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George Floyd: How the USA's history has shaped today's police brutality

George Floyd's name is the latest in a long list of African Americans to die as a result of racism and police brutality throughout the history of the United States.

The BBC's Clive Myrie, who has reported from the US for nearly 25 years, looks at how a toxic mix of racism and bad policing has led to the most serious racial unrest in the US for many years.

4 June 2020

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The Glaswegian who spends Christmas in Antarctica

Big Zuu stands in a Christmas-decorated kitchen

Big Zuu takes on Christmas leftovers

Charles Cavey in his black, tubular bin with his arms, and guitar neck protruding from the side holes. The black bin has LITTER in gold writing on its side

Meet the man who busks from inside a litter bin

Character Jesse Chadwick dressed in a wedding suit hugs smiling wife Gail in the back of a car.

Watch: Helen Worth's final scene as Gail after 50 years

King Charles standing in the chapel decorated with Christmas trees and white lights.

Watch: King speaks of 'pride' at unity shown after riots

Space crew on ISS

Watch: ISS crew sends Christmas greetings from space

Science & Environment

A pork pie

Pork pie shop's unique creations for Christmas

Christmas Day hike

'Christmas Day hikes have been life-changing'

A black and white image of a popular 1950s television puppet called Hank the Cowboy

What London's children got for Christmas in 1952

Queen smiling into the camera in 1957.

Archive: Queen's first televised Christmas message

Soldier is looking at a screen.

Where is Santa right now? These people know

Pope Francis marked the start of the Jubilee year by opening the normally bricked-up Holy Door of St Peter's Basilica

Pope opens Holy Door to kick off special jubilee year

Kate Kinsella with Christmas decorations

What does London's weather have in store for Santa's visit?

Weather forecaster standing in front of map of UK showing temperatures for 15:00 on Christmas Day

Weather forecast for a cloudy and mild Christmas Day

Santa Cruz wharf collapses

Santa Cruz Wharf partially collapses due to pacific storm

Lucy Vladev eating mince pie

Are mince pies good for you?

Fireworks exploding during house fire; firefighters standing at the scene

Fireworks explode as US house burns down

Three young men stand around a Christmas tree in the yard of a farm. A brown and white goat is leaning over a fence eating the tree.

Social farming creates opportunities for people with additional needs

Northern Ireland

A woman smiling in a pub in 1962 with a glass of wine behind her.

Archive: People collect Christmas savings from pub

Beds, Herts & Bucks

Dee Montague-Coast

Endometriosis cost me my job

Watch: Falling drone injures boy during holiday show

Boy, 7, injured by falling drone during holiday show

The boy required open-heart surgery after he was hit in the chest by the drone in Orlando, Florida.

Split screen of pupil who saved classmate's life and cctv of a lunch hall and the boy performing the Heimlich manoeuvre

Boy, 8, saves classmate with Heimlich manoeuvre

Thomas Conley was sitting next to Isaiah Rodriguez at lunch when he noticed something was wrong.

Nada is on the left and Luigi Mangione is on the right.

Luigi Mangione's extradition to New York explained in 73 seconds

The 26-year-old suspect now faces federal charges in the fatal shooting a healthcare insurance CEO.

A huge fiery plume of smoke rises from a power plant at night.

Power plant implodes clearing space for proposed waterfront park

Avon Lake residents were told to stay indoors while the remaining five structures were taken down.

Suspect returns item stolen and confront neighbor.

Thief complains after video stealing parcel appears online

The suspect, who stole a package off a front porch, returned days later after the victim shared footage of the theft on an app.

A split screen image showing a woman wearing a scarf and a man wearing a beanie.

Canadians respond to Trump's jibe that country could become 51st state

The US president-elect recently referred to Prime Minister Justin Trudeau as the "governor" of the "Great State of Canada".

Flames as tall at street lamps on a dark street

Fire erupts after lightning strike ruptures gas line in Tennessee

The damaged pipeline sparked a massive fire prompting road closures and emergency responses.

A young girl holds a Spongebob ice cream as she looks into the camera with a microphone held to her face.

Teacher was screaming 'help' recounts 8-year-old school shooting survivor

Two people were fatally shot and several injured during a school shooting in Madison, Wisconsin.

A promo image for the BBC Verify video

Debunking misinformation about US drone sightings

BBC Verify looks at claims about the involvement of aliens or foreign state actors in the alleged drone sightings.

Distant lights hover in the sky on one side of a split screen with a man looking up into the sky on the other.

New Jersey residents 'starting to panic' over drones

US officials have said there is no evidence the drones pose a national security or public safety threat.

Tornado touching down in parking lot near cars and shops

Watch: Moment tornado strikes California parking lot

At least four people were injured, with cars flipped and trees downed after the tornado tore through Scotts Valley.

A truck crashes into a firefighter truck.

Incredible escape as lorry smashes fire truck on icy US highway

None of first responders were injured, but the truck driver was taken to the hospital for minor injuries.

A deep furrow in the snow is in split screen with a snow covered road.

New Yorkers plough through thick snow as roads become sheets of ice

Governor Kathy Hochul declared a state of emergency due to the severe weather.

Man stuck trying to hide in a chimney

Watch: Man trying to escape police gets stuck in chimney

A police chase in Massachusetts has ended with a man needing to be rescued by the detectives he was fleeing.

Jude Law takes a picture with his star.

Jude Law gets a star on Hollywood Walk of Fame

The Oscar, Tony and Olivier Award-nominated British actor is honoured on Tinseltown's boulevard of stars.

Plane split in two on highway

Watch: Small plane split in two in crash on US highway

Four people, including the pilot, have been taken to hospital in Victoria, Texas.

Split screen of a man and a woman n New York City

How safe do New Yorkers feel on subway after Penny verdict?

People in New York weigh-in on the conclusion of the fatal subway chokehold case and whether they feel safe on the city's transit system.

A man with white hair looks into the camera.

Customer recounts moment he saw CEO murder suspect

Larry had been joking with his friends about a man who looked like the suspect.

Aerial images of yellow wild fires flames near emergency vehicles on a road.

Watch: Wildfire rages in California's Malibu Canyon

The blaze has burned more than 300 acres with a "rapid rate of spread", say authorities.

BBC correspondent outside McDonald's

BBC at McDonald's where Luigi Mangione was arrested

The 26-year-old was taken into custody at a McDonald's in Pennsylvania, in connection to the killing of United Health CEO Brian Thompson.