The top US military officer says he was wrong to have joined President Donald Trump during his controversial walk to a damaged church near the White House. The 1 June event created “a perception of the military involved in domestic politics”, Gen Mark Milley said. Mr Trump walked to the church and held up a […]
Tag: George Floyd
Two officers charged in Floyd’s death were on the job for less than a week; Chauvin was training them-Lawyer
Topline Attorney Earl Gray, who is representing former Minneapolis police officer Thomas Lane, said Thursday in court that it was his client’s fourth shift and J. Alexander Kueng’s third as officers in the field when George Floyd was killed. Gray also said that their training officer was Derek Chauvin, who was caught on video kneeling on Floyd’s […]
Elizabeth Ohene writes: “I can breathe here”
Accounts of the tragic end of George Floyd on a street in Minneapolis, USA chime with memories for the doyenne of correspondents in Accra. It felt personal. As I watched the breath ebb out of George Floyd under the deliberate weight of the knee of the uniformed white police officer on his neck, I felt […]
George Floyd protests: Stolen iphones in US to be tracked and disabled by Apple
iPhones stolen in lootings of Apple stores in the US are tracked, disabled and the local authorities notified, according to messages displayed on their screens. Apple has temporarily closed some of its US stores following a series of attacks, amid protests over the death of George Floyd. Several images of the warnings have been shared […]
”Man up and apologise”-Former John Mahama appointee slams Sammy Gyamfi over Floyd Cartoon
Veteran Journalist and former Aide to former President John Dramani Mahama, Ben Dotsei Malor has taken a dig at the National Communications Officer of the opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC), Sammy Gyamfi for politicizing the death of Black American George Floyd with a cartoon. Mr. Gyamfi has come under massive criticism from sections of the […]
Unrests over Floyd’s death: Trump threatens to unleash Military onto the streets
President Donald Trump has threatened to send in the military to quell growing civil unrest in the US over the death of a black man in police custody. He said if cities and states failed to control the protests and “defend their residents” he would deploy the army and “quickly solve the problem for them”. […]
President Akufo-Addo worried about systemic racism in 21st Century America
President Akufo-Addo has on behalf of the people of Ghana expressed his deep condolences to the family and loved ones of the late George Floyd, an African-American killed by a policeman in Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA on May 25, 2020, while being arrested for alleged use of a counterfeit $20 bill. The President in a Facebook […]
Details: Obama issues statement on murder of George Floyd
Former President Barack Obama put out a statement on George Floyd, a black man who died after being pinned down by police in Minneapolis. “This shouldn’t be ‘normal’ in 2020 America,” he wrote. “It can’t be ‘normal.’ If we want our children to grow up in a nation that lives up to its highest ideals, we can and […]
Police arrest black CNN reporter live on air as he covers George Floyd protests
A CNN crew was arrested on live TV by a riot squad while covering the protests over the police death of George Floyd. Incredible footage shows armed officers from the Minnesota State Patrol handcuffing reporter Omar Jimenez after he calmly asked the officers where he should stand. The black reporter had just shown a protester […]