Black Lives Matter

The statue of Albert Pike, a Confederate general and Freemason leader, was vandalized and taken down on Juneteenth in 2020. It is the only statue of a Confederate general in Washington, D.C.

Daniel Perry was convicted of murder. He killed Grant Foster who was part of a Black Lives Matter protest. Perry shot Foster for openly carrying an AK-47—which is legal in Texas. Governor Greg Abbott has now pardoned Perry claiming it was self-defense. In light of this pardon what does “Stand Your Ground” really mean?

Perry was convicted last year of murdering Garrett Foster during an altercation at a protest in 2020.

Perry is expected to be sentenced Tuesday for the murder of Garrett Foster. Gov. Greg Abbott has asked the Texas Board of Pardons and Paroles to review his conviction.

More than a year after Gov. Ralph Northam ordered the 12-ton statue of Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee to be removed, it was lifted from its pedestal in Richmond, Va., to be placed into storage.

Prosecutors were asking for the former police officer to be sentenced to a 30-year prison term. The defense attorney called for probation and time already served.

Senate Bill 912 is one of more than 90 such bills advanced in state legislatures across the country in the wake of last year’s demonstrations against racism and police violence.

Laws on the books can be enforced and strengthened on paramilitary and private militias. Texas took a pass during this legislative session.

Taylor was shot and killed in her apartment by Louisville police last March. "I can't believe it's a year later and we're still just asking people to do the right thing," her mother said recently.

There's up to a 20% difference between cities that saw Black Lives Matter protests from 2014 to 2019 to those that didn't, the study finds.