As the epidemic of gun violence assumes alarming proportions across the US, at least 7 people are killed and more than 30 others wounded in a series of shootings across the US city of Chicago over the weekend.

How Native and African Americans have been treated by medical practitioners in the US has caused fear and distrust, a condition known as " iatrophobia”, or in simple terms, fear of the healer.

The fatal shooting of an unarmed African-American man by an off-duty white police officer in a North Carolina town last week led to angry protests on Thursday.

Rights activist Netfa Freeman says the trial of the police officer who killed George Floyd was a stunt to distract African Americans from their main demands.