Washington, DC – Protesters chanting “Black Lives Matter” and “George Floyd” converged on the United States capital on Saturday thronging the streets from the Capitol building to a barricaded White House and Lincoln Memorial, to protest the killing of a Black man in police custody, on the 12th day of nationwide protests.
Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA – Through tears, the mother of George Floyd’s six-year-old daughter, Gianna, made an emotional plea for the world to remember Floyd as a good father and good man, not just a name or a rallying cry.
“I wanted everybody to know that this is what those officers took from me,” Roxie Washington said, Gianna standing by her side.
Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA – A semi-truck drove by means of a crowd of hundreds protesters who have been marching down a freeway in Minneapolis, Minnesota, on Sunday, witnesses informed Al Jazeera.
Reside video of incident confirmed demonstrators rallying in opposition to the demise of George Floyd – an unarmed Black man who died on Monday after a white police officer knelt on his neck – working because the truck appeared to cost them. The truck then got here to a cease, and protesters start to assemble round it.
University of Kentucky Board of Trustees Chairman Robert Vance apprised UK employees and students this week of plans to extend President Eli Capilouto’s contract and of Capilouto’s request that his annual pay be reduced by 10 percent in the coming year. Capilouto became UK’s 12th president July 1, 2011.
Vance’s email message to campus is below:
Dear Campus Community,
On behalf of our Board of Trustees, please know how appreciative we are of the incredible work and sacrifices you are making on behalf of our University and the state we serve together.
Students in Nigerian universities have stories to tell, but hardly anyone to tell them to. For our new weekly series, Aluta and Chill, we are putting the spotlight on these students and their various campus experiences.
