... Lincoln history and ethnic studies professor. Police shootings of other black men only make it worse, he said. “We’ve reached this tipping point with George Floyd,” Jones said. “Frustration has continued to build with each new incident, and this was the spark. But it’s really rooted in a ...
... injustice. (APPLAUSE)Stephanie Sy: To Dallas, where the police department organized a Blue for Black Lives Matter march. And in Minneapolis today, where police killed George Floyd, the city agreed to ban all police choke holds and require any bystanding officers to intervene in violations. And California Governor Gavin Newsom ...
Twitter has blocked a Trump campaign video tribute to George Floyd over a copyright claim, in a move that adds to tensions between the social media platform and the U.S. president, one of its most widely followed users. The company put a label on a video posted by the ...
... s death is another shocking turn for a technology-fueled world unsettled by disease, coronavirus lockdowns and massive unemployment. The speed of social media helped Floyd's final moments in Minneapolis spread around the world, and amplified the shock, anguish and anger they evoked. Floyd's death also dropped a ...
Formal mourning began Thursday for George Floyd, the Minneapolis man whose death has touched off a torrent of national outrage. While overnight protests were largely peaceful, President Trump is now facing a torrent of criticism over his talk of using the military to quell unrest. John Yang reports.
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — The mural of George Floyd projected above his golden coffin, where mourners knelt and cried, paused and prayed at his memorial service Thursday had a simple message: “I can breathe now.” Celebrities, civil rights activists, politicians and family members of Floyd sang “Amazing Grace," prayed and joined together ...
MINNEAPOLIS — Mourners at George Floyd’s memorial service are standing for 8 minutes, 46 seconds, a span that has become a potent symbol of police brutality. Watch the moment in the player above. The Rev. Al Sharpton exhorted Floyd’s family, civil rights leaders, politicians, athletes and celebrities at the ...
MINNEAPOLIS — The Rev. Al Sharpton says George Floyd’s story has been the story of black people in America, and that he died not from common health conditions, but from a malfunction of the criminal justice system. Watch Rev. Sharpton's remarks in the player above. Sharpton spoke Thursday at ...
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Hollywood celebrities, musicians and politicians gathered in front of the golden casket of George Floyd at a fiery memorial Thursday for the man whose death at the hands of police sparked global protests, with a civil rights leader declaring it is time for black people to demand, “Get ...
The memorial services to honor George Floyd are extraordinary: three cities over six days, with a chance for mourners to pay their respects in the communities where he was born, grew up, and died.
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