News about George Floyd

Heavily fortified 'safe spaces,' some with electrified doorknobs, ballistic doors and  facial-recognition locks, have become all the rage among Manhattan's elite. At a starting price of $50,000, custom-built panic rooms, can be constructed to blend in invisibly with any building - from a stately old pre-war townhouse to a glassy penthouse loft. But those prices can easily balloon up to $1 million or more for luxury apartments, as materials like blast-proof doors weighing thousands of pounds cost extra to ship, experts say

Twickenham rocked to a different beat on Monday night as the home of English rugby celebrated the contribution those from the black and ethnic minority communities make to the country's game. 'It's a real privilege to be involved in the broader rugby landscape,' said Sagan Daniels, the founder of The Rugby Black List. 'I've always loved the game and I loved playing it. 'I love the community feel you get from it, but it needed an understanding that it wasn't just a Barbour-wearing, Guinness-swigging thing. It was for all echelons of British society.'

'Horrific acts of violence' erupted on the Los Angeles campus of the University of California late on Tuesday and into Wednesday morning after a group of pro-Israeli protesters arrived and attempted to dismantle a pro-Palestinian encampment. Shocking footage from the scene at UCLA showed both sides openly clashing as college security abandoned the scene and local police were nowhere to be seen. Just before 11pm local time, the violence escalated when the pro-Israeli side surrounded the pro-Palestine encampment. During this standoff, a firework was thrown at the camp. The video showed both sides using pieces of wood as makeshift weapons. The walls of the encampment were smashed, at least one person could be seen being dragged on the ground by another group.

Minneapolis City Council approved a $150,000 settlement for Donald Williams, an eyewitness who tried to stop George Floyd's murder and suffers from PTSD.

Minneapolis City Council approved a $150,000 settlement for Donald Williams, an eyewitness who tried to stop George Floyd's murder and suffers from PTSD. Williams, a martial arts fighter, sued the city, alleging police assaulted him while he intervened during Floyd's death. Williams testified against Chauvin, describing how he had used a 'blood choke' on Floyd, leading to Williams' fear, suffering, and medical expenses.

A Christian married couple quit their teaching jobs in California and started an 'anti-woke' school in Florida as a 'counterbalance' to progressive teaching which they claim has infiltrated the public education system. Kali Fontanilla, 41, and her husband Joshua, 42, started the Exodus Institute, an online school, after becoming disillusioned by 'overly politicized' public schooling. Kali and Joshua now teach classes designed around 'traditional American values' - and try to counter what they believe are skewed teachings about topics like gender , race and slavery in traditional schools.

The Duchess of Sussex has sent out 50 jars of jam from the first batch, many of which have gone to her exclusive Montecito pals - but who is in the running for the top five jars? As Instagram posts trickle in showing the ruby-red jam set amid bright yellow lemons, fans are able to paint a picture of the type of customer Meghan wishes to appeal to - but which lucky people received the very first jars of the product?

Tyson, 53, died in police custody after being arrested facedown on the floor of a social club last week. Footage has now revealed that Tyson was telling officers: 'I can't breathe,' eerily echoing the words of George Floyd , whose death at the hands of Minneapolis police in 2020 caused widespread Black Lives Matter protests. The bodycam video of Tyson's arrest was released on Wednesday and shows a police officer responding to a report of a crash and Tyson, from East Canton, Ohio, by the bar in a nearby American Veterans, or AMVETS, post. Police grabbed Tyson, and he resisted being handcuffed and said repeatedly, 'They're trying to kill me' and 'Call the sheriff,' as he was taken to the floor. They restrained him - including with a knee on his back - and he immediately told officers he could not breathe. Officers told Tyson he was fine, to calm down and to stop fighting as he was facedown with his legs crossed on the carpeted floor. Police were joking with bystanders and leafing through Tyson's wallet before realizing he was in a medical crisis.

It was just the sort of picture that thousands of people have taken and shared after a night out; a snap that is 'liked' by their friends then forgotten about. The four lads never imagined what was about to happen - or how huge an impact that innocent photo would have on their lives. A few months later, it was somehow picked up by a viral Facebook page and memes - a kind of internet joke - of them - dubbed 'four lads in jeans' - spread worldwide. Incidentally, only two of them - Kevin and Connor - were actually wearing denim.

Conservative sports commentator Jason Whitlock bestowed Kansas City Chiefs star Patrick Mahomes with compliments after he chose not to endorse either Joe Biden or Donald Trump in the upcoming Presidential election.  Whitlock believes Mahomes got 'tired of living the lie' after speaking up during the aftermath of the 'George Floyd thing'. Mahomes declined to endorse either candidate during an interview with Time Magazine that focused on his future, leading to the praise from Whitlock. 

Colleen Keating (left), who has proposed 'hiring through a DEI lens' and unconscious bias training will take over as head of the gym chain on June 10 despite ongoing fallout over Planet Fitness' trans inclusive locker room policy. The backlash began after member Patricia Silva (right) was banned from her gym after taking a photo of a 'trans woman' shaving in the female changing room at her gym in Fairbanks, Alaska.

Fraudulent BLM activist Sir Maejor Page was convicted of wire fraud and money laundering on April 16 following an FBI probe into the source of his lavish lifestyle. The self-acclaimed, 'world's sexiest albino' funneled donations through his Facebook page Black Lives Matter Greater Atlanta into purchases for tailored suits totaling more than $2,000, luxury furniture and even a home in Toledo, Ohio (inset) which was purchased under the name of another charity he set up. A forfeiture hearing is scheduled for April 22 and sentencing will take place at a later date, but Page could be facing up to 20 years in jail.

If there's one thing you'd think Americans could agree upon 30 years later, it's that OJ Simpson was a wife-beating double-murderer who got away with it. But the usual mainstream media outlets - the New York Times, NBC, ABC, the L.A. Times, New York magazine and NPR, just to name a few - are eulogizing him as a football legend who suffered greatly in a racist America that nonetheless made him rich, famous, and handed him a not guilty verdict despite overwhelming evidence to the contrary. Here was the New York Times, in a subhead that ran moments after his death on Thursday: 'He ran to football fame… But his world was ruined after he was charged with killing his former wife and her friend'.

Presidential candidate Cornel West has selected Cal State Pan-African Studies chair Melina Abdullah as his running mate. She asked in a post if it was 'slightly racist' to be a Taylor Swift fan. West has been campaigning in battleground states and trying to get on the ballot for his uphill run. Some Democrats feel he could sap votes from President Biden.

An angry Portland woman has slammed the city for forcing her to kick her disabled son out of his trailer while mobs of vagrants are allowed to live in RVs nearby. Virgie Williams, 72, is facing off against Portland officials who have said she must relocate the trailer in her front yard where her oldest son, who has a disability, currently lives. 'I got a bill for $363 a month until it's gone; and they're going to put a lien on my house,' Williams explained. 'My house is all I've got to give to my kids when I pass. I'm scared to death they're going to take it from me.

Andrew Lester, 85, appeared at the Clay County courthouse on Tuesday as his pre-trial and jury trial date were announced. In April 2023, Lester shot Ralph Yarl, then 16, on his porch. Yarl approached Lester's door while he was picking up his twin younger brother's from a friend's house, but went to the wrong address. On Tuesday, Lester was seen hobbling into the courthouse through a back door on his cane. Yarl miraculously made a fully recovery 10 weeks after the near-fatal incident- but he said mentally there is still a strain following the ordeal.

Uri Berliner, a business editor at NPR for 25 years, has offered a glimpse into how he believes NPR has gone from a respected information source to one that can't be trusted to honestly cover the news. In an essay for The Free Press , Berliner notes that while NPR has always had a liberal bent, the publication was not 'not knee-jerk, activist, or scolding' - something he says changed when Donald Trump entered the political arena. Berliner uncovers how NPR knowingly kept information from its audience during the 2016 and 2020 presidential elections, as well as the covid-19 pandemic, with editors desperate to quell stories that could in any way help Donald Trump candidacy and then presidency. 'Today, those who listen to NPR or read its coverage online find something different: the distilled worldview of a very small segment of the U.S. population,' Berliner writes. Berliner tracks the last days of the old NPR to 2011, when he says it still had a leftist tilt, but 'still bore bore a resemblance to America at large,' and an audience that described themselves as 26 percent conservative, 23 percent moderate and 37 percent liberal. But by 2023, only 11 percent of listeners described themselves as very or somewhat conservative, while 21 percent said they were 'middle of the road,' and 67 percent reported they were very or somewhat liberal. Berliner puts much of the blame for NPR's shift to the ultra left on former CEO John Lansing, who he says became a more visible figure after the 2020 killing of George Floyd by a police officer. The journalist explains: 'Floyd's murder, captured on video, changed both the conversation and the daily operations at NPR.'

You are a regular criminal who accepts arrest as a work danger, and presumably accepts a suspended ­sentence and an odd bit of community service in the same casual manner. We therefore feel obliged to commit you to the absolute minimum term for these offences.' 'Don't do it again,' he says.' Doesn't have the same ring to it somehow, does it? On Monday, Fletch could not be suspended for a five-stretch in Slade Prison, he'd be banned for two years, and sentenced to 120 hours of watering the hanging baskets on Muswell Hill Broadway, but he wouldn't be suspended for five months.

She's well-known as the tense figure who resigned from the Black Lives Matter group under a cloud of scandal. But BLM co-founder Patrisse Cullors went virtually unnoticed as she was seen patiently waiting at the deli counter for her sandwich at Calabasas' high-end supermarket Gelson's. Despite previously claiming she was forced to hire security and drivers for her own security, the activist, 40, is now living a low-key, comfortable life in Los Angeles. For the grocery shopping trip, Cullors, who was with her teenage son, was makeup-free and dressed down in a flashy pink Adidas poncho and Crocs.

Earl Fisher, a deaconservative of slaves, has filed a protest against a Tennessee bill that would prohibit the study of reparations for slave descendants. The petitions were signed in just two days. Senator Brent Taylor, a Republican representative from Shelby County and a sponsor of the bill, has stated that reparations should not be addressed at the local level. The bill will be up for a vote in the Tennessee House next week.

Dora Atim, Nike's running coach, is guiding a new generation of runners and Black trail runners through the Ultra Black Run Club, where marginalized people can feel safe and be seen. We've seen a surge in interest in run clubs this year. We're seeing top searches for 'Nike Run Club' and 'Nike Run Club 10k Run' on Google Trends, though we're not on TikTok FYP, so it's impossible to miss an increase in runners. Not only have run clubs aided in the development of new fitness habits, but many people have met life-long friends by joining them. There is clearly a growing interest in long runs, but what is it about run clubs that has suddenly appealed to us so much?And where did this surge in interest come from? To learn more, we spoke with the founder of Ultra Black Run Club, Atim Atim. POPSUGAR: Where do you think this surge of interest in run clubs has come from?

Oregon has learned a painful lesson after three years in which its streets became a pit full of open drug use, rocketing deadly overdoses, and rampant crime. And, hopefully, so has everyone else who believes that the best way to combat the threat of lethal drugs such as fentanyl and heroin is to decriminalise them. This week, Oregon governor Tina Kotek reversed major portions of a contentious 2021 bill as Measure 110, restitution of tough drugs, as well as court-ordered rehabilitation for offenders. Starting on September 1, drug use in the West Coast state will be punished by up to six months in jail. The U-turn brings an ominious conclusion to America's most radical drug policy, a supposedly humane and enlightened program of de-fanging the criminal justice system, which allows heroin users to enjoy their addiction in peace. It hasn't been anything less than complete disaster, as Suffice to say. Many Oregonians, and particularly residents of Portland's drug-battered city, are puzzled as to why it took them so long to accept defeat.

On the University of California, Berkeley campus, a man grabbing a woman, shaking her, then tossing her to the ground. www.edu.com SafeBears, a group of parents, raised funds for a two-week pilot scheme to recruit unarmed guards to watch over Cal-Berkley students from 6.30pm to 3 a.m. According to DailyMail.com, one of those guards saved the woman from her attacker and chased him away.'She's extremely fortunate.'

Sir Maejor Page, 35, also known as Tyree Conyers-Page, fraudulently used the funds from a BLM non-profit to buy tailored suits, rifles, and even a home in Toledo, Ohio, according to investigators. Investigators suspect he created the non-profit Black Lives Matter of Greater Atlanta but received personal gain. Page is charged with wire fraud and money laundering, and it is currently in trial in US District Court.