U.S. protesters call to 'Defund the Police.' What would that look like?
Nationwide protests over the Minneapolis police killing of George Floyd, the latest in a long string of high-profile slayings of black men by white officers, have featured a common rallying ...
U.S. police arrest man allegedly seen in viral video attacking people hanging George Floyd flyers
A 60-year-old Maryland man was arrested Friday after a video appeared to show him violently grab an object from a young adult who was posting signs protesting the death of ...
U.S. police who shoved and bloodied man, 75, suspended after being caught on video
Prosecutors were investigating Friday after a video captured police in Buffalo shoving a 75-year-old man who then fell and cracked his head, a confrontation that resulted in the suspension of ...
U.S. capital paints huge Black Lives Matter mural near White House
The city of Washington capped nearly a week of demonstrations against police brutality Friday by painting the words Black Lives Matter in enormous bright yellow letters on the street leading to the White House.
U.S. demonstrators vow to sustain momentum until change happens
Protesters stirred by the death of George Floyd vowed Friday to turn an extraordinary outpouring of grief into a sustained movement as demonstrations shifted to a calmer, but no less determined focus on addressing racial injustice. In Minneapolis, where Floyd died in police custody, the ...
The city of Mobile, Alabama, removed a Confederate statue early Friday without making any public announcements beforehand. The bronze figure of Admiral Raphael Semmes had become a flash point for protest in the city. George Talbot, a spokesman for the city, confirmed Friday morning that ...
New charges in George Floyd case may provide clearer path to conviction
Prosecutors seeking to put a former Minneapolis police officer in prison for the death of George Floyd bolstered allegations on the use of force but stopped short of calling the killing intentional in a move legal experts said could ease the path to a ...
Trump offers 'domination' of D.C. protests as model for states
Claiming he is backed by a "silent majority," U.S. President Donald Trump turned Washington into a model for the overwhelming force he believes critical to stop sometimes-violent protests that have spread across the country in a time of racial unrest. His tactics were decried ...
U.S. demonstrations against police brutality and racism resonate around the world
Several thousand people marched in New Zealand's largest city on Monday to protest the killing of George Floyd in the U.S. as well as to stand up against police violence and racism in their own country. Many people around the world have watched with growing ...
Massive protests raise fears of new waves of coronavirus outbreaks
The mayor of Atlanta, one of dozens of U.S. cities hit by massive protests after the police killing of a black man, has a message for demonstrators: "If you were out protesting last night, you probably need to go get a COVID test this ...
The unusual step of issuing critical statements came as prominent Africans began taking issue with racially charged killings.
'I can't breathe' a rally cry anew for police protests in U.S.
"I can’t breathe.” Eric Garner uttered those words six years ago, locked in a police chokehold. It became a rallying cry after his death for demonstrators across the United States who protested the killings of African Americans by police. Then came the 2016 presidential election of ...
