Former Minneapolis Officer Derek Chauvin was convicted April 20 of murder and manslaughter for pinning George Floyd to the pavement with his knee on the Black man’s neck in a case that touched off worldwide protests, violence and a furious reexamination of racism and policing in the U.S. Chauvin, 45,Continue Reading
By Albert Thyrniang Shillong, June 13, 2020: The US is reeling under nationwide protests sparked off by the killing of George Floyd by a Minneapolis police officer who pinned the already handcuffed 46-year-old black man for 8 Minutes and 46 seconds on his neck. Viral videos of the ‘murder’ areContinue Reading
By M L Satyan Bengaluru, June 7, 2020: Handcuffed, face down, knee on his neck, no can came for help. He begged for water, he begged for mercy, he begged for his life, but he got no help. His body trembled, his nose bled, he lost control of his bladder.Continue Reading
By Suresh Mathew New Delhi, June 5, 2020: The Constitution of the United States of America starts with the words “We the people.” But George Floyd’s feeble voice “Please, please… I can’t breathe” as he was being crushed under the knees of Derek Chauvin, a fatty white police officer, changedContinue Reading
Texas, June 5, 2020: Pope Francis has called a bishop in the United States after the prelate joined a demonstration against racial discrimination to pray for George Floyd, an African-American killed by a policeman. Bishop Mark Seitz of the Diocese of El Paso, Texas, on June 3 told local newsContinue Reading
Washington, June 4, 2020: Miscreants have vandalized a statue of Mahatma Gandhi statue situated in a public park across from the Indian Embassy in Washington. The statue was defaced with graffiti during the ongoing protests over the killing of George Floyd, a 46-year-old African-American. The statue was spray painted withContinue Reading
Rome, June 3, 2020: In his greetings to the English-speaking faithful at the weekly General Audience on June 3, Pope Francis addressed the people of the United States, as protests continue throughout the nation. “I have witnessed with great concern the disturbing social unrest in your nation in these pastContinue Reading
Washington, D.C., June 2020: On May 30, protests in Chicago over the death of George Floyd turned vio, lent. As rioters targeted the city’s Magnificent Mile shopping district, shattering glass and raiding stores, they picked an unlikely target: A bookstore run by nuns. As the Daughters of St. Paul cleanedContinue Reading
By David Adams Geneva, June 1, 2020: The World Council of Churches (WCC) has rejected “the brutality of both violence and racial injustice” in relation to the recent killing of an African-American and subsequent unrest rocking the United States. “As part of our Christian understanding and our witness in theContinue Reading