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We’re Living Through the Backlash

Richard Tsong-Taatarii/Star-Tribune/AP Facts matter: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter. Support our nonprofit reporting. Subscribe to our print magazine.Two years ago today, former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin pressed his knee into George Floyd’s neck for nine minutes and 29 seconds. The murder outraged the public, setting off a summer of pepper…

Jacob Frey Is a Liar

Mother Jones illustration; Alex Kormann/Star Tribune/AP, Chris Tuite/Sipa/AP Fight disinformation. Get a daily recap of the facts that matter. Sign up for the free Mother Jones newsletter.Last Friday Minneapolis mayor Jacob Frey announced a moratorium on no-knock warrants, the tactic that led to officer Mark Hanneman shooting and killing Amir Locke. It was the second…

Derek Chauvin Sentenced to 22.5 Years in Prison

Court TV/AP/Pool Let our journalists help you make sense of the noise: Subscribe to the Mother Jones Daily newsletter and get a recap of news that matters.A Minneapolis judge on Friday sentenced former police officer Derek Chauvin to 270 months, or 22.5 years, in prison for murdering George Floyd. In Minnesota, the maximum sentence for…