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George Floyd protests

George Floyd protests
Latest news and updates on the US protests sparked by the death of George Floyd, an African-American, during his arrest in Minneapolis.
Reverend Al Sharpton prays with family members of George Floyd on Sunday in Houston, Texas. Photo: AP
Racism and other prejudice

George Floyd’s uncertain legacy marked in US 5 years on

Police killing of black man George Floyd in 2020 prompted a national reckoning over race and police brutality.

Icons and Influencers

Meet Senator Tom Cotton, the politician who could be Donald Trump’s VP

Gun violence in the US

Texas governor pardons man convicted of killing Black Lives Matter protester

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Crime

Inmate stabbed George Floyd’s killer Chauvin 22 times with improvised knife

John Turscak, who was charged with attempted murder for the attack, says he struck on Black Friday as a symbolic connection to the Black Lives Matter movement.

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Former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin addresses the court in Minneapolis in June 2021. Photo: Court TV via AP
United States

Ex-officer Derek Chauvin, who killed George Floyd, stabbed in US jail

Chauvin was attacked by another inmate and seriously injured at a prison in Arizona.

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United States

US court rejects ex-police officer Derek Chauvin’s appeal in George Floyd murder

Chauvin is serving a 22-and-a-half-year prison sentence for murdering Floyd, who was black, by kneeling on a handcuffed Floyd’s neck during an arrest. The murder sparked protests against police brutality and racism.

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United States

Thousands gather in Washington 60 years after King’s ‘dream’ speech

The 1963 march brought 250,000 people to the US capital to push for an end to discrimination on the basis of race, colour, religion, sex or national origin.

Martin Luther King III, centre left, and the Reverend Al Sharpton, centre right, lead the march on the 60th anniversary of the civil rights March on Washington, in Washington on Saturday. Photo: AFP
The Netherlands

Dutch king apologises for slavery on 150th anniversary of abolition

In Amsterdam on Saturday, King Willem-Alexander said: ‘On this day of remembrance, I ask forgiveness for the clear failure to act in the face of this crime against humanity.’

United States

Ex-officer who held back crowd found guilty of aiding in George Floyd’s death

Former Minneapolis police officer Tou Thao was found guilty of aiding and abetting in the killing of George Floyd, a black man who died during a botched arrest.

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United States

Tyre Nichols’ death must galvanise efforts to reform police: lawyer

‘Shame on us if we don’t use his tragic death to finally get the George Floyd Justice in Policing Act passed,’ Ben Crump said.

Protesters gather in Lafayette Park outside the White House in Washington, over the death of Tyre Nichols. Photo: AP
United States

Memphis police disbands unit that beat to death black motorist Tyre Nichols

The five disgraced former Memphis Police Department officers, who are also black, have been fired and charged with murder and other crimes.

Protesters march downtown in Memphis, Tennessee on Saturday, a day after the release of video footage showing the encounter earlier this month between Tyre Nichols and five Memphis police officers which resulted in Nichols’ beating and subsequent death. Photo: EPA-EFE
United States

‘My heart just breaks’: video shows Memphis police kicked, punched Tyre Nichols

Memphis police released footage of five black officers beating Nichols on January 7, who died three days later after being stopped on suspicion of reckless driving.

United States

5 US ex-cops charged with murder in beating of Tyre Nichols

Tyre Nichols, 29, died following a traffic stop in Tennessee, during which he was chased down and hit ‘to the point of being unrecognisable’.

The Netherlands

Dutch prime minister apologises for Netherlands’ role in slave trade

The Dutch leader apologised for the Netherlands’ historical role in the slave trade and said that the government will establish a fund for initiatives to tackle the legacy of slavery in the Netherlands and its former colonies.

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Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte reacts while apologising as he responds to recommendations from a panel of experts to accept the role of the Netherlands in the history of slavery and its current consequences. Photo: Reuters
Australia

Opinion | Australia siege shows global rise in anti-police sentiment, from US to Hong Kong

Anti-police ideologies are capturing the attitudes of those in society who are frustrated with how they perceive police to be conducting themselves.

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A woman holds a sign calling for the repeal of a law that shields police misconduct records from public view, and calling for defunding the New York Police Department. Photo: AP/File
Fashion

Fashion and politics often go hand in hand – just look at Kanye West

In this deep dive into the fraught relationship between fashion and politics, we examine moments in history where sartorial choices were used to make political statements.

United States

No charges for white Atlanta cops for fatally shooting a Black man in the back

Rayshard Brooks was shot dead on June 12, 2020, outside a fast-food restaurant in Atlanta after a struggle with officers Garrett Rolfe and Devin Brosnan. Brooks’ death came less than a month after that of George Floyd.

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Racism and other prejudice

Father and son get life sentences in hate crime killing of black US jogger

The Ahmaud Arbery shooting became part of a larger national reckoning over racial injustice and killings of unarmed black people including George Floyd and Breonna Taylor.

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A painted mural of Ahmaud Arbery where the 25-year-old man was shot and killed in a racially motivated hate crime. Photo: AP
Racism and other prejudice

US charges 4 police officers in Breonna Taylor’s death

The black woman’s fatal shooting, along with George Floyd’s killing, contributed to racial justice protests that rocked the US in 2020.

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Racism and other prejudice

Letters | US systemic racism claims another victim in Jayland Walker

The latest tragedy took place in Ohio in the rust belt, where economic decline and entrenched racism have proved a potent mix. In Hong Kong, people should be glad for the professionalism and restraint of the police force

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TV shows and streaming video

Review | We Own This City: gritty tale of politics and police corruption

Back on the mean streets of the American city of Baltimore, The Wire’s David Simon has crafted another immersive and timely narrative.

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Jon Bernthal (centre) in a still from We Own This City. Photo: HBO.
Anti-Asian racism

New rules at elite US high school ‘discriminate against Asian-Americans’

A judge found that impermissible ‘racial balancing’ was behind changes that let to a fall in the proportion of Asian students from 73 per cent to 54 per cent in the cohort accepted under the new policy.

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Pacific Legal Foundation lawyer Erin Wilcox speaks outside the federal courthouse in Alexandria, Virginia, in March 2021. Her organisation has filed a lawsuit alleging discrimination against Asian-Americans over the revised admissions process for Thomas Jefferson High School for Science and Technology. Photo: AP
Racism and other prejudice

Three ex-US police officers found guilty of violating George Floyd’s rights

The jury also found that the conduct of Tou Thao, J. Alexander Kueng, and Thomas Lane had caused the black man’s death

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Racism and other prejudice

Three white US men convicted of hate crimes in black jogger’s murder

Travis McMichael, his father Gregory McMichael and neighbour William Bryan had chased victim Ahmaud Arbery down in their pickup trucks.

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Beijing Winter Olympics 2022

On Reflection | The Winter Olympics is the tip of a white privilege iceberg

The racism that sparked Black Lives Matter only scratches the surface of the problem; global trade reinforces it, sport plays upon it and education colonises our minds, writes Chandran Nair.

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An installation to promote the Beijing Winter Olympics at a square in Urumqi, the capital of China’s Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region. Photo: Kyodo
Racism and other prejudice

Black jogger Ahmaud Arbery’s killers sentenced to life in prison

Travis and Gregory McMichael, joined by neighbour William ‘Roddie’ Bryan, chased down and shot the victim, who had been running through their mostly white neighbourhood.

Artist Theo Ponchaveli paints a mural of the likeness of Ahmaud Arbery in Dallas, Texas, in May 2020. Photo: AP
Gun violence in the US

US policewoman who ‘mistook gun for taser’ found guilty of manslaughter

Ex-officer Kim Potter shot black driver Daunte Wright in the chest in Minneapolis, not far from where the George Floyd murder trial was being held.

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Racism and other prejudice

Derek Chauvin pleads guilty to violating George Floyd’s rights

The ex-police officer is likely to extend his prison sentence after an earlier conviction for the black man’s murder.

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