Us police brutality
Jury clears Louisville police officer in Breonna Taylor raid
Brett Hankison, 45, was found not guilty of three counts of 'wanton endangerment' for opening fire blindly during a raid on the apartment of Breonna Taylor.
J. Alexander Kueng, who is Black, took the witness stand on Wednesday and Thursday and defended his actions.
The death of Jason Walker threatens to catapult racism back into the spotlight as Black Americans demand justice over several killings that have highlighted the United States's struggles with gun laws, police impunity, and racial inequality.
The two statues are the work of artist Chris Carnabuci, while the statue of Taylor has been decorated by Brooklyn-based Nigerian artist Laolu Senbanjo, also known as Laolu NYC, who has worked with Beyonce in the past.
Derek Chauvin, who in June was sentenced to more than 22 years in prison for killing Floyd by kneeling on his neck for nearly 10 minutes, appealed the conviction Thursday night with a Minnesota district court, on the last day he was able to do so.
Derek Chauvin, 45, is serving a 22-and-a-half-year prison sentence for the May 2020 murder of Floyd, a 46-year-old Black man whose death sparked protests against racial injustice and police brutality across the United States.
The use of chokeholds and 'no knock' warrants - when law enforcement enters a premises unannounced - have featured in several recent cases in the United States involving the deaths of Black men and women at the hands of police.
Minnesota law provides for a minimum sentence of 12.5 years for the white, 45-year-old killer, who has been jailed since being convicted on three counts of murder and manslaughter two months ago.
Although police kill an average of 1,000 people every year, only 110 officers were charged with murder between 2005 and 2015, according to a count by Bowling Green State University.
White ex-officer Derek Chauvin, 45, was convicted in April of murdering African American George Floyd last year in a case that prompted a national reckoning on racial injustice and police brutality.
Human Rights Watch, Amnesty International and the American Civil Liberties Union were among the dozens of groups that made the request in a letter to the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights.
The federal charges unsealed on Friday are separate from those brought against the former officers by the state of Minnesota.
The 29-year-old rugby player, who was married to American national Lindsay, was killed by members of the Honolulu police department in Hawaii following an altercation.
The KwaZulu-Natal-born former rugby player from Empangeni was shot dead by Honolulu police on the island state of Hawaii, two weeks ago.
KwaZulu-Natal Premier Sihle Zikalala has called for a thorough investigation into the shooting and murder of Lindani Myeni as the province prepared for the repatriation of his body.
US Attorney General Merrick Garland announced a civil investigation to determine whether the Minneapolis Police Department systematically uses excessive force and 'engages in a pattern or practice of unconstitutional or unlawful policing,' including during legal protests.
The father of two was shot and killed during an alleged altercation with Honolulu police in the US state of Hawaii.
The jury deliberated less than 11 hours before finding 45-year-old Chauvin guilty of all three charges against him: second-degree murder, third-degree murder and manslaughter.
Prosecutors, in closing arguments to the jury, which will be sequestered during deliberations, repeatedly showed the harrowing video seen by millions around the world.