The latest on protests against racism and police brutality around the world.
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Police to investigate hanging death of California black man
The 24-year-old’s death was originally described as an apparent suicide, prompting outrage in the community.
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Texas prosecutors probe irregularities in 2004 Floyd arrest
They are re-examining a scandal-ridden former Houston police officer’s arrest of George Floyd on a minor drug charge.
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Trump delays Tulsa rally amid criticism over Juneteenth date
The president said African American supporters asked him not to hold the event on June 19, the observance of the end of slavery in the United States.
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Fox News removes altered photos of Seattle protest zone
The website featured at least two photos that inserted an image of a man standing with a military-style rifle.
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Body camera video could offer more detail in Floyd encounter
Minneapolis Police spokesman John Elder said he was told that all four officers had their body cameras on, which is department policy.
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Protests in Trump country test his hold in rural white areas
Hundreds of protests over black injustice have cropped up in small cities across the upper Midwest and Rust Belt, many with their own lingering current of white supremacy and racial unrest.
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More global protests emerge over racism, police actions
Far-right activists scuffle with police and other protesters in London and Paris as more demonstrations unfold across Europe in support of Black Lives Matter.
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Mississippi faces reckoning on Confederate emblem in flag
White supremacists embedded the rebel-flag symbol within the Mississippi state flag more than 125 years ago.
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Atlanta police chief resigns after law enforcement fatally shoots black man
A video of the shooting of 27-year-old Rayshard Brooks quickly went viral, prompting more protests against racism and police violence in a city beleaguered by weeks of demonstrations and clashes.