Top UN human rights expert urges US to listen to demands of protestersNew video appears to show officer using chokehold on Manuel EllisJuneteenth 2020 will be infused with energy of anti-racist uprisingsThird Confederate statue torn down in VirginiaSign up to our First Thing newsletter 2.50pm BST Senate majority leader Mitch McConnell has confirmed the chamber will vote on senator Tim Scott’s police reform bill next week.The House will also vote on Democrats’ police reform bill next week, but McConnell has said that bill is a non-starter in the Senate. 2.46pm BST Senate Republicans are holding a press conference to unveil their police reform bill in response to the police killing of George Floyd.Senator Tim Scott, who led the group who crafted the bill, said Americans are too often asked to choose between supporting the police and supporting communities of color.A one-pager handed out to all of us socially distanced at the press conference. pic.twitter.com/VBwQSAxKqG Continue reading…
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