GREAT STORY – New clashes broke out to denounce the murder of a black man by a police officer.
–Special envoy to Minneapolis
The crossing of the 38e Chicago street and avenue was transformed into an open-air mausoleum in memory of George Floyd. The portrait of this black man who died during his arrest last Monday by the municipal police was painted with pop colors on the brick facade of the Cup Foods store. Around his face, a giant sunflower whose heart is covered by the names of dozens of blacks killed by the American police. Sheaves of flowers are spread out on the sidewalk.
It was in this small supermarket that Floyd allegedly gave the cashier a fake $ 20 bill, leading him to call the police. And it was on this sidewalk that Floyd, extracted from his car and handcuffed by the police, died. His last words, “I can not breathe, Spoken as Constable Derek Chauvin kept him flat on the ground for 8 minutes and 46 seconds, one knee on the back of the neck, became the slogan for the protests that broke out since a
