Monday, 15 June 2020

057 - 12th JUNE 2020 - DAILY UPDATES,


GEORGE FLOYD,
Daily update ⋅ 12 June 2020

"Modern-Day Lynching": George Floyd's Brother In Testimony To US Congress
NDTV
George Floyd's younger brother took his grief to the US Congress on Wednesday with an impassioned plea that lawmakers not let his brother's death ...

George Floyd: Amazon bans police use of facial recognition tech
BBC News
The decisions follow growing pressure on firms to respond to the death in police custody of George Floyd. Amazon said the suspension of law ...

George Floyd protests: Jefferson Davis statue brought down in Richmond, Virginia
The New Indian Express
George Floyd protests: Jefferson Davis statue brought down in Richmond, Virginia. Richmond police were on the scene and videos on social media ...

Live Updates on George Floyd Protests: Top General Apologizes for Role in Trump Photo Op
The New York Times
As protests over the death of George Floyd in Minneapolis have grown into a vast American reckoning with racism, President Trump renewed his ...

#BlackLivesMatter: 'There has never been a reckoning for (American) policing's slave-patrol origins'
The Indian Express
While George Floyd's death as seen on widely available video (YouTube) is particularly terrible, there have been many others: Eric Garner, Mike ...

George Floyd: The personal cost of filming police brutality
BBC News
By the time 17-year-old Darnella Frazier started recording, George Floyd was already gasping for air, begging, repeatedly, "please, please, please".

Riot investigating executive after social post critical of George Floyd
ESPN India
Earlier this week Johnson shared a post that included an image of Floyd and said, "the media and the left have made George Floyd into a martyr.

George Floyd death: NY passes bill to unveil police discipline records
Business Standard
George Floyd death: NY passes bill to unveil police discipline records. Agencies | Albany (New York) | Last Updated at June 11 2020 01:20 IST.

George Floyd, Virus Hot Spots, NASCAR: Your Wednesday Evening Briefing
The New York Times
“I'm here to ask you to make it stop.” Philonise Floyd, a brother of George Floyd, testified before the House Judiciary Committee during a hearing on ...

CrossFit founder Greg Glassman quits after backlash to George Floyd tweet
Business Standard
The founder and CEO of CrossFit is stepping down after his tweet about George Floyd sparked a social media backlash and a wave of affiliated gyms ...

Catching racism on camera isn't a new strategy. It has been used since 1950s to prick consciences
Scroll.in
While African Americans might look at the footage of police officer Derek Chauvin kneeling on George Floyd's neck until he stopped breathing and see ...

The Global Legacy of George Floyd
NPR
This week on Rough Translation, we travel around the world to understand how George Floyd's killing is resonating with people outside the USA, and ...

George Floyd death: Al-Qaeda tries to exploit US unrest
BBC News
The latest issue of the jihadist group's online magazine One Ummah uses the iconic image of George Floyd's last moments and a painting by the ..
WWE great Mick Foley on George Floyd killing protests: Don't want to see the US divided like it is
India Today
The killing of George Floyd, an African American man during police custody in Minneapolis has led to massive outrage not just in the United States but ...

#BLM: A look at Confederate statues coming down after George Floyd's death
Business Standard
#BLM: A look at Confederate statues coming down after George Floyd's death. BS Web Team | New Delhi | Last Updated at June 11 2020 10:23 IST.

The US response to the George Floyd protests feels uncannily familiar to people who lived through ...
Business Insider
The Arab Spring in 2011 and the George Floyd protests in the US are two of the largest popular movements in the last decade. Business Insider asked ...

George Floyd, BLM, and the 'butterfly effect' on history
The Hindu BusinessLine
What does climate change have to do with George Floyd? There is a cosmic connection. But, first, you have to understand a little bit about Lorenz' chaos ...

George Floyd Death: US Supreme Court Reviews 'Qualified Immunity' For Police Amid Protests
Republic World
As widespread protests over the tragic death of George Floyd continues to grip the United States, the US Supreme Court is examining a legal doctrine ...

London may remove statues as George Floyd's death sparks change
India Today
... the monument to a slave trader, as the killing of George Floyd in Minneapolis continued to spark protests — and drive change — around the world.

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