Sunday, 31 May 2020

Protests spread across US over George Floyd death: Key Points





  • Protests erupt in cities across the United States over the deadly arrest of George Floyd, an unarmed Black man, who was pinned to the ground by the knee of a white officer in Minneapolis, Minnesota.
  • The fired officer who knelt on Floyd's neck for several minutes, as Floyd pleaded "I can't breathe", has been charged with murder and manslaughter.
  • The Minnesota National Guard has arrived in Minneapolis, Saint Paul and surrounding areas.
  • Minneapolis has imposed a weekend curfew.
  • Community leaders and residents demand the arrest of the three other officers involved.Pain and anger over the death of George Floyd 
  • The Protests have spilled over into multiple cities across the country hours after the former Minneapolis officer seen in video with his knee on Floyd's neck was arrested and charged with murder.
    Demonstrators funneled their anguish in cities like Atlanta, New York and Washington into chants, signs and outbreaks of violence, smashing windows and setting vehicles ablaze.
    In Minneapolis, roughly 1,000 people marched peacefully along the city's major freeway Interstate 35, hours after a curfew went into effect. One black man held a sign that read, "Am I next?"
      Eventually the marchers made it to the 5th Precinct where some demonstrators threw rocks or bottles at police.

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