Sunday, 16 August 2020

120 - 16th AUGUST 2020 - DAILY DIGEST,


GEORGE FLOYD,
Daily update ⋅ 16 August 2020

Death of George Floyd ignites push to train police to stop abuse
Globalnews.ca
That's now changing following the killing of George Floyd, who died after a white Minneapolis police officer held a knee to Floyd's neck for nearly eight ...

Black Texas lawmakers introduce the George Floyd act to ban chokeholds statewide
Chron.com
People gather around as the horse drawn carriage carrying the body of George Floyd makes the turn from Cullen Blvd. to Houston Memorial Gardens on ...

Dallas Police Release 'Critical Self-Analysis' Of Handling Of George Floyd Protests
CBS Dallas / Fort Worth
... released Friday night, takes a critical look back at its response to protests that were prompted by the killing of George Floyd. The 85-page document ...

New bodycam video from Floyd's death shows panicked witnesses
CNN
Newly released police bodycam footage from the fatal arrest of George Floyd shows a crowd of bystanders becoming increasingly upset as police hold ...

Meghan Markle on returning home during George Floyd unrest: 'just devastating'
Page Six
“If there's any silver lining in that,” she said of the protests, “I would say that in the weeks after the murder of George Floyd, in the peaceful protests that ...

Man shot outside Third Ward food mart home to George Floyd memorial
Houston Chronicle
Three young men walk in front of the George Floyd mural in the Third Ward on August 12. Photo: Marie D. De Jesús, Houston Chronicle / Staff ...

Fired Minneapolis officer recounts death of George Floyd in interrogation video
FOX 9
In the video, which lasts nearly two hours, Thao recounts what led up to George Floyd's death and that they went to Cup Foods as backup, saying they ...

Raw video: Man shot near George Floyd memorial in SE Houston
KHOU.com
Houston police are looking for the suspect who injured a man in a drive-by shooting near George Floyd's memorial in southeast Houston.

Meghan Markle speaks on death of George Floyd
The Standard
The Duchess of Sussex spoke about the death of George Floyd at the hands of police in the US and said she looked forward to "being a part of" ...
Facebook executive favoured BJP, opposed action against hate posts: Report
THE WEEK
The move came in the wake of the nationwide protests in the US over the killing of George Floyd, a Black man, when he was being arrested by police.

In wake of George Floyd death, Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey announces plan to leave 100 police ...
New York Daily News
Frey has faced criticism after the caught-on-video police killing of George Floyd in May. The brutal death of the 46-year-old Black man suffocated ...

People march through Fort Wayne to DC, joined by area activists and George Floyd's nephew
wpta21.com
Family members of George Floyd came into Fort Wayne Friday to join the march. Cortez Rice and Tim Williams say they were on their own separate ...

Lora King on the Legacy of Her Father, Rodney King, George Floyd, Black Lives Matter, and More
Black Enterprise
Decades before George Floyd's death triggered an international uprising, Rodney King was the name synonymous with police brutality. Shortly after ...

Floyd's death spurs push to train cops to stop police abuse
Sacramento Bee
The police killing of George Floyd in Minneapolis has sparked new interest in training officers how to stop colleagues from using excessive force and ...

Two Seattle Police Accountability Offices Criticize Cops' Use of Force During George Floyd Protests
Newsweek
Two Seattle Police Accountability Offices Criticize Cops' Use of Force During George Floyd Protests. By Daniel Villarreal On 8/15/20 at 12:52 AM EDT.

Portland police declare unlawful assembly amid protests
WAVE 3
Protests have been held nightly in the city since the police killing of George Floyd in May, who died after a white officer pressed a knee to his neck in ...

Allies in Action: Bay Area's 'Revolution of Black Youth' and how it started
KGO-TV
... of Minneapolis police officers killing George Floyd, an African American man who had allegedly used a counterfeit $20 bill at a convenience store.

7 arrested in vandalism of George Washington statue near LA City Hall
Los Angeles Times
... recent months following the killing of George Floyd, who died after a Minneapolis police officer pinned him at the neck for more than eight minutes.

Our Floyds, Our Flaws: 73 Years Since Independence, India Still Not Free From Racism
Outlook India
George Floyd is not just an American phenomenon. We too have a similar share of crying shame that shackles us from being truly free. Ruben Banerjee.

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