Bail was set at $US1 million on Monday for the Minneapolis police officer charged with the murder of George Floyd as mourners paid their respects in his hometown of Houston to the African-American man whose death has sparked massive protests for racial justice across the United States and beyond.
Derek Chauvin, the police officer who was filmed pressing his knee on the handcuffed Mr Floyd’s neck for nearly nine minutes until he expired, made his first court appearance on Monday. Three other Minneapolis police officers appeared in court last week to face a charge of aiding and abetting Mr Floyd’s murder for their roles in his arrest for allegedly passing a counterfeit $20 bill.In Houston, the Texas city where Mr Floyd grew up, hundreds of mourners waited patiently in stifling heat outside the Fountain of Praise Church to pay their last respects.
Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden was flying to Houston on Monday to meet privately with members of Mr Floyd’s family.Mr Floyd’s death, the latest of a black man at the hands of police, has unleashed protests for racial justice and against police brutality in cities across the US and around the world.
Democrats then unveiled a wide-ranging police reform bill, one of the chief demands of demonstrators who have taken to the streets for the past two weeks in the most sweeping US protests for racial justice since the 1968 assassination of Martin Luther King Jr. “Black lives matter. The protests we’ve seen in recent days are an expression of rage and one of despair,” House Democrat Steny Hoyer said.Democratic leaders did not include language calling to “defund the police” – increasingly a rallying cry for protesters – and White House hopeful Mr Biden issued a statement flatly rejecting the suggestion.
Oh the MSM have a huge hand in that. Anything for a “click”. Id say being a journalist would have the same public respect level as a parking office or criminal.
Your polls are not worth reading
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