The ceremony in memory of George Floyd, whose death under the knee of a white police officer sparked a deep rage in the United States and around the world, began Thursday in Minneapolis. One knee on the ground, the mayor of Minneapolis cries before the coffin of George Floyd pic.twitter.com/sasi77w4va – Nick (@NickHaiti) June 4, … Read more
By threatening to deploy thousands of heavily armed soldiers and police in Washington DC to end in riots and looting, Donald trump put the’Embarrassed American military institution. The Pentagon is clearly seeking to distance itself from the American president after the controversial remarks of Defense Secretary Mark Esper and the deployment of military reinforcements around … Read more
What there is to know : – A week after the Minneapolis homicide in George Floyd, a 46-year-old black man asphyxiated by a white police officer, in New York, Los Angeles and dozens of other American cities have stepped up their security measures, decreeing or extending a night curfew to empty the streets. – Donald … Read more
Terrence Floyd, brother of George Floyd, Black American dead May 25 in Minneapolis, Minnesota after a white police officer put his knee on his neck, went to the scene of his brother’s arrest on Monday, June 1. He spoke to the demonstrators, while riots and protests multiply through the United States. A call to vote … Read more
“We condemn any act of violence and racism,” European Foreign Minister Josep Borrell said on Tuesday. – LEurope is “shocked” by the death of George Floyd, the result of “excessive use” of the police force which must be condemned, European Foreign Minister Josep Borrell said on Tuesday. “Here in Europe, like the American people, we … Read more
I can not breath anymore. These were, last Monday, the last words of George Floyd, killed in a violent police arrest in Minneapolis, Minnesota. For almost nine minutes, 8’46 “to be precise, the police officer who immobilized him maintained the pressure, with his left knee, against the victim’s neck. I can not breath anymore, repeated … Read more
The phrase “Please, I can’t breathe” was tagged on a Belgian train. – George Floyd is a 46-year-old African American who was killed after being brutally arrested by white police in Minneapolis, United States. This tragic death moved the whole world and tributes are multiplying, even in Belgium. Indeed, at Guillemins station in Liège this … Read more
He had left Texas to start a new life in Minneapolis, in the north of United States. But George Floyd, this black American described as a generous man, who lost his job during the crisis due to the pandemic, East dead face down, neck under the knee of a white policeman. “Everyone loved my brother”, … Read more