It is all about the senseless and meaningless death of George Floyd. He was a lone and helpless black man apparently killed by white cops in a peaceful arrest in a supposed non-violent crime. Most shockingly, it happened at a time when the world is supposed to be moving towards the general direction of tolerance, understanding, and equality. What happened is dreadful beyond imagination. George Floyd is black and he died due to methods that are perceived to have been deliberately inflicted by white police officers. Arrested for an alleged non-violent crime, he suffered a gruesome death. While Floyd’s and the cops' skin colors may have not have been a factor in the way they treated one another, the line being used by protested strongly surmise otherwise. He was lying on his belly, hands cuffed behind him, pinned by three white officers with one using his body weight and knee to pin his neck to the pavement. He was begging that the knee be released, that he cannot breathe, but...
This is a developing story. Please stay tuned for updates . Such a beautiful place now being threatened by violence. There's the Covid19 problem that's yet to be resolved. Please keep the peace by restraining yourselves from doing anything that will endanger more people. Here's what we know, so far: China's National People's Congress has authorized a committee to draft a national security law that will assert the country's sovereignty over the former British colony. Such a move caused fear and anger to the residents of Hong Kong, having been used to many decades of democratic rule starting when the British governed the territory. Despite immense danger posed by the Covid19 pandemic, protests happened and it is very likely that more will happen in the coming days. "Hong Kong and its dynamic, enterprising and free people have flourished for decades as a bastion of liberty, and this decision gives me no pleasure," Mike Pompeo,...