Derek Chauvin, the former Minneapolis police officer shown in video footage pinning Floyd down on the street with his knee, was charged with murder in the case on Friday.
Hundreds in the city had joined a"March Against Police Brutality" late in the afternoon outside the Detroit Public Safety Headquarters. A woman reacts during a protest following the death of African-American George Floyd who was seen in graphic video footage gasping for breath as a Minneapolis Police officer knelt on his neck, in the Brooklyn borough of New York City, US, May 29, 2020.Protesters also took to the streets in other cities including Denver and Houston.
Authorities had hoped Chauvin's arrest would allay public anger. But defying an 8 pm curfew imposed by Mayor Jacob Frey, about 500 demonstrators clashed anew with riot police outside the battered Third Precinct building. Hennepin County Attorney Mike Freeman, announcing Chauvin's arrest, said the investigation into Chauvin, who faces up to 25 years in prison if convicted, was ongoing and he anticipated also charging the three other police officers, identified by the city as Thomas Lane, Tou Thao and J Alexander Kueng.
The video reignited rage that civil rights activists said has long simmered in Minneapolis and cities across the country over persistent racial bias in the US criminal justice system.In Atlanta, Bernice King, the youngest daughter of civil rights icon Martin Luther King Jr., implored people to go home on Friday night after more than 1,000 protesters marched to the state capitol from the Centennial Olympic Park, blocking traffic and an interstate highway along the way.
Riots don't work, this will die down and all Americans will be singing the national anthem at the next big sports event. We are sheep from the time we are indoctrinated at school to think and contribute to the system.
Protests? No no, these have gone beyond Protesting for justice for Floyd, these are now riots fraught with opportunistic criminality — something seriously wrong with world at the moment
Quiet riots are for whites purely speaking, as for us Africans to be heard we must burn tyres, damage property etc bcoz most governments value White's more than Africans... Even here in SA the government doesn't respond if blacks engage in quiet riots.. iss hard being Black
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Again the same scenario - when opportunity presents itself - Local or Overseas - at the drop of a hat, Blacks know how to destroy, riot, burn, cause chaos, and highlight how mindless their actions are and expanding the racial divide! No self control!
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If you want to Say ' But destroying property does not solve anything ' I want to tell you to STFU. i want to ask you this question ' What is the right way for Black People to get the message across in America? What is the Right way for Them
the Americans are so angry that they have even forgotten about the Corona thing... surely even the Corona is confused af right now. 😬
It’s bad and it’s uncontrollable it’s abt time President trump goes over there and calm the situation
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