https://cdn1.img.sputniknews.com/img/07e4/09/0d/1080448436_0:10:1276:727_1200x675_80_0_0_9bcd1739e2b5e741d068968c75f9f4c2.png Sputnik International https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png Daria Bedenko. Sputnik International https://sputniknews.com/us/202009141080448465-video-of-police-officers-detaining-reporter-covering-protests-draws-backlash/ The arrest of KPCC radio and LAist reporter, Josie Huang, comes after two LA County Sheriff deputies were shot on Saturday in what was described by police as an “ambush shooting”. KPCC and LAist reporter Josie Huang, covering the arrest of one of the detainees taken into custody during a protest in Los Angeles, was pinned to the ground by police officers and subsequently arrested. The incident was caught on camera, with the video showing several officers handcuffing Huang, declaring that she had been detained for “interfering with a lawful arrest”, according to […]
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A scene from the original March on Washington, where Rev. Martin Luther King Jr., delivered his iconic “I Have A Dream Speech” in 1963. Demonstrators will again gather in Washington on Friday to call for racial justice and police reform. Warren K. Leffler/Library of Congress hide caption toggle caption Warren K. Leffler/Library of Congress A scene from the original March on Washington, where Rev. Martin Luther King Jr., delivered his iconic “I Have A Dream Speech” in 1963. Demonstrators will again gather in Washington on Friday to call for racial justice and police reform. Warren K. Leffler/Library of Congress Thousands of […]
https://cdn1.img.sputniknews.com/img/07e4/08/10/1080187409_0:0:3072:1729_1200x675_80_0_0_b9146185683ff88b2a81a42b7378d187.jpg Sputnik International https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png Sputnik https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png https://sputniknews.com/asia/202008161080187543-anti-government-rally-in-thailand-draws-over-10000-protesters—photos/ BANGKOK (Sputnik) – More than 10,000 people took to the streets in Bangkok on Sunday to protest against Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha’s government. “We have registered 10,250 participants”, a member of the Free Youth movement, a student-led organization behind the protest, said. © AFP 2020 / LILLIAN SUWANRUMPHA Anti-government protesters hold up signs during a rally at Democracy Monument in Bangkok on August 16, 2020. – Protesters gathered for a rally in Bangkok on August 16 against the government as tensions rose in the kingdom after the arrest of three activists leading the pro-democracy […]
Just over two months after it became the first American spacecraft to launch astronauts into space in nearly a decade, SpaceX’s Crew Dragon Endeavour is nearing the end of its historic flight in space. The vehicle and its two astronaut crew are departed from the International Space Station (ISS) on 1 August at 7:34 pm EDT (23:34 UTC) ahead of splashdown in the Gulf of Mexico on Sunday off the coast of Pensacola, Florida. This will mark the first splashdown carried out by a crewed American spacecraft and the first world-wide planned at sea landing of a crew mission since the […]
A Covid-19 emergency order from Florida’s Broward County seemingly mandating face coverings even at home has some Americans up in arms, but authorities – perhaps doing damage control – now say it applies only to guests. The emergency order mandating masks in the home applies only to guests over the age of 10, Office of Public Communications media liaison Lori Shepard told prepper blog The Prepared on Monday. She explained that “if you’re in your own home and you’re with your family… the county is not asking you wear a mask.” “If somebody comes into your house and they’re not a […]
https://cdn1.img.sputniknews.com/img/105319/88/1053198864_0:193:2736:1732_1200x675_80_0_0_966bc657ca3d55435d782b1ac434c243.jpg Sputnik International https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png Sputnik https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png https://sputniknews.com/viral/202007051079802090-rapper-diddy-draws-online-ire-for-backing-nation-of-islam-leaders-trust-white-folks-no-more-rant/ Louis Farrakhan is a known for his controversial statements on homosexuality and Jews, while the Nation of Islam, his organisation, has been described as “black supremacist”, “black nationalist” and a “hate group” by the Southern Poverty Law Center. Social media users lambasted rapper Puff Daddy, known by his numerous stage names, for supporting Louis Farrakhan, the 87-year-old bow tie-wearing leader of the Nation of Islam. The Grammy-winning artist posted video promoting Farrakhan’s message, aired on Revolt TV on 4 July, Independence Day in the United States. During his message, Farrakhan criticised Donald Trump for […]
The scenes of thousands of people marching in Chicago in a joint Pride and Black Lives Matter parade have raised some questions about double standards in reporting and enforcing social distancing rules amid Covid-19 pandemic. Even though officially Chicago’s annual Pride Parade has been canceled due to Covid-19 concerns, massive crowds nevertheless gathered on Sunday in the Lakeview neighborhood and marched Uptown to “reclaim Pride.” Aerial footage of the packed event has drawn much criticism from those opposing the harsh lockdown measures, and the apparent double standards in enforcing them. Local authorities and mainstream media were blasted for closing their eyes […]
Microsoft’s Bitcoin-based decentralized identity tool, ION, went live with a beta version on mainnet Wednesday, as one of many efforts by members of the Decentralized Identity Foundation (DIF) to fast-track tools anyone can use for COVID-19 crisis response programs. Microsoft and ConsenSys’s uPort project are both leading DIF members. Separately, Microsoft is also collaborating with the bitcoin startup Casa to create a user-friendly interface for managing multiple digital identities. “We’re excited to help ION take full advantage of technology like Bitcoin to vastly improve authentication, security and privacy on the internet,” Casa CEO Nick Neuman said in a press release. “We […]
The development comes as protests against police brutality and racial discrimination continue in the United States and across the world. Thousands of mourners paid homage to George Floyd who was buried in Pearland, Texas next to his mother. The BBC made an embarrassing mistake during its live broadcast of the funeral of George Floyd, an African American man, whose death in police custody sparked the biggest protests against racism in the United States since the killing of Martin Luther King in 1968. In a segment where it spoke about Floyd’s sports career it showed the photo of another man – George […]
Demonstrators protesting the death of George Floyd hold up placards near the White House on June 1 in Washington, D.C. Mandel Ngan/AFP via Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Mandel Ngan/AFP via Getty Images Demonstrators protesting the death of George Floyd hold up placards near the White House on June 1 in Washington, D.C. Mandel Ngan/AFP via Getty Images As protests demanding racial justice have multiplied since the death of George Floyd in Minneapolis police custody last week, the spirit of reckoning has also spread across America, including within the music industry. One initiative seeks to redress the historic inequities of […]