The Irish Times

Joanne O’Riordan: Player power turned WNBA into leading light of the Black Lives Matter protest

League changed its stance and got behind the movement after initially fining clubs and players

Thu Jun 04 2020 - 07:00

The #BlackLivesMatter hashtag used nearly 30 million times

Hashtag is used by Twitter users more than 17,000 times per day on average

Wed Jul 11 2018 - 16:23

No charges for police officers in fatal Alton Sterling shooting

Louisiana will not charge two officers in shooting which helped fuel Black Lives Matter movement

Wed Mar 28 2018 - 08:34

No charges for police over Alton Sterling’s fatal shooting

The video of the black man’s death last summer sparked days of protests in Baton Rouge

Wed May 03 2017 - 08:28

Airbnb hosts must sign up to non-discrimination policy

Holiday rental company says it will suspend members who do not abide by new rules

Thu Sept 08 2016 - 18:28

Baton Rouge gunman urged black Americans to ‘fight back’

Police scour Iraq veteran’s social media and video posts for clues of motive behind attack

Tue Jul 19 2016 - 01:00

Baton Rouge gunman ‘planned attack for days’, police say

Louisiana officials say officers were ‘assassinated’ in Sunday’s shooting

Mon Jul 18 2016 - 21:33

Obama must also speak up for the victims of police violence

President eulogises the slain Dallas police officers even as he’s never done so for victims of police killing across the nation

Mon Jul 18 2016 - 14:19

Obama calls for unity following Baton Rouge shooting

Suspect in the killing of three police officers in Louisiana named as Gavin Long

Mon Jul 18 2016 - 08:09

Baton Rouge suspect Gavin Long (29) was ex-Marine

Gunman who killed three police officers in Sunday shooting served as sergeant in Iraq

Mon Jul 18 2016 - 07:14

Three police officers dead after Louisiana shooting

Incident happened in Baton Rouge, where killing of black man by white police sparked protests

Sun Jul 17 2016 - 21:59

Backing Donald Trump: meet Joe Arpaio, the ‘toughest sheriff’ in the United States

The Maricopa County sheriff says that the Republican is his ‘kind of guy: outspoken’ – and that people have overreacted to the police shootings of black men caught on film

Sat Jul 16 2016 - 05:45

US police release footage of officers killing unarmed teenager

Dylan Noble (19) shot multiple times at gas station in California on June 25th

Thu Jul 14 2016 - 08:54

Dozens arrested in US during protests over police killings

Barack Obama to meet with relatives of the five police officers killed in Dallas

Mon Jul 11 2016 - 12:53

Dallas police chief defends use of lethal force on shooting suspect

Widespread protests continue over fatal shootings of two black men by police officers

Sun Jul 10 2016 - 20:02

Dallas shootings: America’s violent summer turns bloodier

Tensions around guns, policing and race boil over in attack on law enforcement officers

Sat Jul 09 2016 - 13:37

Dallas shootings: US shaken after racially motivated ambush

Explosive materials, bullet-proof vests and rifles found in home of attacker

Sat Jul 09 2016 - 01:00

Dallas shooting: Gunman ‘wanted to kill white people’

Police kill gunman identified as Micah Xavier Johnson with bomb-carrying robot

Fri Jul 08 2016 - 21:01

Partner of man killed by Louisiana police condemns violence

‘Responding to violence with violence is not the answer,’ says McMillon after Dallas deaths

Fri Jul 08 2016 - 20:58

Police shootings of two black men spark angry protests in US

Killings caught on video in Minnesota and Louisiana spark claims of police brutality

Thu Jul 07 2016 - 19:58

Protests in Louisiana after police shoot black man

Incident captured in a graphic mobile phone video that began circulating on social media

Wed Jul 06 2016 - 11:01