybody hates us,'" O'Hara told ABC News.