The special session was held after 54 African countries called for a discussion on the “current racially inspired human rights violations, systematic racism, police brutality against people of African descent and violence against peaceful protests” in the United States. The two-day debate will continue tomorrow at 9 a.m. ET, after which the Council’s 47 members…
Philonise Floyd speaks via video to the U.N. Human Rights Council in Geneva on Wednesday, weeks after the killing of his brother George incited widespread protests against police brutality. U.N. human rights chief Michelle Bachelet looks on behind her face mask. Martial Trezzini/Pool/AFP via Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Martial Trezzini/Pool/AFP via Getty Images…
Five years to the day after the mass shooting at the Emanuel African Methodist Episcopal Church, the city is wrestling anew with its legacy of slavery and racial discrimination.Right NowThe district attorney said he would announce his decision on whether to file charges in the police killing of Rayshard Brooks in Atlanta at 3 p.m.…
(CNN)The United Nations Human Rights Council is holding an urgent debate Wednesday on police brutality and systemic racism in the US, following the international protests over the death of George Flo…
George Floyd Killing 911 Dispatcher Concerned About Cops on Scene ... Something 'Looks Different' 6/15/2020 4:11 PM PT Breaking News Seeing live footage of George Floyd's arrest alarmed a 911 dispatcher enough, she called a police supervisor to respond to the scene ... this according to newly released audio. In phone recordings between the 911…
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…