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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.
Wednesday, June 3rd 2020 - 12:20 UTC
President Trump also manages to infuriate religious leaders

United States religious leaders on Tuesday castigated Donald Trump for posing in front of a church holding a Bible after peaceful protesters were violently cleared from the surrounding area.
Wednesday, June 3rd 2020 - 08:57 UTC
US investigating digital services taxes by several countries, which “unfairly target our companies”

The United States is investigating digital services taxes being adopted or considered by Britain, Italy, Brazil, and other countries, the US Trade Representative's office said on Tuesday, a move that could lead to new punitive tariffs and heighten trade tensions.
Wednesday, June 3rd 2020 - 08:40 UTC
Thousands demonstrate before the US Capitol yelling “silence is violence”

Thousands of demonstrators took to a knee in the grass outside the U.S. Capitol on Tuesday, chanting “silence is violence” and “no justice, no peace,” just before a government-imposed curfew as rallies against police brutality swelled in major cities.
Wednesday, June 3rd 2020 - 08:36 UTC
New York upmarket retailers' shops in central Manhattan raided by looters

New York was under a curfew that would last until early Tuesday morning, officials said, after looters raided stores in central Manhattan, targeting some of the city's top retailers.
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 - 08:40 UTC
Trump threatens to deploy thousands of “heavily armed” soldiers

US President Donald Trump on Monday said he was deploying thousands of “heavily armed” soldiers and police to prevent further protests in Washington, where buildings and monuments have been vandalized near the White House.
Tuesday, June 2nd 2020 - 08:08 UTC
Facebook staff criticize Zuckerberg for leaving Trump’s most inflammatory verbiage unchallenged

Facebook employees walked away from their work-from-home desks on Monday and took to Twitter to accuse Chief Executive Mark Zuckerberg of inadequately policing U.S. President Donald Trump’s posts as strictly as the rival platform has done.
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.