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Jacob Blake paralysed by shooting, his father says

A Black man shot multiple times, apparently in the back, by police in Wisconsin is paralysed from the waist down and has "eight holes" in his body, the father of victim Jacob Blake said. A video of the shooting in broad daylight on Sunday in Kenosha, captured on mobile phone camera that quickly spread on social media, ignited new protests over racial injustice in several cities. It comes three months […]

today26 August 2020

International News

Second night of unrest in Kenosha after US police shoot Black man

Police in the US city of Kenosha fired tear gas and pepper balls to disperse protesters on Monday as the governor of Wisconsin called out the National Guard during a second night of unrest after a Black man was shot in the back multiple times by police as his three children looked on. The clashes erupted shortly after nightfall, when many protesters defying a dusk-to-dawn curfew gathered outside the Kenosha […]

today25 August 2020

International News

Trump downplays police violence against black people, says ‘more white people’ killed

President Donald Trump on Tuesday praised U.S. police departments and downplayed police violence against Black people, saying “more white people” are killed by police officers. During a CBS News interview, the Republican president was asked why Black people were still dying at the hands of law enforcement. “And so are white people, so are white people. What a terrible question to ask. So are white people. More white people, by […]

today15 July 2020

International News

BLM protests deadly in Kentucky

Authorities were investigating a fatal shooting on Saturday night at a park in the US state of Kentucky, where anti-racism demonstrators had gathered to protest against the death of a Black woman, Breonna Taylor. Reports that shots were fired at Jefferson Square Park came in around 9pm, Louisville Metro police said in a statement, followed by calls that the Jefferson County Sheriff's Department was performing life-saving measures on a male […]

today28 June 2020

International News

US Muslims join calls for police reforms in wake of Floyd killing

In the wake of George Floyd's death in police custody, dozens of Muslim organisations in the United States have come together to call for reform to policing practices and to support Black-led organisations. "The victimization of unarmed Black Muslims has a long and troubling history," said a coalition statement signed by more than 90 civil rights, advocacy, community and faith organisations and released on Monday. "As American Muslims, we will […]

today16 June 2020

International News

‘Stop the pain,’ George Floyd’s brother testifies before US Congress

George Floyd is now the cornerstone of a movement that is going to change the whole wide world, veteran civil rights activist Reverend Al Sharpton told mourners at the funeral in Houston on Tuesday. Anti-racism protesters over the death of Floyd will take to the streets across the United States again on Wednesday. Hundreds of protesters in the West coast city of Seattle filled City Hall into early Wednesday calling […]

today11 June 2020

International News

Three more officers charged; Chauvin charge upgraded

The fired US police officer who knelt on George Floyd's neck will face a more serious murder charge, and three other sacked officers will be charged as aiding and abetting in the death of the 46-year-old unarmed Black man that triggered eight days of nationwide protests, court documents and prosecutors said on Wednesday. Floyd died after Derek Chauvin, a white officer, knelt on his neck for nearly nine minutes on […]

today4 June 2020

International News

‘Tired of this’: Tens of thousands protest George Floyd killing

Tens of thousands of people protested across the United States and in major world cities for a sixth night as outrage over police brutality intensified over the death of George Floyd. Floyd, 46, an unarmed black man, died last Monday after a white Minneapolis police officer knelt on his neck as he pleaded "I can't breathe", sparking outrage that has swept across a politically and racially divided nation. In Minneapolis […]

today1 June 2020

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