Tag: George Floyd

14 September 2021, 9:01 PM

A former Minneapolis officer was sentenced to 2-1/2 years in prison on federal charges stemming from his role in the ...

(L-R) Former Minneapolis police officers Tou Thao, Thomas Lane and J. Alexander Kueng in a combination of booking photographs from the Minnesota Department of Corrections and Hennepin County Jail in Minneapolis, Minnesota.

Former police plead not guilty to federal charges in George Floyd death

by Celestine Hendricks

Four former Minneapolis police officers involved in the deadly arrest of George Floyd entered not guilty pleas to federal charges ...

The Collin County Grand Jury had reviewed the video footage of the incident and heard testimonies from witnesses before coming to the decision not to indict the eight officers, the county's District Attorney Greg Willis said in a statement.

Grand jury in Texas will not charge officers in custody death of Marvin D. Scott III

by Bongisipho Magcaba

23 June 2021, 7:19 AM

A grand jury in Texas on Tuesday cleared eight former officers of any criminal wrongdoing in the death of Marvin ...

Earlier, twelve Republican lawmakers wrote to Biden urging him not to support a proposal by South Africa and India to temporarily waive from Intellectual Property (IP) rules amid the coronavirus pandemic

Biden urges Congress to pass George Floyd Justice in Policing Act

by Bongisipho Magcaba

29 April 2021, 9:00 AM

US President Joe Biden has urged Congress to pass a police reform bill in the name of George Floyd - ...

The killing of black people by police officers in the US has caused widespread protests

Bring Lindani Myeni back home and demand answers from the US government

by Preggie Moodley

23 April 2021, 5:38 AM

This week, amid a supposedly celebratory mood of savouring a rare conviction of a white officer Derek Chauvin on the ...

A view of the "Say Their Names" cemetery on the day of verdict in the trial of former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin, found guilty of the death of George Floyd, at George Floyd Square in Minneapolis.

Minneapolis police face US bias probe after Floyd murder verdict

by Celestine Hendricks

22 April 2021, 6:05 AM

The US Justice Department on Wednesday launched a sweeping civil investigation into policing practices in Minneapolis following a jury’s verdict ...

The guilty verdict against the former police officer was greeted with measured praise, given how rarely the criminal justice system convicts police officers in instances of overreach.

Derek Chauvin’s sentencing likely to take place in two months

by SABC

21 April 2021, 7:48 PM

The former police officer convicted on all three counts in of the murder of George Floyd faces a two-month wait ...

Investigators work at the scene where a fatal shooting by a police officer occurred in Columbus, Ohio.

Ohio police kill Black teenage girl seen threatening others with knife

by Tshepiso Moche

21 April 2021, 9:37 AM

Police in Columbus, Ohio, on Tuesday fatally shot a Black teenage girl they confronted as she lunged at two people ...

Chauvin's attorneys will have to notify the trial court within 60 days if they plan to appeal.

Chauvin likely to appeal, claiming trial tainted by civil settlement, media coverage

21 April 2021, 4:23 AM

Former Minneapolis policeman Derek Chauvin will likely seek to overturn his murder and manslaughter convictions by arguing that the jury ...

The Democratic president said the protests seen in the United States after Floyd's killing were something the nation had not witnessed since the civil rights movement and had unified people of different races.

Biden calls Chauvin verdict a ‘giant step’ toward justice in the United States

21 April 2021, 2:37 AM

President Joe Biden on Tuesday called the guilty verdict in the trial of a former Minneapolis police officer charged with ...

The reaction of crowds assembled outside Hennepin County Government Center, the building where the trial was held, was also jubilant.

Nervous anticipation turns to joy as former police officer Chauvin found guilty

21 April 2021, 12:30 AM

Nervous crowds awaiting a verdict in the trial of Derek Chauvin erupted in jubilation on Tuesday after the jury found ...

The 12-member jury found Chauvin, 45, criminally liable in Floyd's death last year after considering three weeks of testimony from 45 witnesses, including bystanders, police officials and medical experts.

Minneapolis ex-policeman Chauvin convicted of murder in Floyd case

20 April 2021, 11:31 PM

Former Minneapolis policeman Derek Chauvin was convicted on Tuesday of second-degree murder, third-degree murder and manslaughter in the deadly arrest ...

Demonstrators listen to speakers during a march downtown after the closing statements in the trial of former police officer Derek Chauvin, who is facing murder charges in the death of George Floyd, in Minneapolis.

Jurors reach verdict in Chauvin trial in Minneapolis

20 April 2021, 10:15 PM

The jury said it has reached a verdict on its second day of deliberations in the trial of Derek Chauvin, ...

Jury to hear opening arguments in Derek Chauvin trial for George Floyd’s death

by Bomkazi Malobola

29 March 2021, 3:01 PM

A jury will gather on Monday to hear whether the deadly arrest of George Floyd, which ignited a global protest ...

Cars burn in a lot as protests turn to fires after a Black man, identified as Jacob Blake, was shot several times by police last night in Kenosha, Wisconsin, U.S. August 24, 2020.

Wisconsin city centre burns amid protests over police shooting of Black man

25 August 2020, 5:31 PM

Arsonists set buildings ablaze and torched much of the Black business district in Kenosha, Wisconsin, during a second night of ...

The German defender, who has been the victim of racial abuse in the past, said he had spoken to his Bayern team mates about the issues raised by the BLM movement.

Bayern’s Boateng urges players to take a knee in Champions League

30 July 2020, 4:32 PM

Bayern Munich defender Jerome Boateng says players must use the platform provided by the Champions League to continue sending messages ...

Derek Chauvin, the Minneapolis police officer who knelt on Floyd, was arrested four days after his death.

Lawyers to file US civil lawsuit against Minneapolis in Floyd death

15 July 2020, 2:11 AM

Lawyers for George Floyd, who died on May 25 after a Minneapolis policeman knelt on his neck for nearly nine ...

Andre Blaise Essama, a Cameroonian activist who wants to purge his country of colonial-era symbols, walks beside his bicycle in Douala, Cameroon July 2, 2020.

Cameroon activist campaigns against colonial monuments

7 July 2020, 5:18 PM

Activist Andre Blaise Essama has been battling to purge Cameroon of monuments celebrating its French colonial past and replace them ...

German-Ghanaian artist Zohra Opoku reacts in front of her project at Kehinde Wiley's artist residence during the interview in Dakar, Senegal June 29, 2020.

‘Black Lives Matter’ movement stirs Ghanaian artist in COVID-19 limbo

3 July 2020, 7:26 PM