Bronx Zoo apologizes for racist past – including caging man

The organization that runs New York’s Bronx Zoo has issued an apology over its racist past, including when it caged an African man in the monkey house.  The apology came Wednesday after the Wildlife Conservation Society, or WCS, had begun digging into the zoo’s past for an upcoming 125th anniversary, and in light of George … Read more

PC Andrew Harper’s mother blasts £18.99 ‘blue lives murder’ T-shirts sold on Amazon

PC Andrew Harper’s mother blasts £18.99 ‘blue lives murder’ T-shirts sold on Amazon after her hero son was killed in the line of duty by traveller trio Deborah Adlam started a petition to stop Amazon from selling the shirts   Her son was killed in the line of duty by being dragged underneath a car  Same … Read more

Trump refuses to remove federal law enforcement from Portland

President Donald Trump has ordered the deployment of 175 additional federal law enforcement officers into cities that have featured clashes between protesters and police. Trump confirmed the dispatch of federal police Monday as he defended the decision to deploy federal law enforcement inside Portland despite howls from local officials – while vowing to rein in … Read more

Police issue new pictures of eight Colston statute protestors

Police issue new pictures of eight of the 10 protestors they are still hunting over the toppling of Edward Colston’s statue in Bristol Bronze figure of the 17th century slave trader pulled down on June 7 before being dumped in Bristol Harbour  Incident was the centrepiece of the most dramatic UK protests following the killing … Read more

Black Lives Matter activists protest across the world including in London, France and Germany

Hundreds of Black Lives Matter activists protest on London’s Oxford Street as other gatherings take place in France and Germany two months after George Floyd’s death Black Lives Matter protests took place in central London on Sunday afternoon Together with a pro-Palestine movement, the activists blocked up Oxford Circus Protests also took place in France … Read more

Radio 1 DJ Clara Amfo ‘lined up for Strictly Come Dancing stint’

She moved people after disclosing her mental health struggles in a powerful anti-racism speech in the wake of George Floyd‘s death. And weeks after her emotional words, Clara Amfo is reportedly being lined-up for a stint on Strictly Come Dancing. The BBC Radio 1 presenter, 36, is said to have impressed with her coverage on … Read more

Miss Swimsuit UK, 23, is stripped of her title after she posted ‘All Lives Matter’

Miss Swimsuit UK, 23, is stripped of her title after she posted ‘All Lives Matter’ in Facebook post and questioned whether George Floyd was innocent Miss Swimsuit UK 2019 was deleted from competition’s site after Facebook post  Jasmine Archer-Jones, 23, wrote in a now deleted post: ‘ALL lives matter’  She went on to state that … Read more

Donald Trump says ‘more white people’ being killed by police

President Donald Trump brushed off a question Tuesday about why more black people are dying at the hands of police, arguing ‘so are white people.’ Trump called the killing of George Floyd ‘terrible’ but bristled when CBS’ Catherine Herridge asked him why black people are ‘still dying at the hands of law enforcement in this country.’  ‘So … Read more

Madonna films her son David Banda, 14, doing another ‘spontaneous dance’

She’s taken to throwing dance parties with their children as they continue to quarantine amid the ongoing coronavirus pandemic. Madonna put the spotlight on her son David Banda, 14, on Sunday with a new ‘spontaneous dance’ he created in honor of the Black Lives Matter movement. The 61-year-old was ridiculed by some critics and social … Read more

Bon Jovi release charity single American Reckoning about George Floyd’s murder by police

Bon Jovi release charity single American Reckoning about George Floyd’s murder by police By Cassie Carpenter For Dailymail.com Published: 19:07 BST, 12 July 2020 | Updated: 19:07 BST, 12 July 2020 Grammy-winning rock band Bon Jovi released a new charity single called American Reckoning on Thursday. The song was directly inspired by the tragic killing … Read more

Crowds of Black Lives Matter protesters march on Marble Arch

Crowds of Black Lives Matter protesters march on Marble Arch in London six weeks after death of George Floyd in the US Hundreds of Black Lives Matter protesters marched in central London today   The protest started at Marble Arch at 2pm where a speech was given  Demonstrators then made their way through the city to … Read more

Labour boycotts Facebook for a month over race content

Labour boycotts Facebook for a month over failure to remove racist and conspiracy theory content after death of George Floyd Labour has imposed a month-long boycott on Facebook over hate speech row No advertising placed on the site in solidarity with Black Lives Matter protests  Sir Keir Starmer has ‘taken the knee’ to demonstrate support … Read more

Trump blames ‘sick’ officers who killed George Floyd and COVID for crisis facing his presidency

Donald Trump‘s advisers are reportedly trying to lift the spirits of the embattled president, who believes that he built a highly successful country only to have it battered by COVID-19 and the ‘sick, twisted’ officers who killed George Floyd. Sources speaking to The Washington Post painted a picture of a man seething with resentment about … Read more