Masked vandals smashed windows, slashed police car tires and threw bricks in a standoff that lasted until 5:00 a.m. The Minneapolis Police Department fired four police officers who arrested Floyd. The 46-year-old died after anofficer pinned him down by the neck with one knee. By Chris Juhn May 27 , 2020 MINNEAPOLIS—Protests turned violent on Tuesday as anti-police activists smashed windows and vandalized police cars in response to the death of an African American man at the hands of four law enforcement officers. George Floyd died Monday after his arrest outside Cup Foods, a Minneapolis restaurant that reported a customer who paid for a…
Author: Kermit Williams
COVID-19 has left no community untouched. Infecting more than 1 million Americans and resulting in the deaths of more than 75,000 people as of May 8, the coronavirus has taken an especially dramatic toll on African Americans and other communities of color. While the nation still lacks complete racial data on COVID-19 patients, according to the latest data where race was provided, African Americans accounted for more than one-third (33%) of COVID-19 deaths in the U.S., yet make up only around 13 percent of the population. This disproportionate impact is seen here in Tennessee, too. Despite comprising only 17 percent…