Tag: racism in US
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Derek Chauvin sentenced to 22.5 years in prison for George Floyd murder
A judge sentenced former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin to 22 years and six months in prison on Friday for the murder of George Floyd during an arrest in May 2020. Floyd’s murder galvanised a national protest movement against racism, reports Reuters. A jury found Chauvin guilty on April 20 of unintentional second-degree murder, third-degree murder,…
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Facebook employees stage walkout after ‘Mark Zuckerberg refuses to take action against Trump’s posts’
Facebook employees have walked away from their work-from-home desks and taken to Twitter to accuse Chief Executive Officer (CEO) Mark Zuckerberg of not taking a stand against United States (US) President Donald Trump’s hateful posts on social media. As per the details, Reuters observed dozens of tweets against Mark in what was a rare case…