Manchester Businessman Georgios Demetriou Withdraws Black Lives Matter Trademark After backlash

By Jamaica Live Medias / June 17, 2020

A Manchester-based businessman Georgios Demetriou has dropped his efforts to attain registered trademark protection names “Black Lives Matter” and “I Can’t Breathe”. According to reports, the move follows threats being sent to Demetriou, and backlash occurred after filing the applications for terms linked to social movements. The outrage against trademark applications filed by Demetriou has…

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Two Police Officers In The Killing Of Rayshard Brooks Charged

By Jamaica Live Medias / June 17, 2020

The Atlanta police officer who shot and killed Rayshard Brooks as he ran away with the officer’s Taser last week has been charged with murder. The charges were levied by Fulton County District Attorney Paul Howard on Wednesday. Garrett Rolfe was fired after the killing of 27-year-old Brooks. He  faces 11 criminal charges, including felony…

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White Nationalist Rescued By Black Lives Matter Protesters

By Jamaica Live Medias / June 13, 2020

LONDON (Reuters) – A man identified by the crowd as a far-right protester was carried to safety by a Black Lives Matter protester on Saturday as animosity was briefly set aside on a day of clashes in London between police and rival groups. Pictures showed a white man clutching his head as a black man carried him over…

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Jamaica Live News @ NYC Black Lives Matter Protest. Spoke to Cameron: Communist Party USA

By Jamaica Live Medias / June 11, 2020

Jamaica Live News @ NYC Black Lives Matter ProtestWe spoke to Cameron from the Communist Party USA Established in 1919.#Blacklivesmatter#MauriceGordon#GeorgeFloyd#JamaicaLivers#Livers#jlnreports#Jamaicalivenews Spread the love

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Jamaica Live News @ NYC Black Lives Matter Protest. White Privilege

By Jamaica Live Medias / June 11, 2020

Jamaica Live News @ NYC Black Lives Matter ProtestJamaica Live#Blacklivesmatter#MauriceGordon#GeorgeFloyd#JamaicaLivers#Livers#jlnreports#Jamaicalivenews Spread the love

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Unarmed Jamaican Man Killed By New Jersey Trooper

By Jamaica Live Medias / June 8, 2020

According to NJ.COM, Maurice S. Gordon, 28, of Poughkeepsie, New York was killed early Saturday morning after being shot by the New Jersey State Police on the Garden State Parkway, authorities said.The shooting happened around 6:30 a.m. in Bass River on the Parkway, according to a release from the New Jersey Attorney General’s Office, which was investigating the…

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Sarah Grossman Died For The Cause: Black Lives Matter

By Jamaica Live Medias / June 7, 2020

Sarah Grossman, an Ohio State University graduate died May 30 following a protests in Columbus. It is reported that she was among the protesters showing support for George Floyd who died in Minneapolis by the hands of four white police officers. According to nbc4, COLUMBUS (WCMH) — The City of Columbus is looking into social media reports…

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Killer Cops Arrested-George Floyd

By Jamaica Live Medias / June 4, 2020

All four killer cops of George Floyd are now arrested. According to the video and the criminal complaint, Derek Chauvin kept his knee on Floyd’s neck as Floyd pleaded that he could not breathe, as witnesses protested that he was dying, and even as Lane twice asked to turn him onto his side. Still, Chauvin…

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George Floyd died from ‘asphyxiation from sustained pressure

By Jamaica Live Medias / June 1, 2020

According to USA TODAY, An autopsy commissioned by George Floyd’s family determined that “asphyxiation from sustained pressure  was the cause” of Floyd’s death in an incident that has sparked tense protests and violence across the nation. The report from Dr. Michael Baden and Dr. Allecia Wilson who performed the autopsy, said there was “neck and back…

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Liverpool players take a knee in memory of George Floyd

By Jamaica Live Medias / June 1, 2020

According to Guardian UK, The chairman of Kick It Out has urged every Premier League footballer to protest against the killing of George Floyd by police by taking a knee when the season resumes this month and has said the Football Association should not punish players who use their platforms to call for social change. The picture featuring…

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Government Clarifies U.S. Migrant Transit Deal Amid Public Backlash

Jamaica Live News Desk– | June 16, 2026 KINGSTON, Jamaica — A storm of controversy erupted online Tuesday after the Jamaica Gleaner reported that Jamaica had agreed to accept non-nationals being removed from the United States under a new arrangement between the two countries. The headline, “DEPORTEE DEAL – Jamaica offers to accept non-nationals being…
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Jamaican-Born MrBeast Winner Released After Being Swept Up In Paraguay Drug Probe

Jamaica Live News Desk– | June 02, 2026 Jamaican-born pilot Jabari Brown, the young aviator who rose to international fame after winning a private jet challenge hosted by YouTube megastar MrBeast, found himself at the centre of an international drug trafficking investigation in Paraguay over the weekend. Brown, 20, who is known online as “Captain…
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Woman Gives Birth Mid-Flight from Jamaica to US, Ignites Birthright Citizenship Debate

Jamaica Live News Desk– | April 11, 2026 A routine flight from Kingston to New York turned into a global talking point after a baby was born mid-air aboard Caribbean Airlines Flight BW005 on April 4, 2026 — raising a complicated and controversial question: Where does this child legally belong? Passengers onboard the flight, which…
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JUTC Drivers Busted in an alleged Expanding Ticket Fraud Scandal

Jamaica Live News Desk– | April 11, 2026 The scandal rocking the Jamaica Urban Transit Company (JUTC) is widening, as detectives from the National Strategic Anti-Gang Division (NSAD) have slapped charges on four more employees in a growing crackdown on alleged fare fraud. The accused—31-year-old Kimanie Brown of Sandy Bay, Clarendon; 41-year-old Nikesha Bell of…
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Ask for Justice, Get Locked Out: UK Party Targets Countries Over Reparations

Jamaica Live News Desk– | April 10, 2026 Reform UK’s proposal to block visas over slavery reparations ignites outrage across the Caribbean, raising deeper questions about Britain’s historical accountability. A political firestorm is brewing across the Atlantic after Britain’s right-wing Reform UK party declared that it would deny visas to nationals from countries pursuing slavery…
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Crime Against Humanity—But No Accountability? U.S., Israel and Argentina Vote ‘No’ as World Confronts Slavery’s Legacy”

On March 25, 2026, the United Nations General Assembly passed a historic resolution—A/80/L.48—formally declaring the transatlantic trafficking and racialized enslavement of Africans as “the gravest crime against humanity.” Backed by 123 nations and championed by Ghana under the leadership of John Dramani Mahama, the resolution pushes the world closer to an uncomfortable but long-overdue conversation:…
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