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George Floyd death: What US police officers think of protests By Boer Deng & Jessica Lussenhop BBC News, Washington 26 June 2020 Share this with Facebook Share this with Messenger Share this with Twitter Share this with Email Share Related TopicsGeorge Floyd death Image copyrightGETTY IMAGES Image caption Police stand in Washington DC, with a 'Black Lives Matter' sign in the background When massive protests against police brutality broke out across the US in May 2020, Charles Billups was not at all surprised. A black policeman in New York for decades before his retirement, the former officer, 60, tells the BBC: "It's the chickens coming home to roost". "This is something that's been mustering for a while," says Mr Billups. Not for the first time has anger against law enforcement in America spilt out into demands for change - national attempts to reform the country's patchwork of nearly 18,000 police departments have periodical...

US House passes sweeping police reform bill amid protests Trump threatens a veto as civil rights groups and police unions square-off over changing rules for use of force. by William Roberts  26 Jun 2020 US House passes sweeping police reform bill amid protests House Democrats spaced for social distancing rally for police reform on the steps of the US Capitol in Washington, DC on Thursday ahead of a vote on the George Floyd Justice in Policing Act of 2020 [AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster]  MORE ON UNITED STATES Trump aide: concerns over occupied West Bank annexation overblown 4 days ago Indians worried as Trump visa order separates them from families 4 days ago Trump backtracks on meeting with Venezuela's Maduro 6 days ago US police reforms: NY unions say officers used for political gain last week Responding to the anti-police protests that have swept the United States, the US House of Representatives has passed ambitious and far-reaching legislation on police reform. ...

Live Blog: Protesters Gather in Downtown San Diego Saturday Night After San Diego Police Officers Shoot Hispanic Man Sunday, June 28, 2020 By KPBS Staff Protesters gather in downtown San Diego June 27, 2020 after San Diego police ... PHOTO BY MATTHEW BOWLER Above: Protesters gather in downtown San Diego June 27, 2020 after San Diego police officers shot a man, June 27, 2020. Protesters Gather in Downtown San Diego Saturday Night After San Diego Police Officers Shoot Man — 12:23 a.m., Sunday, June 27, 2020 San Diego police officers shot a 25-year-old man in downtown San Diego on Saturday evening. Shortly after, more than a hundred protesters gathered at the corner of A Street and Sixth Avenue, many of them calling for accountability and transparency about the shooting. The San Diego Police Department wrote in a tweet that two officers fired their weapons, and that the man was struck and taken to a local hospital. Police then tweeted a photo of a gun, which they say w...

Antifa, Boogaloo boys, white nationalists: Which extremists showed up to the US Black Lives Matter protests? By Emily Olson A crowd of people wearing black shirts and pants walks down a street shouting. It's been almost a month since US protests were sparked by the death of George Floyd but who is showing up to demonstrate?(Reuters: Erin Scott) Share US President Donald Trump suggested that a left-leaning team of anarchists was organising the messy unrest around George Floyd's killing. His critics said right-wing groups were inciting violence. Meanwhile, local officials kept it politically neutral, blaming "outside agitators" for looting and vandalising their cities. Four weeks after Floyd was killed, we're only just starting to get a clear picture of the extent to which these claims were true. Who is protesting? Peaceful protesters, both in-person and online, far, far outnumber any bad actors. According to one estimate by the Washington Post...

Trump Seems Resigned Biden Will Win: ‘He’s Going to Be Your President’ ‘PEOPLE DON’T LOVE ME’ The remark comes after Trump told an Arizona reporter that Biden “will complete” the border wall. Justin Baragona Contributing Editor Updated Jun. 26, 2020 10:18AM ET / Published Jun. 25, 2020 11:12PM ET  Fox News For the second time this week, President Donald Trump appeared almost resigned to the idea that former Vice President Joe Biden will beat him in November, telling Fox News’ Sean Hannity that Biden “is going to be president because some people don’t love me.” During a town hall in key swing state Wisconsin, Trump fell back on his well-worn attack lines against his Democratic opponent, painting Biden as too old and suffering from cognitive decline. “Whenever he does talk, he can’t put two sentences together,” Trump exclaimed. “I don’t want to be nice or un-nice. The man can’t speak.” At the same time, the president seemed to acknowledge current polli...