'Disturbing': Andre Russell voices anger over cop pointing rubber-bullet gun at child
Cricket | Jun 02, 2020, 05:53 PM ISTAndre Russell has joined a list of athletes who have voiced their anger over the death of George Floyd in the US.
Andre Russell has joined a list of athletes who have voiced their anger over the death of George Floyd in the US.
Pogba took to Instagram to express his sadness over Floyd's death and revealed racism is prevalent everywhere.
In his essay, George Clooney called racism as the 'greatest pandemic' of the US, lamenting that there hasn't been a 'vaccine' for it even after 400 years.
Sammy took to social media and called out International Cricket Council (ICC) and other cricket boards to speak out on the matter as according to him, "injustice" like this happens all around the world.
Floyd Mayweather will handle costs for the funeral on June 9 in Floyd’s hometown of Houston, as well as other expenses.
Players used weekend games in Germany to reveal messages expressing solidarity with Floyd, a handcuffed black man who died in Minneapolis after a white police officer pressed a knee into his neck for several minutes after he stopped moving and pleading for air.
There is no place for hate and racism in the society, Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella has said, asserting that empathy and shared understanding are a start, but more needs to be done.
As angry protests against police brutality rage across America, sparking racial unrest eerily similar to the 1960s, Facebook employees funnelled into Twitter their rage against Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg's version of free speech and staged a 'virtual' walk-out for the first time in the company's history, on Monday.
President Donald Trump threatened on Monday to deploy the United States military unless states quickly halted the violent protests that have convulsed cities from coast to coast, speaking in the White House Rose Garden as tear gas canisters could be heard exploding just a block away.
The pair have also spoken out about Floyd's death on social media. On Saturday, Cabello wrote: "I've been trying to find the right words to say after I saw the video where George Floyd's life is being taken from him with impunity... I am so sorry to George Floyd's family and Ahmaud Arbery's family, And Breonna Taylor's family and to the countless other black families that have their children and parents being taken away from them."
A group of people on Monday morning blocked the Esplanade area in the heart of the city and set fire to an effigy of US President Donald Trump, in protest against last week's custodial killing of African-American man George Floyd
Manchester United forward Marcus Rashford took to Twitter to talk about George Floyd's death in America.
With protesters taking to the streets across the United States again Sunday, Jordan released a statement on George Floyd and the killings of black people at the hands of police.
George Floyd, the 46-year-old black man whose cold-blooded murder at the hands of a white police officer has sparked protests across the US, will be laid to rest in his hometown of Houston, following a public visitation in Minneapolis.
Tens of thousands of protesters took to the streets across America again Sunday, with peaceful demonstrations against police killings of black people overshadowed by unrest that quickly ravaged parts of cities from Pennsylvania to California.
Interstate 5 through downtown Seattle was closed Sunday afternoon because of George Floyd protest activity, the second day in arrow the main north-south freeway on the West Coast was shut down, and there was also widespread looting in Bellevue, Washington.
Borussia Dortmund youngster Jadon Sancho paid tribute to George Floyd as the side completed a 6-1 rout of Paderborn in the Bundesliga.
Borussia Monchengladbach forward Marcus Thuram paid tribute to George Floyd during the side's 4-1 win over Union Berlin.
"We need justice for George Floyd. We all witnessed his murder in broad daylight. We're broken and we're disgusted. We cannot normalise this pain," Beyonce said in the beginning of the video. She then asserted that it is important to stand up for each other in times of injustice.
Floyd, a black man, died last Monday in Minneapolis, Minnesota after a white police officer pressed his knee on his neck for more than eight minutes. Actor Kendrick Sampson went live via Instagram on Saturday to show his view of events, but he could also be seen on a CNN broadcast with viewers watching him get hit by a police baton on TV.
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