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    Singer Adele breaks her silence regarding the killing of African-American man George Floyd

    03 Jun 2020

    Singer Adele has broken her silence to condemn the killing of African-American man George Floyd, and says it is time to focus one's anger on initiating a change.

    After Tyre Nichols funeral, Biden faces pressure on policing

    02 Feb 2023

    Now, with a new killing in the headlines, Biden and Harris will meet with members of the Congressional Black Caucus on Thursday to explore whether it's possible to get legislation back on track.

    Police officer who killed George Floyd stabbed in prison: US media

    25 Nov 2023

    Chauvin knelt on the 46-year-old Black man's neck for more than nine minutes on a Minneapolis street despite the dying man's pleas. Floyd's cries of "I can't breathe" were a rallying call for demonstrators domestically and abroad who took to the streets in the killing's aftermath.

    Prosecuting nonviolent misdemeanours means more crime

    18 Jun 2021

    After a police officer murdered George Floyd, and the Black Lives Matter movement took wing across America, many of us learned, for the first time, that one key model for contemporary police departments was the slave patrols of the antebellum South.

    Sliming the victim ‘normal’ in political discourse

    31 May 2021

    It has been a year since George Floyd was murdered by a police officer high on impunity and perceived civic immunity. In the time between Floyd’s funeral and his killer’s murder trial, we’ve had a year to think about what kind of country we want to be.

    Chauvin trial isn’t a bellwether for the state of justice in US

    01 May 2021

    President Joe Biden, along with countless of his fellow citizens and world leaders, hailed the guilty verdicts in the Derek Chauvin case: “This can be a giant step forward in the march toward justice in America,” he said.

    George Floyd’s 6-year-old daughter thought his murder would change the world. It didn’t

    28 May 2021

    Days after her father was murdered by police, George Floyd’s 6-year-old daughter proclaimed that her “daddy changed the world.” Oh, how we wish that were true. In the immediate aftermath of Floyd’s death, Gianna saw hundreds of thousands of people of every

    The reality of American racism cant be denied

    16 May 2021

    Racism has saturated US society for so long that some people — including representatives in public office — continue to deny its existence. “Hear me clearly: America is not a racist country,” said Sen. Tim Scott, R-S.C., in response to President Joe Biden’s

    Chauvin’s sentencing does not end Floyd’s agony

    26 Jun 2021

    The comment of one of the protesters in Minneapolis after former police officer Derek Chauvin was sentenced to 22 ½ years in prison for the murder of George Floyd was that the sentence was “most time does not mean enough time”.

    Chauvin ruling, relief but for how long?

    21 Apr 2021

    At last some light at the end of a tunnel of despair and persistent persecution based on deep-seated prejudice. For years citizens of colour in the United States have been confronting racial bias in the streets of hatred and violence –– all aimed at them, by a

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