The Minnesota police handbook states that officers trained on how to compress a detainee's neck without applying direct pressure to the airway can use a knee under its use-of-force policy. This is regarded as a non-deadly-force option. … [Read more...] about George Floyd death: Clashes across US as protesters demand justice
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Europe moves ahead with lockdown easing, but caution in Asia
"To all of the families & friends of those who have passed, I want to extend my heartfelt sympathy & love for everything that these great people stood for & represent. God be with you!" President Donald Trump tweeted on Thursday, as the US death toll reached 101,573. … [Read more...] about Europe moves ahead with lockdown easing, but caution in Asia
US braces for more protests over police killing of black man
It evoked memories of riots in Ferguson, Missouri in 2014 after a policeman shot dead an African American man suspected of robbery, and the case earlier the same year of New Yorker Eric Garner, who died after New York police put him in an illegal chokehold as they tried to detain him for selling cigarettes. … [Read more...] about US braces for more protests over police killing of black man
Pompeo says Trump to act on Chinese students
US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo listens as US President Donald Trump speaks on the novel coronavirus at an April 2020 press conference at the White House. (File photo: AFP/MANDEL NGAN) Trump earlier said that he will hold a press conference Friday about China amid soaring tensions between the two powers, including over the status of Hong Kong and the COVID-19 pandemic. … [Read more...] about Pompeo says Trump to act on Chinese students
