Tag: George Floyd

• Monday, June 8th 2020 - 07:01 UTC

  George Floyd homicide: Minneapolis police to be dismantled and rebuilt

  

  The police department in the US city of Minneapolis will be dismantled and rebuilt, city councillors said late Sunday after the death in custody of George Floyd sparked nationwide protests about racism in law enforcement.

• Friday, June 5th 2020 - 08:23 UTC

  Washington DC mayor wants active-military sent by Trump out of the city

  

  Thousands of National Guard troops and federal officers in riot gear and masks ringed the White House and monuments in the U.S. capital this week, evoking comparisons to an occupying force. Washington Mayor Muriel Bowser on Thursday said she wants most of them out of her district of 700,000 residents. But her powers are limited.

• Thursday, June 4th 2020 - 07:55 UTC

  Ex Minnesota police officers involved in Floyd' homicide charged with more serious crimes

  

  Prosecutors on Wednesday leveled new criminal charges against four Minneapolis police officers implicated in the death of an unarmed black man who was pinned by his neck to the street during an arrest caught on video, sparking nine days of nationwide protest and civil turmoil.

• Wednesday, June 3rd 2020 - 12:24 UTC

  UN human rights top official criticizes US “police violence” and historic inequalities

  

  Protests in cities across the United States triggered by the killing of George Floyd underscore “police violence” against people of color, and historic inequalities in access to health, education, and jobs, the top United Nations human rights official said on Tuesday.

• Tuesday, June 2nd 2020 - 09:02 UTC

  “I can't breathe” chant favela residents in Rio protesting crimes committed by police against black people

  

  Hundreds of demonstrators converged on the square in front of the Rio de Janeiro state government palace Sunday, protesting crimes committed by the police against black people in the Brazilian city’s poor neighborhoods, known as favelas.

• Tuesday, June 2nd 2020 - 07:44 UTC

  Independent autopsy contradicts official document: George Floyd died from asphyxiation

  

  Two doctors who carried out an independent autopsy of George Floyd, the black man whose death in Minneapolis police custody last week triggered nationwide protests, said on Monday that he died from asphyxiation and that his death was a homicide.

• Monday, June 1st 2020 - 07:50 UTC

  Violence and arson across major US cities on a sixth night of protests

  

  Violence has erupted in cities across the US on the sixth night of protests sparked by the death in police custody of African-American George Floyd. Curfews have been imposed in nearly 40 cities, but people have largely ignored them, leading to tense stand-offs. There are unconfirmed rumors of five deaths because of the rioting and clashes.