At hearing, 3 cops—including 2 rookies—who watched Derek Chauvin suffocate George Floyd turn on Chauvin, a notable departure….--officers’ loyalty to bad cops is a central problem in police misconduct cases, argues PBC
--Minneapolis enacts immediate ban on police use of chokeholds
--Rev. Al Sharpton gave an impressive eulogy at George Floyd’s funeral yesterday
--at Rose Garden press event, Trump boasts about flaky unemployment numbers, and unloads cringeworthy remark “this is a great day for George Floyd”
--Biden denounces Trump’s comment as “despicable”, as he recovers from his own gaffe last night that “10-15% of Americans are just not very good people”
--armed guards defending Trump’s new White House wall display no identification and won’t say where they’re from or who they report to
--DC Mayor Muriel Bowser demands removal of the mystery militias, and renames street near White House “Black Lives Matter Plaza”
--after humiliating his defense secretary, Trump relents, sends military units back to their bases, and remaining National Guard units ordered to disarm
--ACLU and BLM sue TrumpCo for Monday’s assault on peaceful protesters, as Park Service admits that tear gas was used, contradicting Trump
--Twitter disables Trump campaign video that misappropriates Floyd’s death, due to copyright complaint
--Maine governor warns Trump to avoid divisive language as he visits Bangor today, after Gov. Mills pointedly asked him to cancel
--at Bradblog, Brad Friedman makes the case that Trump committed felony voter fraud by absentee voting in Florida
--NYPD leads the nation in brutal attacks on curfew violators, using fake taxis and dragnet “kettling” on nonviolent protesters; arrestees risk infection in jails
--at memorial for Floyd, Mayor de Blasio is booed
--Brooklyn man who was arrested after curfew faced FBI interrogation over his political beliefs
--at Shadowproof, Kevin Gosztola debunks “outside agitator” assertions
--at The Intercept, Nick Turse reveals Pentagon war game that focused on rebellion by Gen Z
--listener Andrea Hegland advocates for vitamin D and hydroxychloroquine in memo to PBC
--in our daily Covid-19 update, Linda Lewis addresses Hegland’s research
--NY Times bosses now say that Sen. Tom Cotton’s semi-fascist op-ed was the result of “rushed editorial process”
--as YouTube took down the Michael Moore/Jeff Gibbs documentary Planet of the Humans, Matt Taibbi sounds the alarm on expanding censorship
--2 Senate committees press on with investigation of the Russiagate investigation
--Gitmo’s top judge rules that defendants who were tortured can get relief at sentencing
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