Justice Markandey Katju- People all over the world are condemning the killing of a black man George Floyd in Minneapolis by a white policeman, and rightly so. It is true that there is a lot of racism still in America. But what is overlooked is the progress African Americans have made in the USA since […]
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Desi voices hail George Floyd protests, Rahul Dubey
RITU JHA- Prominent Indian-American voices have hailed Washington, DC-based Rahul Dubey, who gave shelter to over 70 protesters, fed them and protected them from being arrested. The protesters were demonstrating against the death of 46-year-old George Floyd, an African-American man, who died on May 25 after white police officer pinned him down with a knee […]
Pandemic of racism killed George Floyd: Family lawyer
IANS- Benjamin Crump, the lawyer for the family of George Floyd, who died under police custody on May 25 in Minneapolis, said that it was the “pandemic of racism” that killed the unarmed African-American man. “It was not the coronavirus pandemic that killed George Floyd,” Xinhua news agency quoted Crump as saying on Thursday […]
George Floyd‘s death and the chaos that followed it
indica News Bureau- “I can’t breathe! Please, the knee on my neck,” These were some of the last words from George Floyd who died shortly after being admitted to the nearby hospital, on Monday, May 25. This was the incident that has sparked the chaos in Minneapolis. The protest erupted after the video an […]