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    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

    Floyd’s killing capped years of violence, DOJ report says

    17 Jun 2023

    The Justice Department on Friday issued a withering critique of Minneapolis police, alleging that they systematically discriminated against racial minorities, violated constitutional rights and disregarded the safety of people in custody for years before George Floyd was killed. The report was the result of a sweeping two-year

    Police display deep prejudices in UK, US

    17 Jun 2023

    Three years after the gruesome killing of Black American, George Floyd, in Minneapolis when police officer Derek Chauvin placed his knee for nine minutes on Floyd even as he was pleading that he was not able to breathe, the United States Department of Justice (DoJ) had released a report which was ordered then.

    Kendall Jenner denies allegations for posting a ‘Photoshopped’ Black Lives Matter protest picture

    08 Jun 2020

    Reality TV personality and model Kendall Jenner has denied using an edited image during the Black Lives Matter protests.

    Hollywood actor George Clooney says racism is the greatest pandemic and there is still no vaccine after 400 years

    03 Jun 2020

    George Clooney has penned an essay about the fight against systemic racism following the death of George Floyd, saying that racism is the "greatest pandemic" of the US, and there hasn't been a "vaccine."

    US needs to address excessive force by police

    25 Aug 2020

    Hardly has the anger sparked by the recent death of George Floyd, a handcuffed black man who pleaded for air as a white police officer pressed his knee against his neck for several minutes died down,

    Blake shooting has garnered fewer headlines. Why?

    27 Aug 2020

    This year, in the height of a global pandemic, something else unprecedented happened. After the violent police murder of black civilian George Floyd, America’s biggest protests since the civil rights era swept not only the country but the globe.

    Florida state is testing corporate America’s values

    03 Jun 2023

    As Republican-led states ramp up their attacks on diversity, equity and inclusion in education, corporate America’s values are being tested. Finally. For far too long, businesses have avoided denouncing policies that silence marginalised communities, preferring instead to strike a nonpartisan pose for fear of angering stakeholders.

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