Tuesday, March 30, 2021

White House News (白宮消息) | Mar. 30, 2021

 2 - White House News in Chinese (weebly.com)

Former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin sits in front of a picture of George Floyd displayed during Chauvin's trial for second-degree murder, third-degree murder and second-degree manslaughter in the death of Floyd in Minneapolis, Minnesota, U.S., March 29, 2021 in this courtroom sketch from a video feed of the proceedings.
​Witness to deadly arrest of George Floyd returning to stand in Derek Chauvin murder trial

Mar. 30 - MINNEAPOLIS (Reuters) - A professional mixed martial arts fighter who witnessed the deadly arrest of George Floyd in Minneapolis last May is due to return to the stand on Tuesday for the second day of testimony in the murder trial of former police officer Derek Chauvin.
Donald Williams can be heard on a bystander’s cellphone screaming at Chauvin, who kept his knee on Floyd’s neck for about nine minutes during the arrest on May 25, 2020, shortly after Floyd was accused of passing a fake $20 bill.

Williams calls Chauvin a “bum” in the video, accuses the white police officer of “enjoying” his restraining of Floyd, a 46-year-old handcuffed Black man, and told jurors on Monday he believed that Chauvin was using his knee in a “blood choke” on Floyd, a wrestling move to knock an opponent unconscious.

The video, which prosecutors say shows excessive force, sparked outrage and daily demonstrations in the United States and around the world protesting police brutality against Black people. The trial is being watched as a litmus test for the U.S. justice system.

Chauvin’s lawyers are expected to counter that Williams has no knowledge of police maneuvers.

Chauvin, 45, has pleaded not guilty to second-degree murder, which carries up to 40 years in prison, as well as third-degree murder and second-degree manslaughter. He and the three other officers on the scene were fired the day after Floyd’s death.

In opening arguments on Monday, a prosecutor said Chauvin betrayed his badge “when he used excessive and unreasonable force upon the body of George Floyd.”

Chauvin’s lawyers argued he was simply following training from his 19 years on the force and that the main cause of Floyd’s death, which the county examiner ruled a homicide caused by police restraints, was a drug overdose.     source from


Taiwan's Evergreen ship fully free, Suez Canal
Given re-floated after being stuck 6 days, causing billions of dollars in shipping costs

Mar. 30, TAIPEI (Taiwan News) — The Taiwan-chartered mega-ship that was stranded in the Suez Canal has been fully refloated, and traffic has finally resumed in the Suez Canal six days after the international shipping crisis began.

The Panama-flagged Ever Given, chartered by Evergreen Marine Corp. and owned by Japanese firm Shoei Kisen Kaisha, became wedged sideways in the Suez Canal on March 23. Each day that the ship was stuck saw US$9.6 billion in maritime traffic delayed in a waterway that accounts for about 12 percent of world trade.     continue to read


The cost of the Suez Canal blockage

​Mar. 30 - A huge container ship that has been wedged in the Suez Canal since Tuesday has finally been freed from the shoreline.
Peter Berdowski, chief executive of Dutch salvage company Boskalis, said the Ever Given had been refloated at 15:05 (13:05 GMT) on Monday, "thereby making free passage through the Suez Canal possible again".


However, it is not clear yet when full traffic in the canal can resume.
The blockage has been the source of much worry and frustration for the global shipping industry.

We take a look at the key numbers that have been involved in the operation.     continue to read


DC District Court Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson (left) has long been considered one of Biden's top options to fill a Supreme Court vacancy, and he is reportedly considering her for the powerful DC Circuit Court of Appeals seat vacated by AG Merrick Garland
Biden is 'set to release his first round of judicial nominees including three black women' - after vowing to appoint a African American woman to the Supreme Court if he gets the chance

Mar. 30 - ​President Joe Biden is reportedly preparing to release his first slate of judicial nominees, offering a window into how he hopes to shape the federal judiciary.

Biden's list could be released as soon as Tuesday, and includes three black women, two of whom would be tapped for powerful appeals court seats, sources familiar with the matter told Politico.

On the campaign trail, Biden vowed to appoint a black woman to the Supreme Court, should a vacancy open during his term.
DC District Court Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson has long been considered one of Biden's top options to fill a Supreme Court vacancy, and now he is reportedly considering her strongly to fill the seat vacated by Attorney General Merrick Garland on the DC Circuit Court of Appeals.     source from
解放军实战化演练提升战力 美军升级挑衅威胁地区安全 20210329 |《今日关注》CCTV中文国际
Mar 30, 2021

No comments:

Post a Comment

Featured Post

Mischief Reef |Mar. 25

  WH keeping public in dark on what Biden demanded of China’s Xi over arming Putin​ Mar. 18 - The White House was tight-lipped Friday about ...