Zohran Mamdani apologises to NYPD in public over 2020 ‘defund, racist’ remarks; netizens call his apology 'hollow'

New York mayoral hopeful Zohran Mamdani offered a public apology to the NYPD on Fox News, retracting his 2020 calls to defund ...
Newsday

Uncertain legacy of 2020 protests of racism, police brutality

It is five years since the death in police custody of a Black man in Minneapolis, George Floyd, sparked protests that not only rocked America but spread to several countries in Europe. White police ...

U.S. criticised for police brutality, racism at U.N. rights review

Major powers, including allies, criticised the United States for its human rights record on Monday during a U.N. review, citing the use of the death penalty, police violence against African Americans ...

Portland police arrest 11 after overnight protests

Police arrested 11 people in Portland as protests continued to take place after 100 days of demonstrations in the Oregon city against racism and police brutality.
Afro

5 years after George Floyd’s murder: How the media narrative has changed around the killing and the protests that followed

(The Conversation) – On the evening of May 25, 2020, George Floyd was murdered by police outside a grocery store in Minneapolis. From the outset, the incident became a battle of narratives. The local ...
Essence

United Nations Report Compares Police Brutality To Lynching Of African-Americans

A United Nations working group is echoing the sentiments expressed by several activist organizations and civil rights leaders about the link between police brutality against African-Americans today ...
CNN

Judge gives ex-officer nearly 3 years in Breonna Taylor raid, rebuffs DOJ call for no prison time

A federal judge on Monday sentenced a former Kentucky police officer to nearly three years in prison for using excessive force during the deadly 2020 Breonna Taylor raid, rebuffing a US Department of ...