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Protests after Minneapolis police shoot 20-year-old Daunte Wright

Protests have broken out in the US city of Minneapolis after a policeman fatally shot a young Black man near where George Floyd was killed last year. Hundreds of people, some visibly upset and one carrying a sign demanding “Justice for George Floyd”, confronted police in riot gear on Sunday night, hours after the officer shot 20-year-old Daunte Wright in his car in the Minneapolis suburb of Brooklyn Center. Brooklyn […]

today12 April 2021

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

‘Hypocrites’: Bollywood actors slammed over George Floyd stand

Several Bollywood stars have been labelled "hypocrites" after speaking out against racism to lend support to global protests while promoting products in India designed to make people's skin lighter. The actors were also trolled and accused of "cowardice" for their refusal to call out the attacks on India's minorities, mainly Muslims, while protesting against the killing of George Floyd in the United States. A series of A-list Bollywood actresses, including […]

today8 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

Local

South Africa deplores violence in US protests over George Floyd death

The South African government has spoken out against the widespread violence which has characterised protests in the United States sparked by the death of black American George Floyd after a white police officer knelt on his neck for a long time during an arrest. “The violence that has characterised some of the protests seriously detracts from drawing international awareness to the legitimate concerns about violence against defenseless black people and […]

today3 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

International News

US protests over police brutality intensify

Demonstrations against racism and police brutality have spread to even more cities across the United States as people in many parts of the country defied curfews to protest against the killing of George Floyd. The days-long protests sweeping the nation have reawakened outrage over years of deaths of Black people at the hands of police, renewing long-standing accusations of institutionalised and systemic racism. After a night of unrest on Friday, […]

today31 May 2020

International News

Unrest flares in U.S. cities despite arrest of Minneapolis policeman

The white former Minneapolis police officer shown in video footage using his knee to pin an unarmed black man’s neck to the street was charged with murder on Friday in the man’s death, an incident that has unleashed four nights of violent protests. Derek Chauvin, who was dismissed from the police department with three fellow officers the day after the fatal encounter, was arrested on third-degree murder and manslaughter charges […]

today30 May 2020

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