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Protests Erupts In Minneapolis After Police Shot A Black Man

April 12, 2021 4:55 am

Protests have broken out in the US city of Minneapolis after a policeman fatally shot a young Black man very close to where George Floyd was killed sometime last year.

Hundreds of people, some visibly upset and one carrying a sign demanding ‘Justice for George Floyd‘, confronted police in riot gear on Sunday night, hours after the officer shot 20-year-old Daunte Wright in his car in the Minneapolis suburb of Brooklyn Center.

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Brooklyn Center police set off flash bangs and fired tear gas into the crowd of protesters who …

Third Black Lives Matter Protester Tests Positive For Coronavirus

June 19, 2020 4:00 pm

A third person who attended the Black Lives Matter protest in Melbourne has tested positive for the coronavirus.

There has been a spike of 18 new cases in Victoria, it was announced on Thursday, with just six in hotel quarantine.

It comes after the state confirmed on Wednesday it recorded 21 new cases in a single day.

A man in his 30s who attended the June 6 protest tested positive for the coronavirus last Thursday, with Victoria’s chief health officer Brett Sutton confirming on Monday a young woman who attended the demonstration was the second to test positive.

Victoria’s Health …

Premier League Approves Kneeling Protests, ‘Black Lives Matter’ On Shirts

June 13, 2020 4:27 pm

The Premier League will support players taking a knee before or during matches in protest against racial discrimination, while “Black Lives Matter” will replace player names on the back of shirts for the first 12 games of the league’s restart next week.

“The League supports the players’ wish to have their names replaced by Black Lives Matter on the back of their shirts for the first 12 matches of the restarted 2019/20 season,” the Premier League said in a statement on Friday.

“In addition, the League will support players who ‘take a knee’ before or during matches.”

Protests have erupted …

Black Lives Matter Protester Tests Positive For Coronavirus After Rally

June 11, 2020 3:04 pm

A Black Lives Matter demonstrator has tested positive for coronavirus after attending a rally in Melbourne with 10,000 other people.

He marched through the city on Saturday and developed Covid-19 symptoms 24 hours later, sparking fears of a second spike in infections.

Authorities fear the man in his 30s could have passed the disease onto others even if he did wear a mask to the rally.

Home Affairs Minister Peter Dutton said the case could be the start of a mass outbreak:

This realises our worst fears. Now

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Trump Promises ‘Vicious Dogs, Most Ominous Guns’ To WH Protesters

May 30, 2020 12:40 pm

In multiple tweets, U.S. President Donald Trump warned Black Lives Matter protesters that they face ‘the most vicious dogs’ and ‘the most ominous guns’ if they breach the White House fence.

He was reacting to the protest outside his official home on Friday night.

Demonstrators protesting yet another white police brutality, after the killing of Minneapolis resident, George Flyod, clashed with secret police outside White House.

Instead of Trump to sue for calm, he bragged about the counter-violence that awaited the protesters.