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06/04/2020 11:43am
Updated at 1:11 p.m. ET The Justice Department is holding a press conference Thursday amid nationwide protests over racial inequality and the death of George Floyd in Minneapolis. Floyd died after being pinned down at the neck by a police officer, prompting massive protests across the country. The now-fired officer, Derek Chauvin, has been charged with second-degree murder . Attorney General William Barr said that it is undeniable that many African Americans lack confidence in our American criminal justice system, adding, This must change. Watch the press conference live here . He called Thursday a day of mourning, referring to the memorial for Floyd scheduled for later in the day. Of video showing the police officers conduct when arresting Floyd, Barr said, It is impossible for any normal human being not to be struck to the heart with horror. Barr said the aftermath of Floyds death has produced a challenge to the rule of law in the form of lawlessness, violent rioting,
06/04/2020 10:55am
Top of The World our morning news round up written by editors at The World. Subscribe here . Former Defense Secretary Jim Mattis broke his silence Wednesday, denouncing President Donald Trumps call for a military response to the civil unrest gripping the US after the killing of George Floyd, an unarmed black man who died as a white police officer pressed a knee into his neck last week. Mattis, an influential retired Marine general who resigned over Trumps policy on Syria in 2018, accused the president of trying to divide the country. Donald Trump is the first president in my lifetime who does not try to unite the American people does not even pretend to try, Mattis wrote in The Atlantic . Only hours before Mattis comments were published, the current defense secretary, Mark T. Esper, also distanced himself from Trump , suggesting the use of the military to contain the protests was unnecessary at this time. In a day with several high profile figures speaking out, former
06/04/2020 10:39am
Updated at 12:45 p.m. ET Virginia will remove a statue honoring Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee in the city of Richmond as soon as possible, Gov. Ralph Northam announced Thursday. Today, were here to be honest about our past and talk about our future, Northam said, adding: We have to confront where weve been in order to shape where were going. The statue will be placed into storage, where it will remain until government leaders and the community can discuss its future, according to the governor. In Virginia, for more than 400 years, we have set high ideals about freedom and equality, Northam said, but we have fallen short of many of them. The statue will be removed from Richmonds Monument Avenue, which is lined with effigies of Confederate generals. Of all the monuments, Lees looms the largest and unlike the others, it is owned by the state, a six-story monument on a 100-foot island of land that the state also owns. YouTube Its up to the City of Richmond to decide what
06/04/2020 8:59am
Hong Kongs legislature has passed a bill making it a crime to poke fun at Chinas national anthem a move that puts new limits on anniversary events marking the Tiananmen Square massacre. Under the ban, it is illegal to alter the lyrics of the anthem, or to sing it in a distorted or disrespectful way. The Beijing-backed anthem bill was initially introduced in January 2019, but it wasnt approved until Thursday the 31st anniversary of the Tiananmen Square massacre in Beijing. Making parodies of the Chinese national anthem has been a popular mode of protest its now punishable by up to three years in prison and hefty fines. On the night of June 4, 1989, Chinas military killed untold numbers of civilians and students in Beijing who were protesting for democratic and economic reforms. Talking about that night is forbidden in China, but for three decades, Hong Kong activists have held a rally every year to commemorate the crackdowns victims until this year. The anniversary
06/04/2020 7:50am
Im Jim McKeown , welcome to Likely Stories, a weekly review of fiction, non-fiction, poetry, and biographies. A long time ago, I stumbled on an interesting story by a pair of Ph.D students who gathered up all their worldly belongings, and moved to Botswana to study African Lions and hyenas. The adventure drew me to them as I read the story of their lives in Africa. I still have that worn copy, and hardly a year goes by when I am rereading Mark & Delia Owens Cry of the Kalahari. I tracked down a signed,
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