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Iconic 'Black Lives Matter' mural removed post Trump's encroachment threats
During Trump's second term, Wahington mayor Muriel Bowser worked to avoid conflict and downplay any points of contention.
Published on Mar 11, 2025 11:36 AM IST
ANI |
Can Trump pardon Derek Chauvin? Ben Shapiro pushes for cop's clemency
Ben Shapiro is urging President Donald Trump to pardon former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin, who is convicted in the May 2020 death of George Floyd.
Updated on Mar 05, 2025 02:15 AM IST
Vaishnavi Vaidyanathan
Four former Milwaukee hotel workers charged in killing of Black man
USA-RACE/MILWAUKEE:Four former Milwaukee hotel
Published on Aug 07, 2024 09:48 PM IST
Reuters |
Death of man pinned by hotel guards in Milwaukee is reviewed as a homicide, prosecutors say
Death of man pinned by hotel guards in Milwaukee is reviewed as a homicide, prosecutors say
Published on Jul 11, 2024 12:09 AM IST
AP |
Al Sharpton to deliver eulogy for Black man who died after being held down by Milwaukee hotel guards
Al Sharpton to deliver eulogy for Black man who died after being held down by Milwaukee hotel guards
Updated on Jul 10, 2024 07:58 AM IST
AP |
What is Juneteenth? Know about federal holiday's significance and celebrations
Juneteenth, a day that marks the emancipation of enslaved Black Americans, is always observed on June 19 each year. It became a US federal holiday in 2021.
Published on Jun 18, 2024 06:32 PM IST
Reuters | | Posted by Shweta Kukreti
Paramedic gets 5 years in prison for Elijah McClain’s death in rare case against medical responders
Paramedic gets 5 years in prison for Elijah McClain’s death in rare case against medical responders
Updated on Mar 02, 2024 04:38 AM IST
AP |
Prosecutors urge rejection of ex-cop's bid to dismiss civil rights conviction in George Floyd murder
Prosecutors urge rejection of ex-cop's bid to dismiss civil rights conviction in George Floyd murder
Published on Jan 13, 2024 06:16 AM IST
AP |
US policeman who held back crowd convicted in George Floyd murder
Floyd's May 2020 death sparked protests against racial injustice and police brutality across the United States.
Published on May 02, 2023 11:09 PM IST
AFP |
Phil Jackson's non-'political' comments triggers NBA fans' backlash mode
Phil Jackson, the former LA Lakers star and legendary head coach, has found himself in hot water after claiming that politics should stay out of sport
Updated on Apr 22, 2023 10:17 PM IST
Paurush Omar
Over 119,000 people hurt by riot-control weapons across world since 2015: Report
More than 119,000 people have been injured by tear gas and other chemical irritants around the world since 2015, according to a report released Wednesday.
Published on Mar 23, 2023 04:32 AM IST
AP |
US cop sentenced in 2020 murder of George Floyd appeals case over ‘unfair trial’
Derek Chauvin's video-recorded killing of Floyd by pressing his knee to the detained African-American man's neck sparked nationwide demonstrations and riots over police mistreatment of Blacks.
Published on Jan 18, 2023 04:58 AM IST
AFP |
Ex-cop who kneeled on George Floyd’s back gets 3.5-year term
Floyd died on May 25, 2020, after former Officer Derek Chauvin kneeled on Floyd's neck for 9 1/2 minutes as Floyd repeatedly said he couldn't breathe and eventually went limp.
Published on Dec 10, 2022 04:19 AM IST
AP |
These are 5 ‘most’ and ‘least’ secure countries on Gallup’s law and order index
India scored 80 points on the table, below its neighbours Pakistan and Sri Lanka with a marginal difference but was placed above the United Kingdom and Bangladesh.
Updated on Oct 27, 2022 09:21 AM IST
Nisha Anand | Edited by Poulomi Ghosh
Black Lives Matter: Four police officers charged with murder of Breonna Taylor
The deaths of Taylor and George Floyd, who was murdered by a white police officer in Minneapolis in May 2020, became the focus of a wave of mass protests in the United States.
Published on Aug 04, 2022 11:18 PM IST
AFP |
Ex-cop Thomas Lane gets 2 1/2 years on Floyd killing federal charge
US District Judge Paul Magnuson sentenced Lane for his February conviction of depriving Floyd of medical care as he lay dying under Officer Derek Chauvin’s knee in May 2020.
Published on Jul 21, 2022 10:05 PM IST
AP |
George Floyd death case: Ex-police officer pleads guilty to manslaughter
Thomas Lane was convicted in February of federal charges of violating the civil rights of Floyd, the African-American man whose May 2020 murder sparked nationwide protests.
Published on May 19, 2022 04:29 AM IST
AFP |
George Floyd death: Chauvin expected to plead guilty
Chauvin was sentenced in June to 22 and a half years in prison for Floyd's May 2020 death, which sparked protests against racial injustice and police brutality across the United States.
Published on Dec 14, 2021 03:19 AM IST
AFP |
'I can't breathe': Year after George Floyd's death, NBA player faces cop action
A 15-minute-long bodycam video shows how a calm incident involving basketball player Jaxson Hayes rapidly escalated, and he was tased. The officers ultimately handcuffed Hayes and forced him to sit in a chair.
Published on Aug 28, 2021 03:18 PM IST
hindustantimes.com | Written by Amit Chaturvedi, Hindustan Times, New Delhi
Mural depicting Breonna Taylor, George Floyd, others defaced
Louisville Metro Police Department spokesman Dwight Mitchell told the Courier Journal that the agency was "collecting evidence and canvassing the neighborhood for any witnesses.”
Published on Jun 30, 2021 07:46 PM IST
AP | , Louisville
Toppled Francis Scott Key statue replaced by 350 African figures
To be unveiled on the June 19 holiday marking emancipation from slavery in America, the exhibit titled "Monumental Reckoning" is on the spot where Francis Scott Key's statue was dislodged on Juneteenth 2020 after the murder of George Floyd
_1623931142125_1623931151760.jpg "Toppled Francis Scott Key statue replaced by 350 African figures(Twitter/karlmondon)")
Updated on Jun 17, 2021 05:34 PM IST
Reuters |
'The Night Watchman,' 'The Hot Wing King,' Malcolm X biography win arts Pulitzer
The awards were announced Friday during a remote ceremony that honored the best work in journalism and the arts in 2020, a year defined in part by the police killing of George Floyd and the protests and reckoning which followed.
Published on Jun 12, 2021 09:17 AM IST
AP |
US Law enforcement struggles to hire since Floyd killing by cop
And amid the national reckoning on policing, communities are questioning who should become a police officer today.
Published on Jun 12, 2021 12:46 AM IST
AP |
New barriers put up at George Floyd Square in Minneapolis after old ones removed
Crews on Thursday removed the concrete barriers that blocked traffic at a Minneapolis intersection but community activists quickly put up makeshift barriers and resumed chanting Floyd's name.
Published on Jun 04, 2021 09:54 AM IST
AP |
Floyd family meets Biden a year after death, push for law
The first anniversary of George Floyd's death was supposed to be a milestone moment in Washington, a time to mark the passage of a policing law to make criminal justice more just.
Updated on May 26, 2021 06:33 AM IST
PTI | , Washington
George Floyd's family lobbies Biden for US police reform on anniversary of death
George Floyd, a 46-year-old Black man who died in handcuffs with his neck pinned to a Minneapolis street under a white police officer's knee, become the face of a national movement against police brutality and bias in the U.S. criminal justice system.
Published on May 26, 2021 05:32 AM IST
Reuters | | Posted by Prashasti Singh, Washington/minneapolis
Gunshots heard near George Floyd square on anniversary of death
The intersection has been barricaded since soon after George Floyd's death and quickly turned into a memorial — and also a challenging spot for the city, with police officers not always welcome.
Published on May 25, 2021 10:00 PM IST
AP | | Posted by Kunal Gaurav, Minneapolis
‘Your legacy will last forever': Leaders, celebs mark Floyd’s death anniversary
Former US president Barack Obama said that hundreds more Americans have died in encounters with police since the murder of George Floyd but the year has also given “reasons to hope.”
Published on May 25, 2021 08:54 PM IST
hindustantimes.com | Edited by Kunal Gaurav, Hindustan Times, New Delhi
Minnesota judge finds aggravating factors in George Floyd murder
Chauvin, a white former officer convicted in a Minnesota state court of murdering Floyd, a 46-year-old Black man, during an arrest last May, is scheduled to be sentenced on June 25.
Published on May 12, 2021 10:32 PM IST
Reuters |
New Jersey teacher suspended after profane Floyd comments to class
Dickinson High School science teacher Howard Zlotkin, who is white, is heard to say people are “whining and crying about Black Lives Matter."
Published on May 01, 2021 09:37 PM IST
AP |