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All Stories for George Floyd Protests
Seven cops in NY's Rochester suspended as Black man’s suffocation video roils city
• 5 years agoThe police body camera footage showed the man, Daniel Prude, handcuffed and sitting in a street, wearing nothing but a white hood
Revisiting Dombivali Fast, Nishikant Kamat's critically acclaimed film on battling a crooked system
Soham Gadre • 5 years agoIn Nishikant Kamat’s Dombivali Fast, middle-class bank employee Madhav Apte slowly erupts from a complacent existence filled with peripheral examples of injustice in nearly every corner of society.
Formula 1 2020: Lewis Hamilton's battle against racism motivating him on the track, says Mercedes' Toto Wolff
• 5 years agoWolff also saw in Hamilton, who leads this year's title race by 37 points after winning four of this year's six races, a racer motivated by history as he aims to draw level with Schumacher on seven championships.
Portland Police declares demonstration outside law enforcement building 'riot', uses smoke to clear crowd
• 5 years agoDemonstrations, often violent, have been taking place nightly in Portland for more than two months following the killing of George Floyd
Jerome Boateng recounts pain of racist abuse as a young player to Bayern Munich teammates
• 5 years agoThe 31-year-old Boateng, who was born in Berlin to a German mother, and father from Ghana, has faced monkey chants in the past at games.
Formula E: Mercedes' cars to be painted black for remainder of season as statement against racism
• 5 years agoMercedes earlier changed its Formula One livery from silver to black for the 2020 season.
US charges 18 Portland protesters with arson, trespassing as it sends tactical police to Seattle
• 5 years agoThe arrests came this week during clashes with specially equipped federal police agents sent to Portland, where 56 straight days of anti-racism demonstrations have captured national attention
US watchdog to probe use of force in Portland; federal agents to Seattle on standby
• 5 years agoJustice Department Inspector General Michael Horowitz said his office will investigate allegations federal agents used excessive force against peaceful protesters in Portland
One London police officer suspended after video goes viral of him kneeling on Black man's neck during arrest
• 5 years agoPolice said the man was arrested on suspicion of affray and possession of an offensive weapon, and has been seen by a doctor.
Major League Soccer returns to action after poignant 8 minutes 46 seconds of silence to protest racial injustice
• 5 years agoPlayers wore black T-shirts, black gloves and black facemasks emblazoned with Black Lives Matter in Major League Soccer return. The shirts had varying slogans that included Black And Proud, Silence Is Violence and Black All The Time.