Thursday, June 11
Jun 11: Most Americans back police reforms including bans on chokeholds and racial profiling, according to a Reuters/Ipsos poll. The Republican-led Senate Armed Forces Committee votes in favor of a proposal written by Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) seeking to require the Pentagon to strip military bases of Confederate names, monuments, and symbols within three years. Moderna’s phase three vaccine tests are set to begin. The Louisville, Kentucky, Metro Council votes unanimously to ban the type of no-knock search warrants that police were using when they fatally shot Breonna Taylor. The Trump campaign requirs anyone wishing to attend a rally agree not to sue the campaign or the venue if they contract COVID-19. Trump praises the National Guard’s use of tear gas and other forceful measures to disperse Minneapolis crowds protesting police brutality against African Americans. Trump, speaking at a race roundtable at a Dallas church, describes the effort to quell protest a “beautiful scene” where the National Guard walked through “like a knife cutting butter.” He says the work of confronting bigotry would “go quickly and it’ll go very easily” provided we avoid “falsely labeling tens of millions of decent Americans as racist or bigots.”
Dave Chappelle, 8:46, June 6, 2020 (released June 11, 2020). https://youtu.be/3tR6mKcBbT4
“Trump holds roundtable on race relations with prominent black leaders,” Fox News, June 10, 2020. https://youtu.be/FQ3YkWecvCk
“Trump Holds Roundtable on Race Relations and Policing in Dallas,” Bloomberg Quicktake, June 11, 2020. https://youtu.be/YdWuaK9jin8
“Inside the Capital Hill Autonomous Zone,” KOMO News, June 11, 2020. https://youtu.be/vb856aovPqg
“Inside Neighborhood Taken Over By Protesters,” Inside Edition, June 11, 2020. https://youtu.be/Ws3LT598bL4
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— Omar Wasow (@owasow) June 11, 2020
There appears to be some confusion. Let me be crystal clear. People who don’t have symptoms yet are spreading the Coronavirus. We need to wear masks.
— Eric Feigl-Ding (@DrEricDing) June 10, 2020
— Kamau Marshall (@KamauMandela) June 10, 2020
BREAKING: Metro council has passed Breonna’s law here in Louisville, which is now a TOTAL BAN on no knock warrants. Body cam videos are required to be on 5 minutes before and after the search. Anyone who violates it, will be subject to disciplinary action. @WHAS11 #nightteam pic.twitter.com/xkIWDnwrnh
— Jessie Cohen (@jessiecohennews) June 11, 2020
- AP Wire. “Several California Officers Wounded in Shootout with Ambush Suspect.” FOX 4 Kansas City WDAF-TV, June 11, 2020. https://fox4kc.com/news/several-california-officers-wounded-in-shootout-with-ambush-suspect/.
- Bacon, John, and Kristin Lam. “Ex-Fort Worth Police Officer Aaron Dean Charged with Murder after Shooting Atatiana Jefferson in Her Home.” USA TODAY, October 14, 2019. https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2019/10/14/fort-worth-shooting-nephew-describes-moments-before-shooting/3973133002/.
- Browne, Ryan, Barbara Starr, and Zachary Cohen. “Top General Apologizes for Appearing in Photo-Op with Trump after Forceful Removal of Protesters.” CNN, June 11, 2020. https://www.cnn.com/2020/06/11/politics/milley-trump-appearance-mistake/index.html.
- Campbell, Brandon. “DC Circ. Tosses AFL-CIO Suit Seeking Virus Safety Rule,” Law360, June 11, 2020. https://www.law360.com/articles/1282136/dc-circ-tosses-afl-cio-suit-seeking-virus-safety-rule.
- Chiu, Allyson. “Ohio GOP Lawmaker Fired from ER Job over Remarks about ‘Colored Population’ and Covid-19.” Washington Post, June 11, 2020. https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2020/06/11/black-coronavirus-ohio-gop/.
- Clemons, Steve. “Has the United States Turned a Corner on Racism? | The Bottom Line.” Al Jazeera, June 11, 2020. https://www.aljazeera.com/program/the-bottom-line/2020/6/11/has-the-united-states-turned-a-corner-on-racism.
- Corbett, Jessica. “‘Speaking of Looting…’: Trump Admin. Refuses to Disclose Corporate Recipients of $500 Billion in Coronavirus Bailout Funds.” Common Dreams, June 11, 2020. https://www.commondreams.org/news/2020/06/11/speaking-looting-trump-admin-refuses-disclose-corporate-recipients-500-billion.
- CSPAN. “President Trump Holds Economic Roundtable Discussion | C-SPAN.Org,” June 11, 2020. https://www.c-span.org/video/?472983-1/president-trump-holds-economic-roundtable-discussion.
- Fidler, Ben. “Regeneron Brings First COVID-19 Antibody ‘cocktail’ into Human Tests.” BioPharma Dive, June 11, 2020. https://www.biopharmadive.com/news/regeneron-coronavirus-antibody-drug-trial/579597/.
- Gross, Jenny. “Trump Supporters Must Waive Right to Sue Over Virus to Attend Rally.” The New York Times, June 11, 2020, sec. U.S. https://www.nytimes.com/2020/06/11/us/politics/trump-rally-coronavirus.html.
- Kelly, John, and Mark Nichols. “We Found 85,000 Cops Who’ve Been Investigated for Misconduct. Now You Can Read Their Records.” USA TODAY, June 11, 2020. https://www.usatoday.com/in-depth/news/investigations/2019/04/24/usa-today-revealing-misconduct-records-police-cops/3223984002/.
- O’Sullivan, Jeannie. “Coronavirus Regulations: A State-By-State Week In Review,” Law360, June 11, 2020. https://www.law360.com/articles/1281391/coronavirus-regulations-a-state-by-state-week-in-review.
- Parshley, Lois. “Asymptomatic Coronavirus Spread Is Real.” Vox, June 10, 2020. https://www.vox.com/2020/6/10/21286426/can-asymptomatic-people-spread-coronavirus-who-transmission.
- Ruiz, Michael. “Washington State Woman Arrested, Accused of Setting 5 Police Vehicles Ablaze in George Floyd Riots.” Fox News, June 11, 2020. https://www.foxnews.com/us/washington-state-woman-george-floyd-arson.
- Sacks, Brianna, and Albert Samaha. “Starbucks Won’t Let Employees Wear Gear That Supports Black Lives Matter Because It Is Political Or Could Incite Violence.” BuzzFeed News, June 10, 2020. https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/briannasacks/starbucks-is-now-very-pro-black-lives-matter-but-it-wont.
- Svitek, Patrick. “Donald Trump Cautions against ‘Falsely Labeling’ Racists While in Dallas to Talk about George Floyd.” The Texas Tribune, June 11, 2020. https://www.texastribune.org/2020/06/11/donald-trump-dallas-texas-george-floyd/.
* Timeline summaries at the top of the page come from a variety of sources:, including The American Journal of Managed Care COVID-19 Timeline (https://www.ajmc.com/view/a-timeline-of-covid19-developments-in-2020), the Just Security Group at the NYU School of Law (https://www.justsecurity.org/69650/timeline-of-the-coronavirus-pandemic-and-u-s-response/), the “10 Things,” daily entries from The Week (theweek.com), as well as a variety of newspapers and television programs.