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Culture Re-View: Europe three years on from the murder of George Floyd

25 May 2020: George Floyd is murdered by a US police officer

25/05/2023

USA

Memphis police disband unit that fatally beat Tyre Nichols

The death of black motorist Tyre Nichols in Memphis, Tennessee, three weeks ago has sparked a wave of protests across the US decrying police brutality.

29/01/2023

Culture news

Zut ! 400 'offensive' words face chop from French version of Scrabble

US toy maker Mattel wants to sweep clean the French version of Scrabble, one of the world's most popular word games. Hundreds of terms deemed sexist, racist or homophobic could be removed.

23/12/2022

France

Three French police officers convicted over death of black man in 2015

The officers were all found guilty of the manslaughter of Amadou Koumé.

20/09/2022

Culture news

World Book Day: War and Peace - What do Europeans read in a crisis?

The pandemic saw an uptick in disease-themed literature and critical theory, but what do we really want to read in hard times?

03/03/2022

USA

US police officer who claims she mistook gun for taser found guilty

Kim Potter, 49, killed Daunte Wright, 20, during the traffic stop in Minneapolis in April.

23/12/2021

USA

Chauvin pleads guilty to federal charge in Floyd’s death

Former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin pleaded guilty to a federal charge of violating George Floyd’s civil rights.

15/12/2021

Culture news

George Floyd biography announced for spring 2022

Robert Samiels and Toluse Olorunnipa will author "His Name Is George Floyd: One Man's Life and the Struggle for Racial Justice," covering Floyd’s life from his family history in the tobacco fields of North Carolina to his murder last year in Minneapolis by a white police officer.

11/11/2021

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George Floyd gold statue goes on display In NYC

George Floyd gold statue goes on display In NYC

01/10/2021

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Confederate statue taken down in Virginia

Confederate statue taken down in Virginia

08/09/2021

World

Sister of black man who died in police custody acquitted of defamation

The sister of a black French man who died in police custody in 2016, has been acquitted of defamation charges brought against her by police officers. Assa Traoré publicly named three policemen, accusing them of having crushed Adama Traore to death.

02/07/2021

World News

UN human rights chief says reparations needed for people facing racism

The report from Michelle Bachelet, the U.N. High Commissioner for Human Rights, offers a sweeping look at the roots of centuries of mistreatment faced by Africans and people of African descent, notably from the transatlantic slave trade.

28/06/2021

USA

Chauvin sentenced to 22.5 years for murder of George Floyd

Hours before the hearing, Judge Peter Cahill denied Chauvin's motion for a new trial, saying his attorney failed to prove abuses from the court

25/06/2021

USA

Derek Chauvin to be sentenced over George Floyd's murder

The former Minneapolis police officer faces up to 40 years in prison for his conviction of second-degree unintentional murder.

25/06/2021

World News

Europe divided on taking the knee during EURO 2020 football tournament

Some teams support kneeling, while others say the gesture has become "meaningless" in the fight to tackle racism.

11/06/2021

USA

Teen who recorded Floyd's arrest and murder wins Pulitzer nod

Darnella Frazier was cited “for courageously recording the murder of George Floyd, a video that spurred protests against police brutality, around the world" the Pulitzer Prizes said.

11/06/2021