Protests against police brutality in the US should be a wake-up call about the plight of Indigenous Australians in the justice system,justice advocates say.
A former senior Australian army officer who has fought alongside Americans laments the US President's resort to deploying the national guard to quell protests on US streets.
You don't have to have your knee on our throats to be holding us down.
George Floyd's death at the hands of Minneapolis police has sparked widespread riots in the United States with more than 40 cities in lockdown as demonstrators continue to clash violently with police.
Former ambassador to the United States Dennis Richardson says the riots raging across America have been made worse by Donald Trump's divisive leadership,the growth in armed militias,coronavirus and the biggest economic downturn since the 1930s.
Immobilisation techniques where officers apply pressure with their knees on prone suspects have been blamed for asphyxiations and other deaths in police custody beyond US shores,often involving non-white suspects.
A new Reuters/Ipsos poll shows most Americans sympathize with nationwide protests over the police killing of George Floyd,and disapprove of President Trump's response.
While demonstrations were peaceful,Trump's threat to deploy the army was condemned by an archbishop,senior Republicans and ex-military top brass.
North American correspondent Matthew Knott joins national editor Tory Maguire from Washington DC to discuss the ongoing unrest in the United States.
Crowds marched to the Lincoln Memorial in Washington DC under the watchful eyes of the National Guard stationed on the steps leading up to the memorial.
Chinese officials and state-run media have seized on the unrest to tout the strength of its authoritarian system and portray the turmoil as American hypocrisy.