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US jury finds Chauvin guilty of murdering George Floyd

Ihesiulo Grace 21 April 2021 0

A jury has found a former police officer guilty of murder over the death of African-American George Floyd on a Minneapolis street last year. Derek Chauvin, 45, was filmed kneeling on Mr Floyd’s neck for more than nine minutes during his arrest last May. The widely watched footage sparked

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George Floyd, allegedly linked to Mbaise, reburied (photos)

Ihesiulo Grace 30 July 2020 0

George Floyd, whose death sparked worldwide protests and birthed the #BlackLivesMatter movement has been reburied in Nigeria. Daily Times gathered that Floyd Jr was killed on May 25, 2020 during an arrest after allegedly passing a counterfeit $20 bill in Minneapolis. A white police officer, Derek Chauvin, knelt on Floyd’s neck for nearly eight minutes. […]

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One of the 4 police officer, Thomas Lane involve in death of George Floyd released

Ihesiulo Grace 12 June 2020 0

Thomas Lane, one of the four police officers charged over the death of George Floyd has been released from prison after paying a $750,000 (around £591,000) cash bail. The 37-year-old former Minneapolis police officer was freed from Hennepin County jail on Wednesday night, sheriff’s office records showed. Floyd’s death set off worldwide protests with a […]

News

Gianna Floyd offered full scholarship to Texas Southern University

Ihesiulo Grace 11 June 2020 0

Texas Southern University has announced it would give a full scholarship to George Floyd’s daughter Gianna Floyd, the scholarship will be accessible to Gianna when she reaches college age.  Texas Southern University made the announcement on Tuesday night, the day George Floyd was laid to rest in his hometown of Houston.  TSU said on the school’s Facebook […]

Tech

Facebook removes George Floyd groups for ‘inauthentic behavior’

Ihesiulo Grace 10 June 2020 0

Facebook has removed a number of Justice for George Floyd groups for exhibiting “inauthentic behaviour”. BBC News had highlighted some suspicious groups had switched their focus to call for justice for the black man killed in police custody. Some, run by accounts seemingly based in Vietnam or Bangladesh, had posted misleading images. READ ALSO:COVID-19: Bolt

Opinion

We can’t breathe: A worldview of race

Ihesiulo Grace 4 June 2020 0

As America burns over the death of George Floyd and other African-Americans from systemic racism, reflected as police brutality with no accountability, there’s a connection between that reality and poverty in African countries where life is also cheap. That connection is something that scholars have described as “A Worldview of Race”. It is, then, a […]

News World

Family of George Floyd to hold funeral June 9

Ihesiulo Grace 4 June 2020 0

The funeral for George Floyd, who murdered in Minneapolis, United States last week, will be held June 9 in Houston, the family attorney, Ben Crump has announced. We have to be united, even with Covid,” said Yousif Hussein, 29, who was planning to attend the memorial for Mr. Floyd, a black man who died last […]

Foreign World

Mayweather to pay for George Floyd’s funeral expenses

Ihesiulo Grace 2 June 2020 0

Boxing superstar, Floyd Mayweather, has revealed his willingness to pay for the funeral services for George Floyd. Leonard Ellerbe, CEO of Mayweather Promotions, made this known on Monday. According to Ellerbe in an interview with ESPN, “He’ll probably get mad at me for saying that, but yes, [Mayweather] is definitely paying for the funeral. Floyd […]

World

Trump threatens to deploy troops in states over violent protests for George Floyd’s death

Ihesiulo Grace 2 June 2020 0

U.S. President Donald Trump on Monday evening threatened to deploy soldiers in cities rocked by violent protests over the death of a black American in police custody. Speaking from the White House, Trump said he would call in the military if governors failed to take necessary action to defend the life and property of their […]

Crime News

Private autopsy shows George Floyd suffocated to death, says Lawyer

Ihesiulo Grace 2 June 2020 0

An autopsy arranged by the family of George Floyd shows he was suffocated by a US policeman, rather than dying from pre-existing heart problems as claimed by the official ruling, their lawyer announced Monday. “Independent medical examiners who conducted an autopsy of Floyd Sunday determined that asphyxiation from sustained pressure was the cause of death,” […]

Foreign World

George Floyd: Zimbabwe summons US envoy over racist comments

Ihesiulo Grace 1 June 2020 0

Zimbabwe summoned its US ambassador on Monday over remarks by a senior American official accusing the southern African country of stirring anti-racism protests over the death of George Floyd, the government said. In a Sunday interview with ABC news, US national security advisor Robert O’Brien referred to Zimbabwe and China as “foreign adversaries” using social […]

World

Wife of Minneapolis Police officer charged for George Floyd’s death files for divorce

Ihesiulo Grace 30 May 2020 0

The wife of the fired Minneapolis Police officer who has been arrested and charged in the death of George Floyd has filed for divorce. Kellie Chauvin, through her attorney, expressed condolences to Floyd’s family and said she’s filed for dissolution of her marriage, ABC has confirmed. Derek Chauvin was arrested and charged Friday with third-degree […]

News World

George Floyd: Trump says justice will be served

Ihesiulo Grace 28 May 2020 0

President Trump is requesting an expedited justice for George Floyd’s fatal arrest.  According to a couple of tweets, Trump said that the FBI and the Department of Justice are already well into the investigation at his request.  George Floyd: Police fire pepper spray on protesters during demonstration over killing of Black man in U.S. At my […]

World

George Floyd: Police fire pepper spray on protesters during demonstration over killing of Black man in U.S.

Ihesiulo Grace 28 May 2020 0

Demonstrators gathered Wednesday for a second night of protests in the US over the killing of a handcuffed black man, George Floyd, by a policeman who held him to the ground with a knee on has neck. As dusk fell police formed a human barricade around the Third Precinct in Minneapolis, where the officers accused […]