Sadiqa Reynolds, president of the Louisville Urban League, says the protests — which have been peaceful and diverse in her city — are "changing the way the criminal justice system has to respond."

Delivering a eulogy that jabbed at the president, the Rev. Al Sharpton urged those gathered "to stand up in George’s name and say, ‘Get your knee off our necks!’”

Multi-party coalitions will need to be built in order to get police reform bills passed, Todd says.

Yet another former military leader, retired Marine Corps Gen. John Allen, is criticizing President Donald Trump’s response to the protests following the death of George Floyd in Minneapolis.

Mourners are converging in Minneapolis to memorialize George Floyd, whose death at the hands of a police officer sparked national protests on racial injustice.

A Minneapolis police officer who used his knee to pin down George Floyd’s neck before his death had a record that included both medals for bravery and 17 complaints against him.

Former President Barack Obama is taking on an increasingly public role as the nation confronts a confluence of historic crises that has exposed deep racial and socioeconomic inequalities in America and reshaped the November election.

The three other police officers on the scene when a Minneapolis officer pressed his knee on George Floyd’s neck have been charged with aiding and abetting a murder.

President Donald Trump is threatening use of the Insurrection Act to suppress protests. But riots that have occurred have not reached insurrection level, says Kayyem.

About 200 soldiers with the 82nd Airborne’s immediate response force will be the first to leave on Wednesday.