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After Floyd death, police face calls on screening recruits

Minneapolis, United States | AFP |  As he watched the video of George Floyd’s dying moments, martial arts instructor Andre Balian recognized the white police officer kneeling on the black man’s neck for nearly nine minutes. “There’s no perceivable way that he could not know what kind of damage he was …

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Thousands mourn George Floyd as accused officer appears in court

Houston, United States | AFP |  Thousands of mourners filed past George Floyd’s coffin Monday ahead of the African-American’s funeral in his native Houston as a court set bail at $1 million for the white officer charged with his murder in a case that has sparked once-in-a-generation protests against police brutality. …

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Rights leader says Floyd ‘changed the world’ as protests march on

Minneapolis, United States | AFP |  Hundreds of mourners joined an emotional memorial service in Minneapolis Thursday for George Floyd, the black man killed by police last week, as civil rights leader Al Sharpton vowed mass protests will continue until “we change the whole system of justice.” Largely peaceful demonstrations took …

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