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Wisconsin city calm but police shooting reverberates across US
Wisconsin Attorney General Josh Kaul on Wednesday identified Rusten Sheskey as the white police officer who fired seven shots at the back of Jacob Blake after Blake opened his car door on Sunday.
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Teen arrested in shooting deaths at Wisconsin protest against police brutality
The lakeside city of Kenosha has been rocked by civil unrest since Sunday, when police shot Jacob Blake, 29, in the back at close range.
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Two dead as gunfire erupts at Wisconsin protests over shooting of black man
Kenosha has been rocked by protests since Sunday, when police shot Jacob Blake, 29, in the back at close range.
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Black man shot by US police may not walk again, says his family
Jacob Blake was shot Sunday by a white policeman while getting into a car that held his three children after trying to break up a domestic dispute, according to civil rights attorney Benjamin Crump, who is representing the Blake family.
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George Floyd said officers would 'kill' him in new recording transcript
Transcripts of the police officers' body camera footage, filed Tuesday in Minnesota state court by Thomas Lane, one of the officers involved in George Floyd's death, has revealed new details about his final moments.
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Black artists call on Hollywood to prove Black Lives Matter
An open letter addressed to 'Our Allies in Hollywood' attacked what it called the industry’s 'legacy of white supremacy' and said Hollywood “encourages the epidemic of police violence and culture of anti-Blackness.”
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Fortnite removes police cars with eye on US race protests: WSJ
The game launched a new version last week, but there were no police cars in that update, the WSJ reported, citing a person familiar with the development of the title.
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Beyonce urges charges against police in Breonna Taylor death
Three months ago Breonna Taylor - an African American woman from Louisville, Kentucky - was shot dead by plainclothes police as she slept at home.
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Houston bids farewell to George Floyd in hometown funeral
Politicians, civil rights activists, and celebrities joined the family to share memories of the man they called a 'gentle giant' before his gold casket was due to be conveyed by horse-drawn carriage to his final resting place by his mother's grave.
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Bail set at $1 million for policeman charged with Floyd murder
Derek Chauvin faces charges of one count of second-degree murder, one count of third-degree murder, and one count of manslaughter.
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'Get your knee off our necks,' activist Sharpton says at Floyd memorial
Delivering the eulogy at a memorial service at a university chapel in Minneapolis, Sharpton said Floyd’s death at the hands of police symbolized a universal experience of police brutality for African Americans.
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Twitter disables Trump video tribute to Floyd over copyright complaint
The clip, which is a collation of photos and videos of protest marches and instances of violence in the aftermath of Floyd’s death, has Trump speaking in the background.
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We can’t continue to have black people marginalised – Not in My Name
Not in My Name picketed outside the US embassy in Pretoria on Friday, calling for an end to police brutality in SA and the US following the deaths of George Floyd and Collins Khosa.
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Kanye West donates $2m to help the Floyd, Arbery and Taylor families
Kanye West has donated $2 million to the families of George Floyd, Ahmaud Arbery and Breonna Taylor.
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Leonardo DiCaprio vows to help end the 'disenfranchisement of Black America'
The 45-year-old star has taken to his Instagram account to support the Black Lives Matter movement.
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NMF rallies behind George Floyd protests, condemns Collins Khosa killing
The organisation has condemned the killing of George Floyd at the hands of US police and here back home of Collins Khosa, who was killed in a scuffle with soldiers in Alexandra.
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Lady Gaga brands US law and order 'corrupt'
The 34-year-old singer welcomed the news that fired cop Derek Chauvin's charges over George Floyd's death were changed from third-degree murder to second-degree murder.
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Memorial for George Floyd set for Thursday after days of protest, rage
The Reverend Al Sharpton, a television political commentator and civil rights activist who will give a eulogy at the service, struck an optimistic tone on Thursday morning, praising the unity of marchers protesting at police brutality.
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Meghan Markle pays tribute to George Floyd
Markle stated the names of other African Americans killed by police, such as Breonna Taylor, a medical worker shot in her apartment in March in Louisville, Kentucky, and Tamir Rice, a 12-year-old boy shot while playing with a toy gun in 2014 in Cleveland, Ohio.
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Snapchat curbs Trump posts for inciting 'racial violence'
"We are not currently promoting the president's content on Snapchat's Discover platform," Snapchat said in response to an AFP inquiry, referencing the youth-focused social network's section for recommended content.
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UK PM condemns George Floyd killing as protesters take to the streets
The demonstration is the latest in the British capital since Floyd, an unarmed African-American, died last week after a police officer in Minneapolis knelt on his neck.
