IT’S BEEN A LONG TIME COMING, BUT I KNOW A CHANGE IS GONNA COME “I go to the movie, and I go downtown Somebody keeps tellin' me don't hang around “ - Sam Cooke 2726 S. Beckley Ave • Dallas, Texas 75224 ISSN # 0746-7303 P.O. Box 570769 Dallas, Texas 75357 - 0769 50¢ Serving Dallas More Than 70 Years — Tel. 214 946-7678 - Fax 214 946-7636 — Web Site: www.dallasposttrib.com — E-mail: [email protected] SERVING THE BLACK COMMUNITY WITHOUT FEAR OR FAVOR SINCE 1947 VOLUME 72 NUMBER 38 June 4 - 10, 2020 #BLACKLIVESMATTER - GLOBAL ATLANTA COLLEGE STUDENTS DALLAS NEW YORK George Floyd’s BREAKING brother encourages “I CAN’T BREATHE” protesters to ... NEWS Chauvin VOTE Murder Charge IN Upgraded From the Twin Cities of murdered under the color Minneapolis and St. Paul of law. and to the Streets of San City officials in Francisco, Los Angeles, Minneapolis and St. Paul 3 More Houston, Chicago, called on the National ALL Louisville, Atlanta, Guard, and state police Washington, DC, and lined the streets there in Officers New York City, and the riot gear. bright lights of the Big An 8PM curfew was Charged ELECTIONS Apple, African Americans ordered, and an African are expressing outrage American CNN reporter over the police killing of was arrested while giving *At Press Time George Floyd, the latest in a live report from a a country-mile long list of hotspot of protests. See Page 2 Black men and women See Page 3 PARIS SISTER QUINCY HOWARD ISRAEL DC Episcopal Bishop: ‘I am outraged’ by Trump church visit See Page 3 WASHINGTON, DC GEORGE FLOYD’S FAMILY - Houston For all photo credit and cutlines SEE PAGE 3 Recognizing #BLACK EXCELLENCE for 72 years June 4 - 10, 2020 The Dallas Post Tribune Page 2 Murder charge upgraded in Floyd case, 3 other cops charged 26 and initially charged held his knee to Floyd’s Crump pointed to the hopes of forcing wide- with third-degree murder neck, despite his protests criminal complaint against spread change. and second-degree that he couldn’t breathe, Chauvin, which said that The official autopsy by manslaughter. The three and stayed there even after while Floyd was com- the county medical exam- other officers involved Floyd stopped moving. plaining he couldn’t iner concluded that were also fired but were Floyd, a black man, was in breathe, Lane asked Floyd’s death was caused not immediately charged. handcuffs when he died Chauvin twice if they by cardiac arrest as police The Star Tribune report- with his face pressed to should roll him on his restrained him and com- ed that Minnesota the street. side. Chauvin said they pressed his neck. Attorney General Keith Earlier Wednesday, the should keep him on his Crump and the Floyd Ellison would be upgrad- Floyd family’s attorney stomach. family commissioned a ing the charge against demanded that all four “To us that is intent,” separate autopsy that con- Chauvin while also charg- officers be charged. Crump said. And he said cluded he died of asphyxi- ing Thomas Lane, J. “He died because he was the other officers were ation due to neck and back Kueng and Tou Thao with starving for air,” Ben complicit because they compression due to aiding and abetting sec- Crump said. “He needed a failed to take action. Chauvin’s knee on his (AP Photo/Bebeto Matthews) ond-degree murder. breath. So we are demand- “We are expecting these neck and other responding Earl Gray, who repre- ing justice. We expect all officers to be charged as officers’ knees in his back, By AMY FORLITI and charges against three other sents Lane, told The of the police officers to be accomplices,” Crump which made it impossible STEVE KARNOWSKI officers at the scene, a Associated Press that the arrested before we have said. for him to breathe. newspaper reported report “is accurate” before the memorial here in Gov. Tim Walz and the MINNEAPOLIS (AP) Wednesday. ending the call. Minneapolis, Minnesota, Minnesota Department of Associated Press — Prosecutors are charg- Widely seen bystander Floyd’s family and pro- tomorrow.” Human Rights on Tuesday reporters Scott Bauer and ing a Minneapolis police video showing Floyd’s testers have repeatedly Crump said the other launched a civil rights Todd Richmond in officer accused of pressing May 25 death has sparked called for criminal charges officers failed to protect a investigation of the Madison, Wisconsin, and his knee against George sometimes violent protests against all four officers as man who was pleading for Minneapolis Police Bernard Condon and Floyd’s neck with second- nationwide and around the well as more serious help and said he couldn’t Department and its history Michael Sisak in New York degree murder, and for the world. 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