George Floyd's uncertain legacy is marked five years on https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/05/25/world/society/george-floyd-legacy/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #worldnews #society #georgefloyd #us #race #discrimination #policebrutalityprotests #africanamericans #donaldtrump
Black Lives Matter was one of the largest protest movements in U.S. history — five years on, many to wonder if it blew its chance to win over the American public. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/05/25/world/society/george-floyd-protesters-moment/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #worldnews #society #georgefloyd #us #race #discrimination #policebrutalityprotests #africanamericans
A former Kentucky police officer was convicted in federal court Friday of a civil rights abuse in the killing of Breonna Taylor, whose death sparked police reform and racial justice protests across the United States in 2020. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2024/11/02/world/crime-legal/us-cop-conviction-breonna-taylor/ #worldnews #crimelegal #us #police #africanamericans #race #policebrutalityprotests #discrimination
