The number of Americans killed in encounters with US police has not dropped despite massive protests across the country following the killing of George Floyd, a report reveals.

The US has launched a civil rights inquiry into police to find out whether officers targeted Black residents for “abuse and excessive force” in the New York suburb of Mount Vernon.

The US Justice Department says it will not file federal criminal civil rights charges against Rusten Sheskey, the white officer who shot Jacob Blake last year.

Joe Biden has denounced his administration’s treatment of Haitian migrants at the southern border as un-American and vowed to punish those responsible for it.

Disturbing footage of an incident which saw three white Missouri police officers let their K-9 dog attack a Black man has prompted the county prosecutor’s office to announce a probe.

Derek Chauvin convicted of murder in the death of George Floyd pleaded not guilty Thursday to violating the civil rights of a teenager in a separate case that involved a restraint similar to the one used on Floyd.

France does not have an independent police watchdog.