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A viral image shows a man bent over in his wheelchair, blood pouring from above his eye, in front of a line of Los Angeles police officers.
From North Carolina to Tokyo, San Francisco to Berlin, thousands of people took to the streets to protest George Floyd’s death, police brutality and racism.
Two police officers were suspended without pay after shoving a peaceful 75-year-old protester, who was rushed to hospital.
Rahul Dubey sheltered nearly 70 anti-racism protesters in his D.C. home when police began pepper spraying the crowd which had marched from the White House in honour of George Floyd. Dubey kept the protesters in his home overnight to prevent them for being arrested for breaking the city-wide curfew. He said that bringing the group of like-minded strangers together was inspiring and rewarding.
Black people want more than 'allyship' – being a decent person requires discipline and dedication.
As protests over the death of George Floyd have swept across the world, police have been seen responding to peaceful demonstrators with violence.
George Floyd was killed in Minneapolis on 25 May 2020 after police officer Derek Chauvin used lethal force to arrest him. As Floyd, a Black man, lay face down on the street, Chauvin, a white man, kneeled on his neck for 8 minutes and 46 seconds as Floyd begged for air – and his life. In tribute to Floyd, the countless Black victims of police brutality and the Black Lives Matter movement, we reflect on the recent vigils held across the world in silence and compassion – for 8 minutes and 46 seconds.
The former US president took the mic in a town hall meeting to commend protesters, drawing a sharp contrast with his successor Donald Trump.
Don't focus on your own feelings or make assumptions when offering support to Black colleagues amid police brutality protests.
Minutes after telling reporters he would deploy the military if state officials could not contain protests against police brutality across the nation, Donald Trump walked across the street from the White House to St John’s Episcopal Church. Bishops across the US condemned the president for using the Bible as a “photo op” for “partisan political purposes” after threatening military action against George Floyd protestors. A crowd of peaceful protestors outside the White House gates were dispersed with tear gas, flash grenades and rubber bullets to make way for him.