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Charlie Kirk and the making of an AI-generated martyr

An AI-generated image of Charlie Kirk embracing Jesus. Another of Kirk posing with angel wings and halo. Then there’s the one of Kirk standing with George Floyd at the gates of heaven.

The Conversation

The crisis of Indonesian policing: Guardians of the people or protectors of power?

The death of 21-year-old Indonesian online delivery driver Affan Kurniawan, who was crushed by a Barracuda police vehicle during a protest, invites comparisons to George Floyd. The African American was killed by a police officer in Minneapolis in 2020, sparking global Black Lives Matter protests.

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Court Upholds Florida School District's June 2020 Decision to Cancel Food Supply Contract with Farm Whose Owner Viewed as Covid as Hoax

"[T]he evidence shows that the school system's interests in food safety were the reasons for its decision to break ties with Oakes Farms—not its bare disagreement with [owner's] political views."

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Chicago’s ‘Midnight Crew’: CNN’s Omar Jimenez dives into one of America’s darkest chapters of police violence

‘For this to happen at the scale that it did for as long as it did, there were breakdowns at every single step of the way,” Omar Jimenez said of the two-decade campaign of violence by the Chicago police department, which he explores in a new podcast

The Independent UK

From Mike Bloomberg to Jamie Dimon to 'staunch capitalist' Kathy Hochul, New York's likely next Mayor Zohran Mamdani is meeting with lots of people

Mamdani also signaled to The New York Times that he'll apologize for calling the NYPD "racist" during a 2020 George Floyd protest.

Fortune

Charlie Kirk Shooting Tribute Sparks EU Parliament Clash: Late Influencer Once Said Europe Was A 'Hell Hole'

Charlie Kirk's killing sparked a clash in the European Parliament after a blocked tribute request, fueling debates over free speech, rules and political violence.

International Business Times UK

Trump, apparently misled by video of 2020 protests, threatens to send troops to Portland

US president mistakes scale of anti-Ice rallies after TV report uses old footage from George Floyd demonstrations

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How Frank Rizzo, a high school dropout, became Philadelphia’s toughest cop and a harbinger of MAGA politics

In August 2025, the city of Philadelphia agreed to return a statue of Frank Rizzo to the supporters that commissioned the memorial in 1992.

The Conversation

4 former Milwaukee hotel workers get probation and time served in dogpile death

A judge has sentenced four former Milwaukee hotel workers charged with killing a man by piling on top of him to a mix of probation and time already served, allowing them to avoid spending any more time behind bars

The Independent UK

Minneapolis, a series of shootings and the grim realities of a tough summer

Most categories of crime have continued to fall in Minneapolis after a surge that followed the 2020 killing of George Floyd

The Independent UK

When and why has the National Guard been deployed in the US before?

The US reserve military force is activated for federal missions and state emergencies, from disasters to civil unrest.

Al Jazeera

Trump administration’s anti-woke campaign targets Smithsonian museums

Exclusive: White House flags seven institutions including those for Latino, African and Asian art for review, document shows

The Guardian - US

‘We’re anti-federal chaos’: Democratic cities prepare for worst after Trump’s tirades against DC and LA

After Trump’s takeover of the US capital, mayors from Seattle to Baltimore vow to protect their cities

The Guardian - US

From Cristiano Ronaldo to a busty mermaid: The controversial statues that have lost their place

From Denmark’s busty mermaid statue to toppled slave traders and stolen Paddington Bears, we take a look at the statues around the world that have vanished, been relocated, or quietly removed.

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Trump administration to reinstall Confederate statue toppled in Black Lives Matter protests

Statue of Albert Pike, a Confederate general, will return to Washington DC, National Parks Service says

The Independent UK

Statue of Confederate general torn down in 2020 protests to be restored in Washington DC

In June 2020, the Albert Pike statue near D.C. police headquarters was toppled and vandalized by protesters

The Independent UK

Violent arrest of Black student shows benefits of recording police

‘All the young people should be recording these interactions with law enforcement,’ says lawyer

The Independent UK

A 4th man accused in a fatal dogpile outside a Milwaukee hotel pleads guilty to felony murder

The last of four Milwaukee hotel workers accused of killing a man by pinning him to the ground has pleaded guilty to being a party to felony murder

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From racism claims to a $725,000 settlement, a UNT professor's lawsuit mirrors Texas' shifting views on free speech

Professor Timothy Jackson was accused of making racist remarks at the height of the racial reckoning that followed George Floyd's murder. His free speech suit against the university comes to an end in the era of DEI bans.

The Guardian - UK

‘It’s like clapping for the NHS’: Lionesses’ decision to stop taking the knee triggers debate

While some activists insist it remains a ‘powerful antiracist act’, others say the symbol has been stripped of value

The Independent UK

Police deny wrongdoing in death of Alabama man, dispute family's account

An Alabama police department denies any wrongdoing in the death of Phillip Reeder, who died while handcuffed in August 2024

The Independent UK

Woman compares husband’s death to George Floyd after cops allegedly kneel on his neck during restraint

Phillip Reeder’s cause of death was determined to be a homicide exacerbated by “hypertensive heart disease associated with cocaine use and restraint during altercation”

The Guardian - UK

Summer of Our Discontent by Thomas Chatterton Williams review – the liberal who hates leftists

In his caustic critique of identity politics, Williams ends up condemning every kind of collective action

Al Jazeera

US police officer in Breonna Taylor death sentenced to 33 months in prison

Prosecutors had asked that officer Brett Hankison be given a sentence of one day for his role in the fatal shooting.

The Independent UK

Alabama man's death is ruled a homicide after police kneeled on his neck

A county coroner in Alabama is ruling the death of a man who died in an encounter with police as a homicide

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