Latest news and comment on the death of George Floyd
May 2022
Former police officer pleads guilty to manslaughter in George Floyd killing
Footage of racist violence traumatises black children, says author
April 2022
Buffalo police cleared over pushing 75-year-old George Floyd protester
Arbitrator says Martin Gugino, who fell and hit his head after shove by two officers, was acting erratically
March 2022
‘No progress’ since George Floyd: US police killing three people a day
Two years on: the legacy of lockdown
David Harewood on the legacy of lockdown: We are watching the world around us unravel
February 2022
Three ex-officers found guilty on federal charges in George Floyd killing
Kabul to California: how the ‘hip-hop family’ mobilised for young Afghans
British BLM group closes down after police infiltration attempt
‘Excited delirium’ emerges as key issue in trial of officers accused over George Floyd death
January 2022
California city to retain Confederate general’s name after year of debate
The commission made a list of recommendations ‘to correct historical wrongs in the area’
Trial begins of three ex-police officers present at George Floyd murder
Opening arguments commence in the federal trial of Tou Thao, J Alexander Kueng and Thomas Lane
The Audio Long Read
What Covid taught us about racism – and what we need to do now – podcast
We were told coronavirus didn’t discriminate, but it didn’t need to – society had already done that for us. But there is a path to a fairer future if we want it
December 2021
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Letters: Martin Wright, Prof Andrew Pilkington and Mary Robertson respond to a long read by Gary Younge
Texas governor Greg Abbott stays silent on whether he will pardon George Floyd
Parole board unanimously recommended pardon for 2004 drug arrest by ex-officer whose work is no longer trusted by prosecutors
Police sued over death of Oakland man that drew comparisons to George Floyd
Derek Chauvin pleads guilty to civil rights charges in killing of George Floyd
Derek Chauvin expected to plead guilty to violating George Floyd’s civil rights
November 2021
Minneapolis votes on whether to replace police department
Future of policing is on the ballot in the city where Floyd’s death in May 2020 launched a nationwide reckoning on racial justice
October 2021
‘I had a big gasp’: George Floyd jurors speak on the trial, the video and the verdict
My best shot
An arrest at the George Floyd protests: Mel D Cole’s best photograph