Headlines for June 5, 2020
by mail@democracynow.org (Democracy Now!) from Democracy Now! on (#54BVH)
- George Floyd Honored at Memorial with Rallying Cry: "Get Your Knee Off Our Necks"
- Bail Set at $750,000 for Three Officers Charged with Aiding & Abetting George Floyd's Murder
- Killer Used Racist Slur as Ahmaud Arbery Lay Dying, Investigator Testifies
- New York Judge Will Allow Protesters to Be Jailed for Over 24 Hours
- NYC Mayor Booed as 10,000 Honor George Floyd at Brooklyn Memorial Service
- Witnesses Say Vallejo, CA Man Killed by Police Was on His Knees with Hands Up
- Buffalo Police Assault Leaves 75-Year-Old Protester Hospitalized with Head Trauma
- Trump Builds a Wall Around the White House Amid Mass Protests
- AG William Barr Blames Antifa, Without Evidence, for Protest Violence
- Far-Right Extremists in Las Vegas Charged with Plotting Terror Attacks
- African American Senators Blast Rand Paul for Stalling Anti-Lynching Bill
- Press Freedom Groups Document Rampant Police Violence Against Journalists in Protests
- Philadelphia Inquirer Journalists Call in Sick to Protest Headline "Buildings Matter, Too"
- Global Confirmed Coronavirus Cases Top 6.6 Million as Brazil Records Record Daily Toll
- CDC Chief Warns Social Distancing Message "Isn't Resonating"
- Black Lives Matter Says Law Enforcement Seized Face Masks Bearing Protest Messages
- Trump Executive Order Waives Environmental Review for Infrastructure Projects
- Climate Change Likely Triggered Largest Oil Spill in Russia's Modern History
- U.N. Reports Thousands Killed with Impunity in Philippines "War on Drugs"
- Confederate Statue to Be Removed from Richmond, Virginia, After Protests