- New York 03/29/2021 by Paul DeRienzo (WBAI)

It was nearly one year ago that an offficer's knee on the neck of a Black man, for nearly 9 minutes before killing him, changed the landscape of racial politics in the United States forever. As opening arguments begin in the trial of the police officer charged in the death of George Floyd WBAI news revists coverage of the tragedy and its immediate aftermath. WBAI news will also be provideing daily coverage of the trial of former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin, who has been charged with murder starting on Monday, March 30th.