Los Angeles County Superior Court Judge David J. Herriford has ruled that Tory Lanez will not get a new trial in the Megan Thee Stallion shooting case.
Los Angeles County Superior Court Judge David J. Herriford has ruled that Tory Lanez will not get a new trial in the Megan Thee Stallion shooting case.
The sight of an officer holding his knee on George Floyd s neck for more than nine minutes until he died from asphyxiation triggered nationwide protests in 2020.
It wasn t the first time there was national outrage about a Black American being killed by police (see: Stephon Clark, Philando Castile, Freddie Gray, the list goes on).
But it
was the first time that the talk of police reform moved beyond incremental steps to include widespread, mainstreamdiscussions about foundational change.
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Suddenly, officials were talking about ideas once considered beyond the pale like defunding police departments and ending qualified immunity for officers.