police brutality
18 Jun 2020
Donald Trump said Wednesday that US police have "not been treated fairly" and appeared to defend a white officer charged with the murder of a black man.
18 Jun 2020
The last few days are obviously not the best globally for the police especially in America where public opprobrium of police personnel’s conduct came to the front burner. The Police Department in America had never been so humbled and brought to public scrutiny as it did in the last few days
17 Jun 2020
US President Donald Trump issued an order to improve policing Tuesday, calling for a ban on dangerous chokeholds, but he stopped well short of demands made at nationwide protests against racism and police brutality.
17 Jun 2020
J. Cole has left his fans surprised with the release of a new single titled "Snow On tha Bluff." The new song addresses racism, activism, organizing, social media, police brutality, his celebrity status, and much more. Due to some of J. Cole's lyrics, many fans also felt the song referred to Chicago rapper Noname. In…
16 Jun 2020
African countries are pushing for the UN's top rights body to launch a high-level investigation into "systemic racism" and police violence in the United States and beyond, according to a draft resolution seen Tuesday by AFP.
16 Jun 2020
US President Donald Trump will seek to address national anger over police brutality Tuesday with a new order that aims to encourage local law enforcement to improve standards, White House officials said.
16 Jun 2020
A man was shot Monday as a heavily armed militia group attempted to defend a statue from US protestors in New Mexico, officials and media reports said.
15 Jun 2020
Multiple award-winning songstress and actress Beyonce in a public letter has demanded justice for Breonna Taylor who was shot dead in her home by police officers. The shooting that ended Taylor's life happened in Lousiville on March 13 when the police shot her eight times. Lending her voice and platform to the Black Lives Matter…
15 Jun 2020
The fatal shooting of a black man by a white police officer in Atlanta has poured more fuel on the raging US debate over racism, prompting another round of street protests and the resignation of the southern city's police chief.
10 Jun 2020
British rapper Wretch 32 has shared a video of his father being tasered at his home by the police. Wretch 32, whose birth name is Jermaine Scott Sinclair, posted a video on Twitter of his father Millard Scott stumbling down the stairs after being tasered by officers in north London, in April. This is how…
10 Jun 2020
Thousands paid tribute to George Floyd in Paris on Tuesday as the prime minister insisted that France and its security forces were "not racist", following a string of allegations of heavy-handedness and police brutality.
10 Jun 2020
New Orleans Saints safety Malcolm Jenkins called on the NFL to apologise to Colin Kaepernick on Tuesday, saying recent expressions of contrition would be meaningless while the former San Francisco 49ers quarterback remained isolated from the sport.
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