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Minneapolis to Pay Murdered George Floyd Family $27m
The city of Minneapolis has reached a $27m (£19m) settlement with the family of George Floyd, the unarmed US black man whose death last May sparked protests worldwide. Mr Floyd’s death after being trapped under the knee of police officer Derek Chauvin was captured on camera. Lawyers for the family said the footage created “undeniable…
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George Floyd: Beyond the Emerging Rhetoric
It was like a scene from a Hollywood movie, a white police officer, Derek Chauvin, with his knee on the neck of George Floyd, an African-American from Houston, Texas, the United States, for about nine minutes while his victim kept lay face down repeatedly pleading for his life with what has now become the slogan…
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George Floyd Death: Clashes across US as Protesters Demand Justice
Protesters have clashed with police in cities across the US over the killing of an unarmed African-American man at the hands of officers in Minneapolis. Minnesota’s governor said the tragedy of the death of George Floyd in police custody had morphed into “something much different – wanton destruction”. New York, Atlanta and other regions have…
