Derek Chauvin, a former Minneapolis police officer, who was charged in connection with the death of George Floyd, a black man, was released on Wednesday after posting a 1-million-dollar bond. “I can confirm Derek Chauvin is not in custody at Oak Park Heights at this time,” said Sarah Fitzgerald, a spokesperson for the Minneapolis Department … Read more
The last couple of weeks have been a baleful one for the united state of America. This is so as the once bastion of human freedom became the hotbed of political unrest and civil disobedience. The death of 46-year-old Floyd George further validated the social inequality and racial discrimination that have become ingrained in the … Read more
As the global community with well over 50 countries protest the gruesome murder of George Floyd by a Minneapolis Police officer, Nigerians in Diaspora Commission (NiDCOM) led by the Chairman and CEO, Hon Abike Dabiri-Erewa and the Director General, National Council for Arts and Culture led by Otunba Olusegun Runsewe have held a solidarity rally … Read more
The U.S President Donald Trump’s star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame has again been defaced amid the ”Black Lives Matter” protests. Protesters used black spray paint to completely desecrate the star. Someone also placed a plastic bag full of dog poop on top of the defaced star. Some crossed out Trump’s name, others drew … Read more
Friends, families, and concerned individuals gathered at a private memorial service in Minneapolis to honor George Floyd on Thursday. Thousands also streamed the memorial service online to salute and grieve George Floyd – the unarmed black man who died after a white police officer pinned him to the ground and pressed his knee on his … Read more
George Floyd Death, an autopsy on George Floyd conducted by the Hennepin County Medical Examiner’s Office states that Floyd tested positive for COVID-19. However, it did not cite COVID-19 as a factor in his death. Ekohotblog recalls that George Floyd, a 46-year-old black man who was killed after a white police officer knelt on his … Read more
The United States Embassy in Nigeria has admonished its citizens to refrain from visiting its consulate office at Walter Carrington Crescent in Victoria Island, Lagos. The embassy gave the admonition against the backdrop of a planned protest against the killing of George Floyd. Floyd, an African-American man, was killed on Monday by a Minneapolis … Read more
At least Mayors of 25 cities in the United States have imposed curfews as protests continue over the death of George Floyd. Floyd, an African-American man, was dastardly killed on Monday by the Minneapolis Police officers. In a viral footage of the incident, a white police officer was kneeling on the neck of the late … Read more
The wife of Derek Chauvin, the dismissed police officer who killed an unarmed blackman, George Floyd, in Minnesota has sought for divorce. Chauvin knelt on Floyd’s neck during his arrest despite repeated plea from him raise his knee from his neck as he was finding it difficult to breathe. Kellie Chauvin lawyer disclosed her plan … Read more
……Trump Threatens To Send Military Against Protesters Protests intensify over the death of George Floyd as protesters continue to rage in Minneapolis. Late Thursday night, cheering protesters broke into a Minneapolis police precinct station after the department abandoned it, setting it ablaze and igniting fireworks. A police spokesman confirmed late Thursday that staff had evacuated … Read more
48 hours after George Floyd’s Death at the hands of a police officer, protesters marched in the streets of at least three major US cities. In Minneapolis, where George Floyd was killed Monday, the second night of protests were marked by looting and buildings on fire as crowds of protesters clashed with police, who fired … Read more