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A federal judge has set a March 2022 trial date for two Brooklyn lawyers charged with firebombing an empty police vehicle last year amid the demonstrations that followed the death of George Floyd

A federal civil rights lawsuit was filed against New York City by two state lawmakers alleging police officers use excessive force against them during the early days of protests following the killing of George Floyd. State Senator Zillnor Myrie and Assemblywoman Diana Richardson filed a lawsuit against New York City, Mayor Bill de Blasio, NYPD Commissioner Dermot Shea, and a…

Suburban police departments throughout the tri-state have taken steps to reimagine officer training, from the academy to the precinct, with the precinct. The Ulster County Sheriff’s Office is even getting national recognition for the changes they’ve implemented. NBC new York’s Marc Santia reports.

Local coverage of the one-year anniversary of George Floyd’s murder in Minneapolis.

As the anniversary of George Floyd’s murder approaches, some people say the best way to honor him is for Congress to pass a bill in his name that overhauls policing

On May 25, 2020, George Floyd was murdered in Minneapolis, Minn., after former police officer Derek Chauvin knelt on his neck for over nine minutes. Here is a timeline of what happened in the year following Floyd’s death.

Minneapolis leaders say they’ll reopen a barricaded intersection known as George Floyd Square after the murder trial of the officer accused of killing him.

Barbed wire and concrete barriers surround the courthouse where the white former Minneapolis police officer charged with killing George Floyd is due to soon go on trial.

A 75-year-old man who was seen being shoved to the ground by Buffalo police and bleeding on the ground during a protest last year is suing the officers and other officials, according to court documents.

New York Attorney General Tish James sued the NYPD on Thursday, seeking to install a federal monitor to oversee the department following allegedly widespread civil rights abuses last summer. James’ action will reignite the debate over how the department handled the George Floyd protests that rocked the city last year. Last month the city’s Department of Investigation released a...

Michael Gravely, District Attorney of Kenosha County, Wis., announced that he will not pursue charges against the police officers that shot Jacob Blake seven times as he walked away, leaving him paralyzed.

NBC New York’s David Ushery sat down for a one-on-one interview with NYPD Commissioner Dermot Shea, a candid conversation about the department’s successes and failures during his first year as the city’s top cop — a year that included massive moments such as the pandemic lockdown, the police killing of George Floyd and calls for major reforms at police departments...

The coronavirus pandemic dominated the headlines in 2020, but that’s not all that happened this year. Here’s a look back at the seven other major news stories that were not about COVID-19.

Federal prosecutors charged a far-right extremist in connection with a shooting at a Minneapolis police station during protests sparked by George Floyd’s killing, authorities said Friday.

The Department of Justice is using aggressive tactics against those it has charged in the civil unrest over racism.

A judge signed an order on Thursday permitting Derek Chauvin, the former police officer charged with the murder of George Floyd, to live outside of the state of Minnesota during the trial, citing ‘safety concerns’.

A grand jury has indicted the St. Louis couple who displayed guns while hundreds of racial injustice protesters marched on their private street

Jimmy Fallon addresses President Donald Trump contradicting the head of the CDC Robert Redfield, what’s trending on Twitter and Barack Obama’s presidential memoir.

Lifelong New Yorker Cynthia Nixon talks about what it’s been like living in the city during the George Floyd protests.

A military whistleblower says federal officials sought some unusual crowd control devices — including one that’s been called a “heat ray” — to deal with protesters outside the White House on the June day that law enforcement forcibly cleared Lafayette Sqaure.