George Floyd

Judge Peter A. Cahill read the jury decision with the jurors still off camera. Chauvin sat motionless. His bail was revoked and deputy sheriffs handcuffed him for a trip to the Hennepin County jail.

A 12-person jury is deciding the fate of the policeman who killed George Floyd, a death captured on digital video.

Tobin, a specialist in respiratory physiology with 40 years of experience, testified on Thursday that Chauvin kneeling on Floyd’s neck prevented air from getting through the hypopharynx.

The riveting trial of a police officer charged with the death of a black man by use of excessive force, seen in videos that shocked the world, has lessons for all democratic countries and its law enforcement agencies.

The stiff upper lip of Swiss banking has turned pale under American pressure. Charged with aiding American tax payers hide their income through private, numbered accounts, Zurich’s oldest private bank Rahn+Bodmer (R+B) has agreed to a $22 million settlement.

Recent custodial deaths show that despite the laws of arrest being stringent in India, there are few safeguards like abroad. An effective legal system, education and good pay could mitigate police violence

We know now after more than three years of Donald Trump’s presidency that his singular talent is a life-long ability to promote himself and his brand as a symbol of excellence. The 2016 campaign may have started as a marketing and promotional effort for Trump’s varied business interests, but repeatability of success in 2020 seems less likely each day as he faces multiple catastrophic situations in America.

Institutionalised police brutality is a fact of life in post-independence India. It is the rule rather than the exception and is condoned and even celebrated by the political class cutting across party lines as an effective tool of enforcing law and order and frightening citizens into compliance.

The protests which have erupted all over the US reflect the past when repressive legislation and overzealous policing were used against blacks. A show business president lacking empathy has only made matters worse