Tag Archives: Racism

• Derek Chauvin gets 22 1/2 years in prison for George Floyd’s death 26 June 2021 | Amy Forliti and Steve Karnowski This post has no comments yet

  Former Minneapolis police Officer Derek Chauvin was sentenced Friday to 22 1/2 years in prison for the murder of George Floyd, whose dying gasps under Chauvin’s knee led to the biggest outcry against racial injustice in the US. ...

• Man punches Asian woman in the face in NYC’s Chinatown in hate crime 1 June 2021 | Wilson Wong This post has one comment

  A man was arrested after video captured him punching a 55-year-old Asian woman in the face in New York City's Chinatown on Monday, authorities said. Alexander Wright, 48, of Manhattan, was charged with one count of assault as a hate crime. ...

• Jury finds Derek Chauvin guilty of murdering George Floyd 21 April 2021 | Amy Forliti, Steve Karnowski and Tammy Webber This post has no comments yet

  Former Minneapolis Officer Derek Chauvin was convicted Tuesday of murder and manslaughter for pinning George Floyd to the pavement with his knee on the Black man’s neck in a case that triggered worldwide protests, violence. ...

• Anti-Asian hate crimes on the rise in US 18 March 2021 | Rich McKay and Gabriella Borter This post has 15 comments

  Before the COVID-19 pandemic began last year, Kyung Cho noticed people sometimes gave him odd looks or asked if he spoke English. These days, Cho said, attitudes toward Asian-Americans like him have become far more hostile. ...

• Clashes at US protest over police shooting of black man 25 August 2020 | Robert Chiarito This post has one comment

  Police fired tear gas on Monday when a protest demanding racial justice in the city of Kenosha in Wisconsin turned violent, as rage builds once more in the US at the shooting of a black man by a white officer. ...

• Another police killing of a black man stokes US tension, debate 14 June 2020 | Jim Mannion This post has one comment

  The fatal shooting of a black man by a white police officer, this time in Atlanta, Georgia, poured more fuel Sunday on a raging US debate over racism after another round of street protests and the resignation of the city's police chief. ...

• Thousands pay tribute to George Floyd as pressure mounts for US police reform 9 June 2020 | Erwin Seba This post has no comments yet

  Thousands of mourners braved sweltering Texas heat on Monday to view the casket of George Floyd, whose death after a police officer knelt on his neck ignited worldwide protests against racism and calls for reforms of US law enforcement. ...

• Protests worldwide embrace Black Lives Matter movement 6 June 2020 This post has 5 comments

  Thousands of people took to the streets in European and Asian cities on Saturday, demonstrating in support of US protests against police brutality. The global protests reflect rising anger over police treatment of ethnic minorities. ...

• Protests spread across US in wake of police killing black man 29 May 2020 | Sudhin Thanawala This post has 4 comments

  Demonstrators marched, stopped traffic and in some cases lashed out violently at police as protests erupted Friday in dozens of US cities following the killing of George Floyd after a white officer pressed a knee into his neck. ...

• China accused of discriminating against Africans as part of coronavirus fight 20 April 2020 | Linda Givetash, Matteo Moschella and Leou Chen This post has 2 comments

  Chinese officials are denying allegations that people of colour are facing discrimination and even eviction under coronavirus mitigation efforts, as they report that Africans are among the country’s newly confirmed cases. ...