New video of George Floyd’s ‘murder’ shows cop Tou Thao ignoring bystanders’ desperate pleas to save the father’s life as white cop Derek Chauvin knelt on his neck for eight minutes and 46 seconds WARNING: GRAPHIC CONTENT George Floyd was killed on May 25 during an arrest in Minneapolis, Minnesota At the time, video showed … Read more
Bob Dylan has weighed in on the police killing of George Floyd in a rare interview published Friday. The 79-year-old Nobel laureate said he was ‘sickened’ to see ‘George tortured to death like that’ in a conversation with The New York Times. He also expressed fear that the ongoing coronavirus pandemic could be ‘a forerunner … Read more
Police protest across France over ban on chokeholds in the wake of George Floyd’s death – and warn ‘we are appeasing a certain part of the population at the expense of the law’ Interior Minister Christophe Castaner banned chokeholds for detaining suspects Officers marched along the Champs Elysees in Paris to the interior ministry Police … Read more
Minneapolis cops condemned former cop Derek Chauvin over the police-related slaying of George Floyd in an open letter to the community Thursday that comes after the City Council plans to disband the department amid calls for reform. ‘Dear Everyone – but especially Minneapolis citizens,’ the letter starts. ‘We wholeheartedly condemn Derek Chauvin. We Are With … Read more
BREAKING NEWS: Rookie Minneapolis cop Thomas Lane, one of the four officers charged in George Floyd’s death, LEAVES jail after posting $750,000 bond By Luke Kenton For Dailymail.com Published: 23:14 BST, 10 June 2020 | Updated: 23:17 BST, 10 June 2020 One of the four fired Minneapolis police officers charged in the death of George … Read more
Philonise Floyd, the brother of George Floyd who predicted that his death ‘is going to change the world,’ pleaded with Congress to reform law enforcement and asked what a black man’s life is worth in today’s world. In his prepared testimony to the House Judiciary Committee on Wednesday, Floyd recalled May 25, the day his … Read more
A group of white counter-protesters has sparked outrage by taunting a Black Lives Matter protest with a sign reading ‘All Lives Matter’ as they appeared to reenact the death of George Floyd. The incident, which resulted in the suspension of a corrections officer and the firing of a FedEx employee who participated, occurred on Monday … Read more
More than two weeks after George Floyd took his last breath under the knee of a Minneapolis police officer, the 46-year-old ‘gentle giant’ has been laid to rest alongside his mother in Texas. Floyd died on May 25 after officer Derek Chauvin, 44, kneeled on his neck for eight minutes and 46 seconds. Chauvin was … Read more
Met Police guarded the Winston Churchill statue from crowds of Black Lives Matters protesters who gathered this afternoon for George Floyd’s funeral – as police officers in Henley-on-Thames ‘take a knee’ during a demonstration. Around 200 protesters had gathered by the statue to Nelson Mandela on Parliament Square as Mr Floyd, an African-American who died after … Read more
The lawyer representing the family of George Floyd has urged the United Nations to intervene in the investigation of the black man’s police-related slaying. Attorney Ben Crump has written an ‘urgent appeal’, asking the UN to encourage the US to press federal criminal charges against four Minneapolis officers involved when Floyd, 46, was killed while being … Read more