BREAKING: Derek Chauvin – the Minneapolis police officer charged with George Floyd’s murder – is released from prison after posting ‘non-cash’ $1 million bond By Karen Ruiz For Dailymail.com Published: 18:05 BST, 7 October 2020 | Updated: 18:22 BST, 7 October 2020 The former Minneapolis police officer charged with the murder of George Floyd has … Read more
A police officer is facing a disciplinary investigation after branding George Floyd a ‘drug-crazed maniac,’ and blasting Diversity’s Black Lives Matter-inspired dance routine on Britain’s Got Talent. PC Mark Gunn, a serving officer for 10 years at South Wales Police, made the controversial comments while discussing Diversity’s dance, which sparked around 24,500 complaints, on a … Read more
The Justice Department declared New York City, Portland and Seattle as ‘anarchist jurisdictions that can have federal funding ripped away for failing to clamp down on violence according to its criteria. It listed the three cities as among those ‘that have permitted violence and destruction of property to persist and have refused to undertake reasonable … Read more
Les Ferdinand believes the meaning behind ‘taking a knee’ has been lost after QPR players shunned making the gesture at the weekend. QPR players did not take the knee before their 3-2 defeat by Coventry on Friday night, a sight that has become commonplace since the return of football as a gesture of support for … Read more
Trump says it was a ‘beautiful thing’ when MSNBC journalist Ali Velshi was struck by a rubber bullet during a George Floyd protest in Minnesota On May 30, reporter Ali Velshi was covering protest when he was injured by cops The MSNBC journalist was struck in the knee by a rubber bullet in Minneapolis On … Read more
A school in Westchester has come under fire after a teacher handed out an image to students about the Black Lives Matter movement, comparing modern-day cops to slave owners and the Ku Klux Klan. Westlake High School educator Christoper Moreno gave his 11th-graders a handout on September 8, on the first day of classes. The handout … Read more
The University of Edinburgh has come under fire after it renamed a tower bearing the name of 18th century philosopher David Hume over his links to slavery. The David Hume Tower will now be known as 40 George Square, the university confirmed, following pressure from activists, despite a petition amassing less than 2,000 signatures. The campaign … Read more
If ITV says sorry over BLM-inspired dance, I’ll quit says Alesha Dixon: Britain’s Got Talent judge issues ultimatum after supporting controversial performance by Diversity on the show By Katie Hind Showbusiness Editor For The Mail On Sunday Published: 22:25 BST, 12 September 2020 | Updated: 23:44 BST, 12 September 2020 Britain’s Got Talent judge Alesha … Read more
The police officer who knelt on George Floyd’s neck for almost nine minutes before his death has appeared in person in court for the first time since the May 25 killing, and was heckled as he was escorted to a corrections department SUV afterwards. Derek Chauvin, 44, has been charged with murder and is currently … Read more
Laurence Fox has apologised to actress Rebecca Front and deleted a tweet of a ‘private message’ revealing she had blocked him on Twitter over his ‘AllLivesMatter’ posts. The star of ITV drama Lewis said on social media earlier today that it is was the ‘most painful cancellation I’ve had yet’ after The Thick of It … Read more