MURIC’s reaction was made known in a statement on Saturday, by its Director and Founder, Professor Ishaq Akintola.
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The BLM protests were triggered by the murder of African American man, George Floyd.
As jurors delivered their verdict following three weeks of emotionally charged testimony in Minneapolis, that city was just one of many nationwide on a high state of alert.
The death of Floyd, a 46-year-old black man, in 2020 triggered a wave of demonstrations against racism and police violence in the US in the middle of the coronavirus pandemic.
Floyd died in May after Chauvin pinned him to the ground with his knee for nearly nine minutes as Floyd begged for his life
In one interaction Floyd tells officer Derek Chauvin that “you’re going to kill me, man,” to which Chauvin replies: “Then stop talking, stop yelling, it takes heck of a lot of oxygen to talk.”
The phrase is often used by far-right white nationalists and prompted a backlash from within the president’s own Republican Party.
Runsewe made the call during a memorial session held at the NCAC headquarters in Abuja on Wednesday in honour of the slain African-American
Nigeria’s leading labour and civil society organisations in a statement on Wednesday also expressed solidarity with the wave of protests spurred by the May 25 killing of 46-year-old US citizen, George Floyd.
In a letter to UN staff, Guterres said employees were free to engage in “personal expressions of solidarity or acts of peaceful civic engagement”.
The US Embassy in Abuja confirmed the development on its Twitter handle, backed by a photograph showing staff of the Mission kneeling down in the fashion of Chauvin
“New York City: We are lifting the curfew, effective immediately. Yesterday and last night we saw the very best of our city,” Mayor Bill de Blasio tweeted.
Their action was a tribute to George Floyd, an unarmed black man whose death in US police custody has triggered protests around the world
Minnesota Attorney General Keith Ellison has announced that charges against Derek Chauvin, a police officer involved in the fatal arrest, have been upgraded to second-degree murder, and that new charges have been filed against three other officers involved.
This is coming as protests continue over the death of George Floyd, an unarmed black man who died in police custody.
Black Lives Matter in London encouraged protesters to wear red at an afternoon rally in Hyde Park to “protest against the rights of black people being abused globally.”
Floyd, an unarmed black man, was killed in police custody in the United States.
It is a remarkable sign of respect from the retired boxer, who follows a number of celebrities to post their support.
This is coming hours after President Donald Trump vowed to deploy the military if unrest did not stop.
The Media Office said in a statement on Monday that the “prophecy on America has just come to pass” with the ongoing protests across at least 15 states over the killing of an African-American, George Floyd, by policemen.