George Floyd

Attorneys for UNC-Chapel Hill law student and Charlotte activist Jamie Marsicano have filed a lawsuit against Maj. Brad Koch of the Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police Department, accusing him of making defamatory statements and sharing details of an expunged charge with prosecutors in Georgia following Marsicano's arrest in Atlanta this year.

Army Sgt. Daniel Perry was convicted of murder for fatally shooting an armed protester in 2020 during nationwide protests against police violence and racial injustice, a Texas jury ruled Friday.

Advocacy groups, whose members participate frequently in social justice demonstrations, blasted the proposal as an attack on the Black Lives Matter movement and an attempt to discourage minority and low-income residents from speaking out.

Chauvin is currently serving concurrent state and federal sentences in an Arizona prison. The three-person Court of Appeals says it will issue its opinion within 90 days.

A trial was set to begin in Minnesota court for former officers Tou Thao and J. Alexander Kueng. In a turnabout, Kueng will plead guilty to aiding and abetting the manslaughter of Floyd.

More than 130 people were arrested in Charlotte during the 2020 protests over the death of George Floyd. Now, more than two years later, at least 30 are still waiting for their cases to resolve.

NPR's Adrian Florido talks with Robert Samuels and Toluse Olorunnipa about their new book, His Name is George Floyd: One Man's Life and the Struggle for Racial Justice.

Alexander Pridgen of Greenville, North Carolina, was sentenced to 15 months at a hearing Monday in federal court in New Bern, after pleading guilty to destruction of government property for throwing a brick through a courthouse window during a protest over George Floyd's death.

Prosecutors were asking for the former police officer to be sentenced to a 30-year prison term. The defense attorney called for probation and time already served.

Committee officials who give out the prestigious prize in journalism and the arts said Frazier's recording highlighted "the crucial role of citizens in journalists' quests for truth and justice."