Live
- Chanchalguda Jail Officials Say They Haven't Received Bail Papers Yet, Allu Arjun May Stay in Jail Tonight
- BJP leaders present evidence of illegal voters in Delhi, urge EC for swift action
- Exams will not be cancelled: BPSC chairman
- Nagesh Trophy: Karnataka, T.N win in Group A; Bihar, Rajasthan triumph in Group B
- YS Jagan condemns the arrest of Allu Arjun
- Economic and digital corridors to maritime connectivity, India and Italy building vision for future, says Italian Ambassador
- SMAT 2024: Patidar's heroics guide Madhya Pradesh to final after 13 years
- CCPA issues notices to 17 entities for violating direct selling rules
- Mamata expresses satisfaction over speedy conviction in minor girl rape-murder case
- Transparent Survey Process for Indiramma Housing Scheme Directed by District Collector
Barack Obama tells Americans to do soul searching
Highlights
The US President Barack Obama expressed deep frustration on Wednesday over recurring black deaths at the hands of police, rioters responding with senseless violence and a society that will only “feign concern” without addressing the root causes.
The US President Barack Obama expressed deep frustration on Wednesday over recurring black deaths at the hands of police, rioters responding with senseless violence and a society that will only “feign concern” without addressing the root causes.
A day after rioting erupted following the funeral for Freddie Gray, who died of a spinal cord injury after being arrested, Obama urged Americans to “do some soul-searching.” “This is not new. It’s been going on for decades,” Obama said from the White House, just 65 kilometres to the south of Baltimore.
“We have seen too many instances of what appears to be police officers interacting with individuals, primarily Afro-American, often poor, in ways that raise troubling questions. It comes up, it seems like, once a week now,” Obama said.
Curfew calms down Baltimore:
Riot police in the US city of Baltimore enforced a curfew into the early hours of Wednesday and called it a success. Many schools have reportedly also reopened. National Guards and officials manned security lines on the city’s streets that saw a widespread violence till late Tuesday.
Mom whacks teen son for rioting:
A mother, who was recorded hitting her 16-year-old son after she saw him throwing objects at Baltimore police, says when they made eye contact, he knew he was in trouble. “I’m a no-tolerant mother. Everybody knows I don’t play that,” Toya Graham, a single mother of six, said.
Next Story
ADVERTISEMENT
