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'Jail Killer Cops': Protests unfold across the US against Tyre Nichols' brutal killing

Protesters were seen holding placards that read, ‘Abolish the Police’, ‘Justice for Tyre Nichols, Jail killer cops!’, ‘Blue Murders Matters’ and more during rallies against the fatal police assault of Tyre Nichols

Another George Floyd? The case of Tyre Nichols, a Black man killed by cops in the US

Five cops have been charged with second-degree murder for the killing of Tyre Nichols in Memphis. The officials pulled him over at a traffic stop on 7 January and beat him to the point of being hospitalised. The Black man died three days later, prompting anguish and questions about the police force

US: Three Arkansas police officers suspended after video captures them beating suspect

The video posted online shows one officer punching a man with a clenched fist, while another can be seen kneeing him, and a third is holding him down

Two years after George Floyd's murder, Joe Biden to sign executive order on police reform

The White House called the move "historic" in a press release, but the new executive order does not go as far as the major police reform Biden promised during his election campaign

Michigan school shooting: Three dead, eight wounded in Oxford after 15 year-old opens fire

It was the deadliest school shooting so far this year, according to Everytown For Gun Safety, a group which keeps statistics of mass shootings and lobbies for gun control

In Utah's Salt Lake City, police shoots and seriously injures autistic teenager after mother dials 911

Golda Barton said her son Linden Cameron was suffering from separation anxiety and that she wanted help taking him to hospital

Three members of Indian-origin family, including 8-year-old girl, found dead in backyard pool in New Jersey

Three Indian-origin family members, including an 8-year-old girl, have been found dead in the backyard pool of their recently purchased home in New Jersey, police said.

Donald Trump signs Executive Order on police reform even as he presses for 'law and order' after weeks of protests against racial injustice

President Donald Trump, facing criticism that his policies and inflammatory rhetoric have aggravated a racial divide in the United States, signed an order on Tuesday that he said would reform police practices even as he pressed for 'law and order' nationwide.

NYT opinion editor James Bennet, who cleared controversial column which called for US military to quell riots, resigns

James Bennet, The New York Times editorial page editor responsible for publishing a column that advocated using the military to quiet protests over US racial inequality, resigned on Sunday, the newspaper announced.

George Floyd death: At Minneapolis rally, majority of city council comes out in favour of disbanding police department

Community activists have criticised the Minneapolis department for years for what they say is a racist and brutal culture that resists change.