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 Trump, the American president has threatened to deploy the army throughout the country.
– The emotion has crossed the borders of the United States. Demonstrations against police brutality and racism took place on Tuesday in several major French cities. In Lille, Paris, Lyon or Marseille, thousands of demonstrators paid tribute to George Floyd and demanded “Justice for Adama (Traoré)”.
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10:22 p.m. Florida sheriff calls on locals to fire on looters
After seeing rumors on social media that protesters intended to cause incidents in Polk County neighborhoods, Florida sheriff Grady Judd urged locals to shoot criminals who have come to rob them who broke into their homes.
9:56 p.m. Incidents in Paris on the sidelines of the demonstration against police violence
Projectile jets, tear gas, demonstrators on the ring road: incidents broke out Tuesday evening in Paris on the sidelines of a large rally to denounce police violence, AFP journalists found.
” Some incidents on the sidelines of the prohibited demonstration for which the police are intervening “Tweeted shortly after 9 pm the police headquarters, which had prohibited this rally at the call of the Adama collective, which brought together around 20,000 people around the Paris courthouse.
9:39 p.m. Washington extended curfew
Washington Mayor Muriel Bowser has announced a curfew extension tonight from 7 p.m. to 6 a.m.
9:11 p.m. Infantino calls for “applause, not punishment”
Faced with the gestures of certain footballers in tribute to George Floyd, theoretically liable to sanctions, Fifa on Tuesday called the organizers of competitions to show “common sense” while its president Gianni Infantino asked “applause and not a sanction” .
9:00 p.m. Donald Trump believes he has done a lot for the black community
” My administration has done more for the black community than any president since Abraham Lincoln “Said Donald Trump, assuring in the tweet that” THE BEST IS STILL TO COME ! ”
8:00 p.m. Thousands of protesters in Paris
As in Lille, Lyon or Marseille, many demonstrators demonstrated on Tuesday evening. In Paris, they were several thousands.
7:40 p.m. New York refuses to call on the National Guard
New York Mayor Bill de Blasio refuses to deploy the National Guard in the American economic capital as claimed by Donald Trump.
7.20 p.m. End of the one hour Lille demonstration
7:13 p.m. Lille protesters demand “justice for Adama”
While the demonstration started for the American George Floyd, the slogan “Justice for Adama” returned very regularly, while the demonstration planned in Paris for this young black man of 24 years who died in 2016 during an arrest, was canceled by the prefect of police on Tuesday.
6:51 p.m. A thousand people in Lille, according to our journalist
A demonstration left Place de la République. The procession moved towards the rue de Béthune.
6:13 p.m. Start of the rally in Lille
5:47 p.m. New York curfew extended to Sunday after riots
The curfew instituted in New York on Monday after violent protests and looting will remain in effect until Sunday, June 7, the city mayor said Tuesday in a press briefing. Initially introduced at 11 p.m., the curfew comes into effect on Tuesday from 8 p.m. and until 5 a.m., said Bill de Blasio.
Despite this unprecedented measure, the American economic capital was the scene of new scenes of looting on Monday evening, especially in the Midtown district in the heart of Manhattan.
5.30 p.m. Joe Biden, Trump’s future presidential rival, spoke
3:45 p.m. Marine Le Pen criticizes those who “rejoice” in the scenes of “civil war” in the United States
Marine Le Pen criticized Tuesday the ” politicians who rejoice in these scenes of civil war “In the United States, quoting Jean-Luc Mélenchon, while there are increasing in the French political class the criticisms against the muscular answer of Donald Trump.
The president of the National Rally castigated France 2 for the “ politicians who rejoice in these scenes of civil war, lynching, looting and who express the wish to see these racial wars imported into the national territory ”, Evoking the leader of the Insubmissives.
3:31 p.m. Mass-shared black square images on social media
Under the hashtag #BlackOutTuesday, personalities and anonymous people are engaged in the fight. They share completely black images, to denounce the police and racial violence of which the African-Americans are victims.
2 p.m. A demonstration prohibited in Paris
An appeal had been launched to demonstrate on the forecourt of the Paris court, this Tuesday at 7 p.m., but the rally was banned by the Paris police headquarters, on the grounds that the demonstration was not declared.
1:50 p.m. David McAtee’s death in Louisville, another African-American, could worsen current tensions
David McAtee, 53, was shot dead in a police response to disperse the crowd in Louisville on Monday after curfew, which resulted in the dismissal of the local police chief, reports BFMTV. The police did not activate their body cameras, specifies The Parisian.
The death of this black man occurred during one of the many rallies held over the past week in the United States after the death of George Floyd. Protesters denounce the police blunders that hit African-Americans disproportionately in the country.
1:35 p.m. Singers Beyoncé, Rihanna, Billie Eilish and Taylor Swift call for justice
These four American pop stars have launched strong messages on social networks. Singer Beyoncé posted a video message on Instagram this weekend in which she calls for justice for George Floyd. ” We all witnessed his murder in broad daylight “she said of the revolting video of George Floyd dying under the pressure of police officer Derek Chauvin’s knee on his neck.
11:20 a.m. #BlackOutTuesday: music industry at a standstill
The main record labels have decided to suspend their activity on Tuesday to show their support against police violence targeting African-Americans in the United States, an initiative with which several artists have joined.
Sony Music, Warner Music Group and Universal Music will take part in “Black Out Tuesday”, “
a day to observe, get in touch and get organized
“, According to a message published Monday by Universal Music.
10:50 a.m. From Netflix to Disney, Hollywood supports the Black Lives Matter movement
The heavyweights of the film and cathodic industry paid tribute to George Floyd. Support for Disney, which made a substantial donation to Donald Trump’s campaign in 2016, has been disputed, reports BFMTV.
9:24 a.m. Sony postpones conference dedicated to PlayStation 5
The company, which was to release excerpts from games for the PlayStation 5, wants to “let larger voices be heard”, referring to the riots that rocked the United States after the death of George Floyd. We will finally have to wait longer than expected to discover the first images of the planned video games for PlayStation 5, the next Sony console, expected at the end of the year, indicates BFMTV.
9 a.m. Ex-boxer Floyd Mayweather to pay for George Floyd’s funeral
” The boxer will probably get mad at me for saying that, but yes, he will really pay for the funeral Said ESPN Leonard Ellerbe, president of Mayweather Promotions, on Monday.
He added that the former boxer, world champion in five different categories and unbeaten in 50 fights, was in contact with the family of George Floyd, through a mutual friend, and that the latter accepted his offer.
One of the family’s lawyers said his funeral would be June 9 in Houston, the city where Floyd grew up. Before that, two ceremonies are to take place Thursday in Minneapolis and Saturday in North Carolina where he came from.
7.20am. Actions, Not Words: American Bosses Face Racial Tensions
Calls to action are increasing to reduce economic inequality, one of the sources of popular anger expressed in the protests, sometimes violent, which have been raging across the country for the past few days. They rely on the absence of diversity at the highest level of societies despite the promises a thousand times repeated. According to a 2019 report from the Boston Consulting Group, only three African-Americans and twenty-four women lead the 500 largest US companies by revenue.
According to the progressive think tank Economic Policy Institute, the average income of white households in 2018 was $ 70,642 compared to 41,692 for black households. In February, before the pandemic, the unemployment rate was 5.8% for black people and only 3.1% for whites.
6:50 a.m. “Tragedy too many” according to tennis player Jo-Wilfried Tsonga
” The whole world is struck by this scourge “Is racism, said French tennis player Jo-Wilfried Tsonga on Monday franceinfo, while the death of George Floyd in the United States arouses many reactions in the sports world. ”
As a mongrel, this kind of behavior is unbearable to me and I feel that it should be for everyone
“, reacts tennis player Jo-Wilfried Tsonga. ”
It’s just one tragedy too many
“ who ”
make you want to shout louder
“, adds the tennis player, who recounts having been the victim of racism several times since his childhood.
6:30 am. “He’s using the US military against the Americans” for “a photo”
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He’s using the U.S. military against the Americans “Denounced Joe Biden, Donald Trump’s opponent in the November presidential election. “He sends tear gas against peaceful demonstrators and shoots rubber bullets. For a photo, “tweeted the former US vice president after Donald Trump’s surprise visit to an iconic church near the White House.
Democratic candidate Joe Biden is scheduled to travel to Philadelphia on Tuesday morning to speak on “civil unrest.”
His face covered with a mask, he went to a black parish church in his state of Delaware on Monday to meet with local officials. Former Barack Obama vice president is counting on this electorate to win the White House.
6.15 a.m. In New York, several department stores on famous 5th Avenue were looted Monday evening
The curfew, implemented in the city from 11 pm to 5 am Monday, will start from 8 pm Tuesday, announced Mayor Bill de Blasio, while ensuring that the metropolis was “
totally under control, and mostly calm and peaceful “
0h51. Trump calls on soldiers to fire tear gas outside the White House
Demonstrators gathered outside the White House on Monday demanding justice after George Floyd’s death were hit by tear gas.
At the same time, the president was speaking in the White House garden to ”
take stock of the federal government’s response
To violence that broke out across the country. Donald Trump announced the deployment of ”
thousands of heavily armed soldiers
And police in Washington.
Calling on the governors to act quickly and strongly to “
dominate the streets And break the spiral of violence, he warned them. “
If a city or state refuses to make the decisions necessary to defend the lives and property of its residents, I will deploy the U.S. military to quickly resolve the issue for them. “, He launched, denouncing acts of” internal terrorism “.
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