Leonardo Blair

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  Jun 4, 2020

  Al Sharpton announces new March on Washington at George Floyd's funeral, cites Ecclesiastes

  In his eulogy for George Floyd at a memorial service in Minneapolis, Minnesota, Thursday, civil rights activist Al Sharpton declared that now is the right time for the United States to reform its criminal justice system and promised to march on Washington come August to get it.

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  Jun 4, 2020

  Witness in car says George Floyd did not resist arrest; complaint alleges struggle

  George Floyd tried to show that he wasn’t resisting arrest before he stopped breathing in the custody of Minneapolis police officers on Memorial Day with the knee of officer Derek Chauvin still resting on his neck, according to a friend and witness who was with Floyd when officers detained him.

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  Jun 4, 2020

  All 4 former officers involved in death of George Floyd now charged

  Derek Chauvin, 44, a former Minneapolis police officer who was previously charged with third-degree murder and manslaughter for the death of George Floyd had his charge upgraded to second degree murder while three other former officers were charged with aiding and abetting  Floyd's murder Wednesday.

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  Jun 3, 2020

  Well-known Texas pastor, Manson B. Johnson II, dies of coronavirus

  Manson B. Johnson II, a beloved pastor who led the Holman Street Baptist Church in Houston, Texas, for more than 40 years, joined a growing list of Christian leaders who've died from the coronavirus. He was 71.

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  Jun 3, 2020

  SBC’s Ronnie Floyd says George Floyd was ‘murdered’ and only Jesus, not politics can fix racism

  Ronnie Floyd, president and CEO of the Southern Baptist Convention’s Executive Committee, said 46-year-old African American George Floyd who died in police custody in Minneapolis on Memorial Day was “murdered” in plain sight and only Jesus, not politics, can fix America’s enduring racism.

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  Jun 3, 2020

  Retired police captain David Dorn killed protecting friend’s pawn shop from looters

  A retired 77-year-old St. Louis police captain, who spent 38 years protecting his community, was shot dead by looters as he tried to defend a friend’s pawn shop amid violent protests Tuesday over the death of George Floyd.

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  Jun 3, 2020

  Christian university to host George Floyd memorial service in Minneapolis Thursday

  North Central University, a private Christian university in the heart of downtown Minneapolis, is set to host a funeral service for George Floyd Thursday amid escalating protests over his controversial death while in the custody of local police officers.

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  Jun 2, 2020

  Celebrating church diversity without addressing racial disparity is ‘hypocrisy,’ Steven Furtick says

  Steven Furtick, pastor of the popular Elevation Church in North Carolina said celebrating diverse churches without addressing racial disparity is “hypocrisy” during a frank conversation Sunday with fellow megachurch pastor and friend John Gray in the wake of the killing of George Floyd.

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  Jun 1, 2020

  Independent autopsy rules George Floyd’s death was homicide by asphyxia

  George Floyd, a 46-year-old African American man who died in police custody while a police officer kneeled on his neck as he begged to breathe in Minneapolis on Memorial Day, died by asphyxia, according to an independent autopsy.

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  Jun 1, 2020

  Pastor Chris Hodges apologizes for liking racially insensitive social media posts of conservative leader

  Chris Hodges, founder and leader of Church of the Highlands, one of the largest churches in America, apologized Sunday for liking social media posts of Turning Point USA leader Charlie Kirk that have been criticized as racially insensitive.