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Editorial Roundup: Florida

By The Associated Press Jun. 23, 2021 05:06 PM EDT
South Florida Sun Sentinel. June 18, 2021. Editorial: Florida election supervisors must keep asking hard questions ...

Community members and police attend a vigil beside a makeshift memorial at the scene where 10-year old Justin Wallace was shot and killed the previous Saturday night in the Rockaway section of the Queens borough of New York, Wednesday, June 9, 2021. The Democratic primary race for New York City mayor is nearing the finish line with a surge in shootings pushing public safety to the top of some voters' concerns. (AP Photo/John Minchillo)
Crime leads voter concerns as NYC mayoral primary approaches

By Karen Matthews And Michael R. Sisak Jun. 11, 2021 01:00 AM EDT

The family of George Floyd salutes Daunte Wright during his funeral services at Shiloh Temple International Ministries in Minneapolis, Thursday, April 22, 2021. Wright, 20, was fatally shot by a Brooklyn Center, Minn., police officer during a traffic stop. (AP Photo/John Minchillo, Pool)
Sharpton decries 'stench of racism' in Daunte Wright's death

By Aaron Morrison, Tim Sullivan And Tammy Webber Apr. 22, 2021 01:29 PM EDT

Floyd family attorney Ben Crump, left, asked all to clasp hands during a press conference to announce a $27 million civil lawsuit settlement between the Floyd family and the City of Minneapolis Friday, March 12, 2021, in Minneapolis. Standing next to Crump is Brandon Williams, Floyd's nephew, left to right, Philonise Floyd, Rodney Floyd, both George Floyd's brothers, Lisa Bender, Minneapolis city council president, and Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey. (David Joles/Star Tribune via AP)
Floyd's family takes its seat in ex-officer's murder trial

By Steve Karnowski Apr. 06, 2021 12:47 PM EDT

FILE - In this Thursday, Dec. 10, 2020, file photo, head waitstaff Laurie Mitchell, right, talks with a customer at Rodd's Restaurant, in Bristol, Conn, amid the coronavirus pandemic. Responses to the coronavirus pandemic and police brutality dominated legislative sessions in 2020 and led to many new laws that will take effect in the new year. (AP Photo/Jessica Hill, File)
Virus aid, police reform dominate new US laws for 2021

By Julie Carr Smyth Dec. 30, 2020 08:14 AM EST

FILE - In this May 30, 2020, file photo, protesters demonstrate as a Salt Lake City police vehicle burns, in Salt Lake City. Investigators studied video footage to find Jackson Stuart Tamowski Patton, 26, who is accused of tossing a combustible substance into the patrol car, feeding the flames that destroyed it, prosecutors said in court documents. The Department of Justice is using aggressive tactics against those it has charged in the civil unrest over racism. (AP Photo/Rick Bowmer, File)
AP finds most arrested in protests aren't leftist radicals

By Alanna Durkin Richer, Colleen Long And Michael Balsamo Oct. 20, 2020 05:39 AM EDT

Republican challenger, Daniel Gade, answers a moderator's question about funding the police during the U.S. Senatorial debate with U.S. Sen. Mark Warner, D-Va., at Norfolk State University, Saturday, Oct. 3, 2020, in Norfolk, Va. (Stephen M. Katz/The Virginian-Pilot via AP)
Warner, Gade tackle questions on race, equity in 2nd debate

By Sarah Rankin Oct. 03, 2020 08:27 PM EDT

People attend the March on Washington, Friday Aug. 28, 2020, in Washington, on the 57th anniversary of the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr.'s "I Have A Dream" speech. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)
At D.C. march, families decry 'two systems of justice'

By Aaron Morrison, Kat Stafford And Ashraf Khalil Aug. 28, 2020 10:12 AM EDT

The Rev. Al Sharpton listens during an interview at his office, Thursday, July 30, 2020, in New York. For more than three decades, Sharpton, 65, has been an advocate for Black American families seeking justice in the wake of violence that highlight systemic racism. (AP Photo/Bebeto Matthews)
Decades later, Sharpton still insists: No justice, no peace

By Aaron Morrison Aug. 26, 2020 10:41 AM EDT

FILE - In this June 9, 2020 file photo, the Rev. Al Sharpton speaks during the funeral for George Floyd at The Fountain of Praise church in Houston. A national commemoration of the 1963 civil rights March on Washington is being reconfigured to comply with coronavirus protocols in the District of Columbia. This comes amid widespread protests and unrest over the police killings of Black Americans. Although many marchers will arrive via charter buses from surrounding communities on Aug. 28, the Rev. Al Sharpton will ask others to join satellite marches in states that are considered hot spots for COVID-19. (Godofredo A. Vásquez/Houston Chronicle via AP, Pool)
March on Washington reconfigured to comply with virus rules

By Aaron Morrison And Ashraf Khalil Aug. 11, 2020 10:19 AM EDT

Rev. Dr. Bernice A. King, CEO of The Martin Luther King, Jr. Center for Nonviolent Social Change, speaks while the Rev. Raphael G. Warnock, Ph.D. Senior Pastor, Ebenezer Baptist Church, looks on, at Rayshard Brooks funeral in Ebenezer Baptist Church on Tuesday, June 23, 2020 in Atlanta. Brooks, 27, was shot twice in the back June 12 by Officer Garrett Rolfe after a struggle that erupted when police tried to handcuff him for being intoxicated behind the wheel of his car at a Wendy's drive-thru. Video showed Brooks snatching a police Taser and firing it at Brooks while running away. (Curtis Compton/Atlanta Journal-Constitution via AP, Pool)
Crowds mourn Rayshard Brooks at storied Atlanta church

By Kate Brumback Jun. 23, 2020 02:14 PM EDT

Recent Kansas editorials

Jun. 23, 2020 09:10 AM EDT
The Topeka Capital-Journal, June 22 Coaches at the University of Kansas and Kansas State University have signed statements declaring...

Isaiah Bowen, right, takes a shot as his dad, Garth Bowen, center, looks on at a basketball hoop in front of the statue of Confederate General Robert E. Lee on Monument Avenue Sunday June 21, 2020, in Richmond, Va. A judge extended an injunction delaying the removal of the statue by the state. The statue had become a focal point for the Black Lives Matter movement in Richmond. (AP Photo/Steve Helber)
The Latest: NYC officer suspended for 'apparent chokehold'

By The Associated Press Jun. 21, 2020 03:10 AM EDT

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Chassidy Evans, the niece of Rayshard Brooks, speaks at a news conference held by members of Brooks' family on Monday, June 15, 2020, in Atlanta. The Brooks family and their attorneys spoke to the media days after Brooks was shot and killed by police at a Wendy's restaurant parking lot in Atlanta. (AP Photo/Ron Harris)
'When does it stop?' Slain man's family makes tearful plea

By Russ Bynum And Kate Brumback Jun. 15, 2020 12:01 PM EDT

People gather to listen to speakers, rap artists and music during a Caribbean-led Black Lives Matter rally at Brooklyn's Grand Army Plaza, Sunday, June 14, 2020, in New York. Protests have continued since the May 25th death of George Floyd, a black man who died in police custody in Minneapolis. (AP Photo/Kathy Willens)
The Latest: Interfaith group holds vigil outside St. John’s

By The Associated Press Jun. 14, 2020 09:43 AM EDT

Editorial Roundup: West Virginia

By The Associated Press Jun. 10, 2020 03:20 PM EDT
Recent editorials from West Virginia newspapers: ___ June 8 The Journal on the firing of a police...

FILE -This Feb. 9, 2020 file photo shows filmmaker Ava DuVernay at the Vanity Fair Oscar Party in Beverly Hills, Calif. DuVernay directed the four-part Netflix series "When They See US," which explores the true story of the Central Park Five, five black and Latino teenagers who were coerced into confessing to a rape they didn't commit in 1989. (Photo by Evan Agostini/Invision/AP, File)
Ava DuVernay joins the film academy's Board of Governors

By Lindsey Bahr Jun. 10, 2020 02:25 PM EDT

Philonise Floyd, the brother of George Floyd attends the funeral service for Floyd at The Fountain of Praise church Tuesday, June 9, 2020, in Houston. (AP Photo/David J. Phillip, Pool)
`He is going to change the world': Funeral held for Floyd

By Juan A. Lozano, Nomaan Merchant And Adam Geller Jun. 09, 2020 12:02 PM EDT

A monument dedicated to Confederate soldiers who died at a Union prison camp in Indianapolis is dismantled from Garfield Park in Indianapolis on Monday, June 8, 2020. (Mykal McEldowney/The Indianapolis Star via AP)
The Latest: George Floyd's casket taken inside mausoleum

By The Associated Press Jun. 09, 2020 05:49 AM EDT