People protest against police brutality in Rio de Janeiro on Sunday. The protest was interrupted when police used tear gas to disperse people. Silvia Izquierdo/AP hide caption toggle caption Silvia Izquierdo/AP People protest against police brutality in Rio de Janeiro on Sunday. The protest was interrupted when police used tear gas to disperse people. Silvia…
Nearly 1,200 people were arrested Sunday across Los Angeles County as protesters continued to clash with police, and looting and vandalism hit major cities over the weekend.County officials announced they were extending an overnight curfew after days of unrest. People will be required to be off the streets of L.A. County starting at 6 p.m.…
Independent autopsy results released Monday by the family of George Floyd found that he died of asphyxiation as one Minneapolis police officer pressed his knee into his neck and two others pushed on his back. At a press conference called by Benjamin Crump, the family’s attorney, high-profile pathologist Dr. Michael Baden said the compression on…
SUBSCRIBE: https://nydn.us/2wfW8BW** Compilation of videos from Friday, May 29 and Saturday, May 30 **Thousands gathered Sunday throughout New York City in the fourth day of protests over the police-involved death of George Floyd, with the NYPD and businesses braced for violence and looting.The NYPD set up barricades and businesses like Saks Fifth Ave. boarded up…
The fallout over the killing of George Floyd continued on Monday, with leaders around the country taking various steps to respond amid national protests, some of which have led to fatalities, injuries and property damage. The protests came after Floyd, a black man, died in police custody on Memorial Day after a Minneapolis police officer…
U.S.|Grand Juror in Breonna Taylor Case Says Deliberations Were MisrepresentedThe Kentucky attorney general’s office said it would release the panel’s recordings after a grand juror contended in a court filing that its discussions were inaccurately characterized.Breonna Taylor's family and the lawyer Ben Crump, right, said the charges a Kentucky grand jury agreed upon in the…
(John Finney Photography/Moment/Getty Images) An abnormally bad season of weather may have had a significant impact on the death toll from both World War I and the 1918 Spanish flu pandemic, according to new research, with many more lives being lost due to torrential rain and plummeting temperatures. Through a detailed analysis of an ice…