Former President Barack Obama threw his support behind the efforts of peaceful protesters demanding police reforms during his first on-camera remarks since a wave of protests over the killing of George Floyd convulsed the country and upended the 2020 election. Mr. Obama, offering a strikingly more upbeat assessment of the ...
Protests against police brutality and racism have erupted across the United States since May 25, when police officer Derek Chauvin pinned African-American George Floyd’s neck to the ground with his knee for at least eight minutes while he laid handcuffed on his stomach and repeatedly said he couldn’t breathe. Hundreds ...