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CelebrityYahoo Celebrity UKAlison Hammond reveals how her mother's job protected her from racist bullies growing up
Alison Hammond has told how her mother's job protected her from racist bullies when she was growing up in Kingstanding, Birmingham.
NewsYahoo News UKGeorge Floyd murder trial to be broadcast on UK TV channel
The forthcoming trial of the Minneapolis police officers will air on Court TV.
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Police body cam footage shows fatal shooting in Pennsylvania
The Lancaster City Police Department has released body cam footage of a shooting that left 27-year-old Ricardo Munoz dead. The footage appears to show Munoz holding an object, said to be a knife by police, while charging at the officer before being shot. Protests were reported late Sunday evening in response to Munoz’s death.
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Crump pushes back on defense theory that George Floyd's death was caused by overdose
Speaking to supporters and the media, Ben Crump, attorney for the family of George Floyd, strongly disputed the defense theory that Floyd’s death was caused by a drug overdose. Crump said, “The only overdose that killed George Floyd was [an] overdose of excessive force and racism” by the Minneapolis Police Department.
CelebrityYahoo Celebrity UKJordan Banjo reveals online abuse as Ofcom complaints over Diversity's Black Lives Matter routine near 3000
Broadcasting regulator Ofcom has now received almost 3,000 official complaints about Diversity's dance inspired by the Black Lives Matter movement.
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Dingell: Law enforcement will be ‘wedge issue’ in 2020
Rep. Debbie Dingell, D-Mich., joins Yahoo News Editor in Chief Daniel Klaidman and Chief Investigative Correspondent Michael Isikoff to discuss what she sees as the most important issue for undecided voters in the 2020 presidential election: law enforcement. Dingell tells the "Skullduggery" hosts that she sees major divisions and concerns among her constituents when it comes to law enforcement and police reform, similar to the way trade issues played out in the 2016 election.
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What Rep. James Clyburn wishes he had said during DNC speech
After appearing on the first night of the Democratic National Convention, majority whip and longtime Democratic Party leader James Clyburn tells Yahoo News Editor in Chief Daniel Klaidman and Chief Investigative Correspondent Michael Isikoff what he would have said in his speech if he had had more time.
CelebrityYahoo Celebrity UKStormzy donates £500,000 to fund the education of disadvantaged students
Rapper Stormzy has donated £500,000 to the Black Heart Foundation to help fund the education of students from disadvantaged backgrounds
NewsPA Media: World News‘I’m not a bad guy’: George Floyd cries out in new body-cam footage
The footage was filed last week by an lawyer seeking to have charges dismissed against one of the police officers arrested of Mr Floyd's death.
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Protesters try to topple Andrew Jackson statue near White House
A large group of protesters gathered in Lafayette Square across from the White House on Monday night in an attempt to tear down a statue of former President Andrew Jackson, whose legacy has come under fire in recent years in part due to his involvement in the mass killings of Native Americans. However, protesters were unsuccessful in removing the statue and were stopped by members of the Secret Service and U.S. Park Police.
NewsYahoo Celebrity UKBeyoncé releases surprise single as she urges fans to support black-owned businesses
Beyoncé surprises fans with the unexpected release of single Black Parade with a message urging fans to support her campaign to help boost black-owned businesses
NewsPA Media: World NewsWashington DC protesters topple statue of Confederate general
Eyewitness accounts indicated that police were on the scene but did not intervene to stop the statue being set on fire.
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Young protesters take center stage in demonstrations against police killings of Black people
In response to the killing of George Floyd by Minneapolis police, young protesters have taken to the streets across the U.S. to demand justice and police reform. Yahoo News spoke to a few young protesters from around the country who ranged in age from five to 29 to document their perspectives on the movement to change how policing is done in America.
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Clyburn slams the use of MLK quotes as grounds for violence
Majority whip and longtime Democratic Party leader James Clyburn joins Yahoo News Editor in Chief Daniel Klaidman and Chief Investigative Correspondent Michael Isikoff to share his thoughts on viral, arguably misunderstood quotes from Martin Luther King Jr. that some have used to justify violence during George Floyd protests.
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Rep. James Clyburn: Mother Emanuel shooting ‘started a reexamination of what this country is and what this country could be’
Majority whip and longtime Democratic Party leader James Clyburn joins Yahoo News Editor in Chief Daniel Klaidman and Chief Investigative Correspondent Michael Isikoff to discuss the five-year anniversary of the Mother Emanuel AME church shooting that left nine people dead at the storied African-American house of worship.
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Rep. Clyburn: 'Defund the police' could be used against Democrats in November
Majority Whip and longtime Democratic Party leader James Clyburn joins Yahoo News Editor in Chief Daniel Klaidman and Chief Investigative Correspondent Michael Isikoff to discuss the use of "defund the police" as a rallying cry for protest against police brutality. Comparing the phrase to the 1960s protest slogan "burn, baby, burn," Rep. Clyburn tells the "Skullduggery" hosts that while he agrees with sentiment of defunding the police, "if you allow the soundbite to lead, then you are going to lose the argument."
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Rayshard Brooks: Understanding the fatal shooting by Atlanta police
On June 12, officers from the Atlanta Police Department responded to reports of a man sleeping in his car in a Wendy’s parking lot. There they found 27-year-old Rayshard Brooks, and after a sobriety test and brief struggle, Brooks was fatally shot by the officers. Yahoo News has assembled a timeline of the events — and those that followed — leading to a renewed push for police reform in Georgia.
NewsYahoo News UK'We stopped somebody being killed': Black Lives Matter hero protester carried white man to safety
Patrick Hutchinson lifted the white man over his shoulder and took him out of harm's way.
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Atlanta police chief resigns following fatal shooting of Rayshard Brooks
Atlanta Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms announced the resignation of Police Chief Erika Shields after Rayshard Brooks was killed by an Atlanta officer in a struggle following a field sobriety test.
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Fauci on George Floyd protests: 'I'm concerned' about the possible spread of the coronavirus
Dr. Anthony Fauci, director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, tells Yahoo News National Correspondent Alexander Nazaryan that he is concerned that the widespread George Floyd protests could lead to a rise in coronavirus cases. Fauci also explains the possible risks of reopening without the proper infrastructure in place.
NewsPA Media: World NewsTrump vows executive order on police use-of-force standards
The US president also boasted that authorities are 'dominating the street with compassion'.
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‘I can’t breathe’: Oklahoma City police release footage of moments leading to Derrick Ollie Scott’s Death
Oklahoma City police have released bodycam footage from May 2019 showing the moments before suspect Derrick Ollie Scott died in custody. In the video, Scott can be heard pleading to arresting officers, “I can’t breathe.” The release of the footage comes after pressure from the Oklahoma City chapter of Black Lives Matter to revisit the case. Despite the release of the footage, the Oklahoma City Police Department stands by its assessment that the officers involved committed no wrongdoing.
NewsYahoo News UKHow racist is the UK compared to other European countries?
One in three people of African descent in the EU had experienced racist harassment in the last five years.
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Philonise Floyd says he wants justice for his brother
In emotional testimony before the House Judiciary Committee on Wednesday, Philonise Floyd, the brother of George Floyd, said of his sibling’s death, “Justice has to be served. Those officers, they have to be convicted.” Floyd added, “His life mattered. All our lives matter. Black lives matter.”
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Christopher Columbus statues in 2 cities destroyed
Two statues of Christopher Columbus, one in Richmond, Va., and the other in Boston, were destroyed by protestors overnight. In Richmond, numerous videos of the incident show demonstrators pulling the statue down with ropes, lighting it ablaze and dragging it into a nearby lake. In Boston authorities are still seeking suspects who beheaded the statue. Christopher Columbus has traditionally been a celebrated figure in American history, but his record has come under fire in recent decades due to his violence against indigenous people. Ongoing protests for racial equality following the deaths of George Floyd and Breonna Taylor have included similar actions against statues of Confederate leaders in the United States and a prominent slave trader in the U.K.
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