Thursday, March 28, 2024
ADVT 
International

Breonna Taylor decision reopens U.S. racial wound

Darpan News Desk The Canadian Press, 24 Sep, 2020 05:26 PM
  • Breonna Taylor decision reopens U.S. racial wound

America's streets are again pulsing with anger and frustration, this time over the deadly police shooting of 26-year-old Breonna Taylor.

Protesters flooded cities across the U.S. after a grand jury in Kentucky did not indict the officers who fired the fatal shots.

It's just one more eruption of unrest in a year marked by protests against how Black Americans are treated by police.

Taylor was killed in March in a hail of police bullets during a botched drug raid in Louisville, the centre of Wednesday's protest.

Of the three officers involved, only one faces any charges, and they are unrelated to Taylor's death.

Brett Hankison faces three counts of wanton endangerment for blindly firing his weapon into the homes of Taylor's neighbours.

MORE International ARTICLES

Pew poll finds Canada's view of U.S. at record low

Pew poll finds Canada's view of U.S. at record low
The finding tracks an identical trend among all 13 countries involved in the poll — record lows were also recorded in the U.K., France, Germany, Japan and Australia.

Pew poll finds Canada's view of U.S. at record low

Macy's plans smaller but camera-ready Thanksgiving parade

Macy's plans smaller but camera-ready Thanksgiving parade
Macy's similarly remade its traditional July Fourth fireworks show this year, swapping the big one-night spectacle for a series of smaller fireworks displays.

Macy's plans smaller but camera-ready Thanksgiving parade

Trump, DeVos raise school choice in appeal to vexed parents

Trump, DeVos raise school choice in appeal to vexed parents
For Trump, it’s seen as a potential lifeline to Black and Hispanic voters, who are more likely to support vouchers and other school choice options, polls have found.

Trump, DeVos raise school choice in appeal to vexed parents

Norad leaders call for 'layered defence'

Norad leaders call for 'layered defence'
Fesler and O'Shaughnessy say adversaries like Russia and China are increasingly well-positioned to exploit the "seams" that currently exist between North America's air, sea and missile defence systems and early warning networks.

Norad leaders call for 'layered defence'

Trump follows Biden to battleground Michigan

Trump follows Biden to battleground Michigan
Biden plans stiff tax penalties for companies that manufacture U.S.-bound products outside the country and a crackdown on those that use offshoring to avoid paying taxes at home.

Trump follows Biden to battleground Michigan

Biden in Michigan to talk Buy American

Biden in Michigan to talk Buy American
If elected, Biden said, he would impose stiff new tax penalties on companies that manufacture U.S.-bound products outside the country, create incentives for keeping jobs on U.S. soil and close what he called "Trump loopholes" that allow companies engaged in offshoring to avoid paying U.S. taxes.

Biden in Michigan to talk Buy American