Post–civil rights era in African-American history

Tensions flare across America's prestigious university campuses as pro-Palestinian demonstrations intensify, sparking clashes with authorities and raising concerns about campus safety and freedom of expression.

In court this week, one of its organisers admitted fraud, after £30,000 in donations from Black Lives Matter supporters went missing

On the same day George Floyd was murdered by a police officer on a Minneapolis street - Memorial Day, 2020 - Christian Cooper was searching for songbirds in New York City's Central Park. Cooper, who is Black, would be vaulted to fame after a run-in with a white woman who called police and falsely claimed he was threatening her when he asked her to leash her dog.

At the climax of the protest, the number of participants in the peaceful march against violence against women in Sofia reached over 7-8 thousand. The crowd that started from the Courthouse completely filled the space around it, the St. Nedelya Square and parts of Vitosha Blvd. The police estimate the number of participants in the thousands.

Young rioters clashed with police late Saturday and early Sunday and targeted a mayor's home with a burning car as France faced a fifth night of unrest sparked by the police killing of a teenager, but overall violence appeared to lessen compared to previous nights.

Several hundred protesters marched Sunday in Akron, Ohio after the release of body camera footage that showed police fatally shooting a Black man with several dozen rounds of bullets.

Three former Minneapolis police officers were convicted Thursday of violating George Floyd's civil rights, as a federal jury rejected their arguments that inexperience, improper training or the distraction of shouting bystanders excused them from failing to prevent Floyd's killing.

The jury hearing the case against three former Minneapolis police officers charged with violating George Floyd's civil rights needs only to get instructions from the judge before starting deliberations Wednesday.

Prosecutors and defense attorneys spent a full day Tuesday in closing arguments that recapped a month of testimony and sought to sway the jury toward their view of the case.

Police in Canada moved on Feb. 18 to dislodge the final truckers and protesters from downtown Ottawa, in a mostly peaceful operation aimed at bringing an end to three weeks of demonstrations over Covid-19 health rules.

Ljubljana – Protesters against Covid pass mandate and other coronavirus-related restrictions gathered for the sixth consecutive rally in Ljubljana on Wednesday, urging an early election. The protest was addressed by the head of the Resni.ca (Truth) party Zoran Stevanović, who is considered one of the main initiators of the weekly rallies.