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US judge finds former Minneapolis police officer Tou Thao guilty of aiding and abetting in Floyd’s May 2020 killing. A former police officer in the US city of Minneapolis has been found guilty of aiding and abetting in the 2020 killing of George Floyd, whose death at the hands of …

A judge sentenced former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin to 22-1/2 years in prison on Friday for the murder of George Floyd during an arrest in May 2020, a video of which galvanized a national protest movement against racism.

Pulitzer Prizes were awarded to Reuters, the New York Times, the Atlantic, and the Minneapolis Star Tribune on Friday for their coverage of the COVID-19 pandemic and racial inequities in U.S. policing, topics that dominated the ceremony. The Star Tribune won the Pulitzer Prize for breaking news reporting for what …

US police have continued to take the lives of a large number of people since the brutal killing of George Floyd by physical force a year ago triggered the mass protests against police brutality and injustice in the country. Agencies on Tuesday cited a rights advocacy group as reporting that …

Bettye and Robert Freeman were sitting in their Boston living room when they heard the clamor on the street outside. After 51 years of marriage, they walked out to their stoop without saying a word. They just went. As they pushed through the heavy wooden front door, they saw the …

A judge has postponed the trial for three former Minneapolis police officers charged with aiding and abetting in the death of George Floyd, the Associated Press reported Thursday. The trial, which was set for August, was pushed to March 2022.

Four former Minneapolis police officers face federal civil rights charges for their role in the arrest and murder of George Floyd, according to court documents unsealed on Friday, showing the Justice Department’s tougher stance in such cases. A grand jury issued a three-count indictment charging Derek Chauvin – the white …

Amnesty International has condemned the excessive use of force by US police in its recent crackdown on demonstrators protesting against racial discrimination and police brutality in the aftermath of the police killing of George Floyd. According to reports, in a report published on Tuesday, the rights group said the police …

It is time to drop the Western exploitative neoliberal model and build a pan-African prosocial collaborative economy. In the wake of George Floyd’s killing by police officers in the United States and the global movement for Black lives, there has been a resounding call to re-examine the relationship between society …

Demonstrators in Portland set Bibles and US flags on fire amid protests that have spanned nearly 2 months. The day before, protesters torched a pig’s head with police clothing. Footage published news media shows a group of protesters on Friday night gathered around a burning Bible, with several individuals mockingly …

“In the wake of George Floyd’s death, violent rioters and anarchists have hijacked legitimate protests to wreak senseless havoc and destruction on innocent victims,” Barr said. Attorney General William Barr faced a grilling from Democrats at a contentious congressional hearing Tuesday as he spoke about the protests following George Floyd’s …

U.S. police and security forces must not use disproportionate force against protesters and journalists in U.S. cities including Portland or detain them unlawfully, the United Nations human rights office said on Friday. Law enforcement officers and federal forces must be clearly identifiable so that they can be held to account …

Nearly two months of nightly protests that have devolved into violent clashes with police have prompted soul-searching in Portland, Oregon, a city that prides itself on its progressive reputation but is increasingly polarized over how to handle the unrest. President Donald Trump recently deployed federal agents to “quell” the demonstrations …

The statues that were erected to claim the public spaces around them for white people only are finally coming down. Towards the end of Mozart’s signature opera, Don Giovanni, the eponymous character meets his squire Leporello in a graveyard, next to a statue of “Il Commendatore”. In the very first …

The former U.S. police officer charged in the death of George Floyd told him to stop shouting and save his breath as he knelt on his neck and Floyd gasped for air, according to a newly released transcript of police body camera footage. The death of Floyd, a Black man, …

On June 19, 1865, the news of emancipation finally reached Galveston, Texas. On that day, the crack of the master’s whip would no longer be sanctioned by the laws of the United States. Exercising the powers vested in him by President Lincoln, Maj. Gen. Gordon Granger, along with more than …

Referring to the effect of recent anti-racism protests on the upcoming US presidential election results, Sheridan said, “The choice in November facing US citizens is one of two devils.” George Floyd, an unarmed American black man died on May 25, 2020, after a police officer pressed his knee into his …

The four former Minneapolis police officers charged in the death of George Floyd are in court Monday for a hearing that could deal with bail amounts and other issues. It’s the second pretrial hearing for the men, who were fired after Floyd’s May 25 death. Derek Chauvin, 44, is charged …

The Mississippi state legislature voted on Sunday to replace its state flag, the last in the nation to display the Confederate battle emblem. The removal of the flag marks the latest Confederate symbol to topple in the weeks following George Floyd’s death as activists have called for a reexamination of …

US President Donald Trump on Sunday tweeted approvingly of a video showing one of his supporters chanting “white power,” a racist slogan associated with white supremacists. The video appeared to have been taken at The Villages, a Florida retirement community and showed dueling demonstrations between Trump supporters and opponents. “Thank …