New claims have surfaced that George Floyd and Derek Chauvin had historic tension, with the cop "afraid and intimidated" by black people.
George Floyd and the main cop charged with his murder had tension when they worked together, a former colleague claims.
David Pinney, who worked with the men at El Nuevo Rodeo, told CBS News that Derek Chauvin an Floyd "bumped heads".
The latest revelations come as a corrections officer and a FedEx employee filmed mocking Mr Floyd's killing in a counter-protest to a Black Lives Matter march have been suspended from their jobs.
In the video, which was shared widely on social media, protesters march along a street in New Jersey chanting “George Floyd!” and “Black Lives Matter!”
As they pass a property, three men can be seen in the driveway. One kneels on the neck of another, re-enacting the death of Mr Floyd, 46, at the hands of Minneapolis police officer Chauvin, as they shout at the protesters.
The New Jersey Department of Corrections said in a statement on Tuesday one of its officers was involved in the video and had been suspended. FedEx issued a similar statement.
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In a sign that things have become way less heated in the US, protesters are settling in for a movie night in the street in Seattle.
After taking over City Hall and marching back to Capital Hill, the group has set up to watch the documentary 13th.
The documentary is directed by Ava DuVernay and explores the history of racial inequality in the United States, focusing on the nation's criminal justice system.
They have even set up considerate smoking areas.
A former colleague who worked with George Floyd and Derek Chauvin, the cop who kneeled on his neck, said the pair had tension.
Coworker David Pinney, who worked with the men at El Nuevo Rodeo, told CBS News that the two "bumped heads".
"It has a lot to do with Derek being extremely aggressive within the club with some of the patrons, which was an issue," he said.
Floyd worked as a security guard inside, and Chauvin worked off-duty outside.
Chauvin has been charged with second-degree murder over Floyd's death.
Mr Pinney said the pair definitely knew each other.
Maya Santamaria, the club's former owner, previously told KSTP-TV that Floyd and Chauvin had worked the same nights at the venue, but she was unsure if they knew each other.
She said Chauvin "had a real short fuse and he seemed afraid".
"When there was an altercation he always resorted to pulling out his mace and pepper spraying everybody right away, even if I felt it was unwarranted," she said.
Santamarina told CBS News she thought Chauvin "was afraid and intimidated" by black people.
The Floyd family believe what happened on May 25 was in part personal.
Their lawyer has called for Chauvin to be charged with first-degree murder because they "believe he knew who George Floyd was".
National Guard troops sent to Washington protests have tested positive for coronavirus.
They were among 1300 DC National Guard members sent to the US capital tp help police responding to protests over George Floyd's death.
Officials have not confirmed how many have tested positive.
White House Coronavirus Task Force members warned governors of a possible spike in infections after the protests.
Two members of the Nebraska National Guard who were sent to Lincoln also tested positive.
Most were not wearing masks and it was largely impossible to maintain social distancing during the demonstrations.
New York police have released footage showing more than a dozen suspected looters breaking into department store Macy's.
The suspects can be seen gathering near the entrance of the store in Herald Square last week amid widespread protest mayhem in Manhattan.
The footage shows two men smashing a glass door with a hammer and a wooden baseball bat about 9.40pm last Monday.
Others can be seen prying open one of two revolving doors with their bare hands.
Police said the thieves made off with about $10,000 in merchandise.
Police released photos of 15 suspects.
One of them appears to be holding new handbags.
Another man was carrying a large black garbage bag.
In today's book burning news…
The BBC has yanked Little Britain over old blackface skits, the long-running TV shop Cops has been cancelled, and HBO Max has removed the 1939 classic Gone With the Wind from its platform.
Protesters in Richmond, Virginia, have torn down a statue of explorer Christopher Columbus.
The statue in Byrd Park was reportedly set on fire before being dragged into a lake. That'll teach him.
A corrections officer who participated in a counter-protest to a Black Lives Matter demonstration in New Jersey in which people reenacted the death of George Floyd was suspended after the video was widely shared on social media.
In the video, protesters march along a street Monday in Franklin Township, Gloucester County, chanting “George Floyd!” and “Black Lives Matter!”
The video shows they are being escorted by local police.
They pass a private property filled with firewood for sale.
Video filmed by someone marching shows a man kneeling on the neck of another man shouting unintelligibly back at protesters.
Protesters shout back.
Two more men are standing nearby and one of them is filming on a cellphone.
The group is standing on the roadside in front of a pickup truck outfitted with an American flag and a Trump banner.
Several others are nearby. An “All Lives Matter” sign is also hanging.
Another truck shows the “thin blue line” flag, meant to show support for law enforcement workers.
The video has garnered tens of thousands of views and shares on social media.
The New Jersey Department of Corrections put out a statement Tuesday afternoon that said they were made aware that one of its officers participated in the filming of a “hateful and disappointing video that mocked the killing of George Floyd.”
“The individual has been suspended from their post and banned from NJDOC facilities pending a thorough and expedited investigation,” the statement said.
It’s unknown which of the people in the video works for the Department.
Another person in the video is a FedEx employee, who has since been suspended, the company said in a statement.
A statement from Police Chief Brian Zimmer and Mayor John Bruno said they were “appalled and saddened by the revolting actions of certain individuals.”
NBC10 reported they called multiple phone numbers listed for the property where the counter-protesters were, but has not received a response.
AP
A community activist who worked with California police as a racial bias trainer was left with a ruptured testicle after being shot with a rubber bullet at a protest outside San Jose City Hall last month.
Derrick Sanderlin, 27, was standing away from officers holding his sign when he was shot for refusing to move out of the way.
"I stepped into the line of fire, and a couple of cops said, 'Move.' I said, with my hands up, 'I can't do that. Please don't do this,'" he told The Mercury News.
"Another cop came up behind them, pointed directly at me, and said, 'Move.' He fired off a rubber bullet, and I realised he wasn't aiming for my chest. I was hit directly in the groin."
Mr Sanderlin required surgery to repair the damage, and was told by the doctor there is a possibility he may be sterile. "He said they saved everything, but won’t know for sure until we try to have kids," he said.
Newly uncovered video appears to show police officers in Louisiana repeatedly punching and tasing a black man they were arresting shortly before he died in police custody.
Video on KSLA shows an April 5 altercation between Tommie Dale McGlothen, 44, and four police officers in the northern Louisiana city of Shreveport.
Mr McGlothen died April 6 at a local hospital, according to the coroner.
In the four-and-a-half minute video, which the station shot off of the cellphone of a person who the station said witnessed the altercation, officers can be seen wrestling with a man on the ground with at least one officer punching him repeatedly and another appearing to hit him with a baton.
A voice can be heard saying that the officers were using a Taser on the man.
The man can be seen kicking at police officers.
At one point police get the man to his feet with his hands appearing to be handcuffed behind him and he immediately falls or is pushed backward to the ground.
After getting him up again, they then walk him over to the police vehicle, push him against it and his head hits the hood.
The video comes at a time of nationwide furor over police treatment of black people.
According to Dr Todd Thoma, the Caddo Parish Coroner, police arrived at a Shreveport home April 5 after Mr McGlothen blocked a driveway and followed a homeowner into his house.
Police reported that Mr McGlothen was “mumbling incoherently” and “exhibiting signs of paranoia and emotional disturbance,” the coroner said in a news release Tuesday.
“Police officers used Tasers, mace and nightsticks to control McGlothen, who was agitated and combative and had fought with a homeowner,” according to the coroner.
According to the coroner, Mr McGlothen died of “excited delirium” but that his death possibly could have been prevented and that it should have been obvious “that he needed medical care.”
The coroner said Mr McGlothen was left in the back of a police vehicle for 48 minutes before it was discovered that he was unresponsive and not breathing.
“He was predominantly unsupervised during this entire period. After a violent confrontation with psychotic behavior, and being tased several times, a more thorough evaluation … would have been indicated,” the coroner said. “Although autopsy showed that Mr McGlothen suffered multiple blunt force injuries from both his confrontation with police and the citizens earlier in the day and that evening, no injuries were life-threatening or could be considered serious,” Dr Thoma said.
“Mr McGlothen had underlying heart disease and clearly was suffering from excited delirium. The combination of these factors caused his death.”
The city’s police chief, Ben Raymond, said in a news release Monday that the four officers involved had been placed on leave pending the results of an investigation, saying that “this is a matter of great concern to me.”
Mr Raymond said the police had conducted a thorough investigation into the incident and had sent the results to the district attorney’s office.
They also said state police are reviewing the case.
But the Caddo Parish District Attorney seemed to call into question the quality of the police’s investigation in a June 2 press release.
In it, James E. Stewart Sr. called for the public’s help in investigating two citizens who allegedly died while in police custody – Mr McGlothen as well as Wavey Austin who died on April 19.
“Both allegedly died while in the custody and/or control of the Shreveport Police,” the district attorney said.
“Upon our initial review of the files, we have found that they are missing reports, statements, downloads, and other vital information that is essential to conduct a thorough and complete review.”
Mr Stewart said the police department was being notified as to what more was needed and he asked for members of the public to bring forward any video or eyewitness accounts of the incidents.
During a city council meeting Tuesday, Shreveport Mayor Adrian Perkins said he had concerns about the case, including the officers’ use of force and their treatment of someone who might have been exhibiting signs of mental illness.
“Shreveport police officers are charged with serving and protecting all of our citizens, that includes those with mental illness,” he said.
“We’re responsible for those in our custody.”
He said more training would be given to first responders so they can detect “excited delirium” and other psychiatric conditions earlier and intervene.
Rebecca Santana, AP
New York state lawmakers have repealed a decades-old law that has kept law enforcement officers’ disciplinary records secret, spurred by the national uproar over the death of George Floyd.
The measure to make officers’ records and misconduct complaints public is among several police accountability bills racing through the state legislature.
The legislature on Monday passed other police accountability measures, banning police from using chokeholds, guaranteeing the right to record police activity and making it easier to file lawsuits against people making race-based 911 calls.
Others would provide all state troopers with body cameras and ensure that police officers provide medical and mental health attention to people in custody.
Many of those bills were first proposed years ago, but got new momentum after huge protests nationwide condemned police brutality following the death of Floyd.
Eliminating the law, known as Section 50-a, would make complaints against officers, as well as transcripts and final dispositions of disciplinary proceedings, public for the first time in decades.
Governor Andrew Cuomo, who has recently supported reforming the law, has said in the wake of the protests that he will sign the repeal.
Momentum for ending the secrecy law reached a crescendo in recent days as marchers filled streets in Brooklyn, Manhattan and elsewhere to rally against police abuses – amplifying the calls of reform advocates who spent years pushing for change in the wake of other high-profile police killings.
“This is no time for rejoicing,” said State Senator Kevin Parker, a Democrat representing parts of Brooklyn.
“This bill has been around for over a decade. And the only reason why we’re bringing it to the floor now because the nation is burning.”
Marina Villeneuve, Michael R. Sisak and Jim Mustian, AP
A young girl, no older than ten, trudges barefoot down the side of the road, her sister slung over her shoulder. Then a shocked passerby stops her.
Australia is spending billions on defence upgrades as it contests a regional “arms race”.
Donald Trump’s Macca’s stunt has divided commentators, but Piers Morgan has praised it as “the best I’ve ever seen”.