Seen and Unseen review: George Floyd, Black Twitter and the fight for racial justice
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Nearly all the books I have read about the internet have deepened my fears about the net effect of social media on the health of our body politic. For example, I thought three facts from the congressman Ro Khanna’s re...
Pellet gun recovered after Toronto police shoot dead man ‘carrying rifle’
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Investigators have recovered a pellet gun from the scene where Toronto police shot and killed a man suspected of carrying a rifle, an incident that prompted five nearby schools to be placed under precautionary lockdow...
Under a nest: protected gulls roost on roof of Dorset police car
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You may think they have plenty of conventional spots – cliffs, islands, seaside rooftops, chimney pots – to nest on. But a pair of herring gulls have opted to construct their nest on the roof of a Dorset police car, t...
Toronto police fatally shoot man seen carrying rifle near elementary school
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Police in Toronto have shot and killed a man after he was spotted carrying a rifle near an elementary school, prompting an emergency lockdown for hundreds of students. Officers responded to reports of a man, described...
Biden signs police reform executive order on anniversary of George Floyd’s murder
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Joe Biden signed an executive order he promised would usher in the “most significant police reform in decades” on Wednesday, the second anniversary of the murder of George Floyd. With Congress deadlocked, Biden said h...
Met police faces legal action over ‘irrational’ handling of Partygate
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The Metropolitan police is facing legal action over the way it handled allegations of the prime minister breaking lockdown rules by attending parties in Downing Street, the Guardian has learned. The former Met police ...
Sending Aya Back: the Syrian teen facing deportation in Denmark – documentary
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Aya, a Syrian teenager in Denmark, is threatened with deportation to a place she cannot remember. Under a hostile immigration system, Denmark has begun trying to send back refugees from Damascus, claiming the city is ...
‘She represents me’: the black woman making political history in Colombia
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Mayra Fernanda Mejía, a black single mother and rural activist, never really felt that Colombia’s politicians cared about people like her – until now. She has been threatened with violence for speaking out against the...