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Daily thread for news/updates/discussion of George Floyd protests - June 3
This thread is posted daily - please try to post relevant content in here, such as news, updates, opinion articles, etc. Especially significant updates may warrant a separate topic, but most...
This thread is posted daily - please try to post relevant content in here, such as news, updates, opinion articles, etc. Especially significant updates may warrant a separate topic, but most should be posted here.
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Daily thread for news/updates/discussion of George Floyd protests - June 1
This thread is posted daily - please try to post relevant news and updates in here, unless it's especially significant.
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Daily thread for news/updates/discussion of George Floyd protests - June 2
This thread is posted daily - please try to post relevant news and updates in here, unless it's especially significant.
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Colorado Democrats unveil sweeping police accountability bill in response to George Floyd’s death
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Protests over death of George Floyd disrupt Minneapolis, and beyond
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Thousands in New Zealand protest against George Floyd killing
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Donald Trump says the USA will label Antifa as a terror organization amid unrest
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Flint, MI police join protestors marching for George Floyd
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Police across the USA respond to protests with violence
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Killer Mike addresses the people of Atlanta
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Police chiefs in Dallas and Atlanta walked their cities' streets and talked directly with protesters, as demonstrations broke out over the death of George Floyd
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A Black CNN reporter and his crew were arrested live on air at the Minneapolis protests
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"Robodebt" class action to continue, despite the Australian government waiving outstanding debts and promising to repay anybody who paid an unsound debt
Yesterday, the Australian government announced it will pay back $721m as it scraps Robodebt for Centrelink welfare recipients. But the class action lodged against the robodebt scheme will...
Yesterday, the Australian government announced it will pay back $721m as it scraps Robodebt for Centrelink welfare recipients.
But the class action lodged against the robodebt scheme will continue, because "the Government still needs to answer to claims of compensation and claims of damages and inconvenience and distress that this system has caused".
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Minneapolis ex-officer who knelt on George Floyd's neck is in custody and faces charges of third-degree murder and manslaughter
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Ottawa man shocked to find moose in swimming pool
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Australia's High Court decides 'Palace letters' written during the Whitlam dismissal can be accessed by historian Jenny Hocking
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Brazil’s Jair Bolsonaro could soon be toppled, analysts say, as coronavirus cases surge
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News Corp has announced a massive shakeup of its publishing businesses, moving almost all its community and regional newspaper titles to a digital-only format
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Victoria did not consult the Australian Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade before signing a controversial infrastructure deal with the Chinese government last year
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Australian Federal Police will not lay charges against Annika Smethurst over publishing of classified intelligence documents
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US DOJ urges High Court to shield companies from slave labor suits citing 230 year old tort statute
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White woman who called police on a black man bird-watching in New York's Central Park has been fired
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Chinese foreign minister warns US against taking the countries ‘to the brink of a new Cold War’
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Brazil's Supreme Court releases video of Bolsonaro discussing replacing security officials
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Norway terror attack – prosecutors demand twenty-one year jail sentence for mosque shooting
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Man who filmed Ahmaud Arbery video charged with murder
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Colombia's FARC rebels agreed to peace — but they're still being killed: “The peace process is just a facade.”
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America’s largest media labor union launches historic advocacy campaign to save industry: "having robust news operations at the local and state level is fundamentally good for democratic stability."
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Venezuela alleges proof of Juan Guaidó's involvement in foiled coup plot, a legal invoice regarding past due payment to Silvercorp USA
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Hundreds of thousands of Australians affected by the government’s robodebt scheme will receive notices from Centrelink about an upcoming class action under orders from the federal court
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At first, the disappearance of the wife of one of Norway's richest people seemed to be an abduction – but then suspicion turned on the husband
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American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) sues Betsy DeVos over “reprehensible” new sexual assault rules
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Two suspects charged with murder in Ahmaud Arbery killing
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US Appeals court rules against Donald Trump on Emoluments Clause
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Some Good News with John Krasinski Ep. 7
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Leaders warn Brazil could be at risk of food shortages and economic disorder as COVID intensifies
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Legal survey finds that US police are granted immunity at a high rate in use of force cases
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Norway mosque attack and murder trial begins in Oslo
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Philippines largest TV network ABS-CBN ordered shut
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Announcement of the 2020 Pulitzer Prize winners
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Some Good News with John Krasinski Ep. 6
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Protesters, some armed, enter Michigan Capitol in rally against COVID-19 limits
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Pakistani journalist living in exile in Sweden who had been missing since March has been found dead, police have said
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Motorhome lockdown: An Post deliver for a YouTube couple stuck in a Cork lay-by
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Russia's ambassador to Denmark has accused Washington of provoking confrontation in the Arctic in order to achieve dominance in the region
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Some Good News with John Krasinski Ep. 5
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Postman delivers 'somewhere in Sheffield' parcel
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Immigration to US to be suspended amid pandemic, Trump says
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Greenland wary of US plans for aid projects in its territory – politicians say expected announcement of $12m must not have conditions attached
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