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June 1, 2020

U.S. Bishops 'sickened' by Floyd's death, urge racism be met 'head-on'

A protester in Minneapolis vandalizes an O'Reilly's near the Minneapolis Police Third Precinct May 27, 2020. Two days earlier George Floyd, an unarmed black man, was pinned down by a police officer kneeling on his neck before later dying in the hospital May 25.

WASHINGTON -- The U.S. Catholic bishops said May 29 they "are broken-hearted, sickened and outraged to watch another video of an African American man being killed before our very eyes."

Published in International
July 22, 2016

Shootings of law enforcement officers shock victims' friends

A police officer is embraced after a July 17 vigil at St. John the Baptist Church in Zachary, La., for the fatal attack on policemen in Baton Rouge, La. A former Marine dressed in black shot and killed three Baton Rouge law enforcement officers that day, less than two weeks after a black man was fatally shot by police here in a confrontation that sparked nightly protests nationwide.

BATON ROUGE, La. – Jerri Marino's greatest fear was realized July 17.

Published in International