George Floyd

This Sunday will mark five years since George Floyd, a Black man in Minneapolis, was murdered by a white former police officer, sparking protests across the country and in Charlotte. It also led to new or expanded Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion programs. Now, many of those initiatives are being scaled back or cut. Those involved in the movement on the ground voiced whether the shift overshadows Floyd’s legacy and how they view what happened and has changed over the last five years.

NPR took a walk through Minneapolis with its former police chief Medaria Arradondo. He says "the worst thing we can do" is dismiss the 2020 protests and outrage over police brutality as an anomaly.

It's Art Month in Nigeria — and a highlight is the celebration of art that is Art X, a wide-ranging fair that highlights "Black portraiture" as well as other creations from the continent.

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.