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![Chris Swanson, a police chief in Michigan, has put down his helmet and truncheon and joined demonstrators.]()
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Chris Swanson, a police chief in Michigan, has put down his helmet and truncheon and joined demonstrators.
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![To cheer the demonstrators against police violence, the police chief shows understanding for their concerns.]()
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To cheer the demonstrators against police violence, the police chief shows understanding for their concerns.
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![On Saturday, Michel Moore, Los Angeles Police Chief, also turned to the demonstrators and agreed to support them.]()
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On Saturday, Michel Moore, Los Angeles Police Chief, also turned to the demonstrators and agreed to support them.
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![According to reports, the highest police officer in Los Angeles also speaks of the murder of George Floyd († 46) by police violence.]()
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According to reports, the highest police officer in Los Angeles also speaks of the murder of George Floyd († 46) by police violence.
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![In the US, not everything is just hate and chaos. People also demonstrate peacefully - like here on Sunday in Minneapolis, with 10,000 on the streets.]()
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In the US, not everything is just hate and chaos. People also demonstrate peacefully – like here on Sunday in Minneapolis, with 10,000 on the streets.
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In group hierarchies, they are also called “deviants” and “renegades”. But some police officers in the United States don’t care. They understand the concerns of the demonstrators who take to the streets against police violence in US cities. And join them.
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For fear of further riots and looting, more than twenty cities have issued curfews during the night on Monday, and the National Guard is deployed in 15 states and the capital, Washington. US President Donald Trump (73) called on democratic mayors and governors to crack down on the situation: «Going harder. These people are anarchists. »
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But in many places, away from the headlines, there are also peaceful protests that are not kidnapped by radicals. People peacefully roamed the streets of the US in many locations over the weekend. And the protesters from all walks of life also joined the police.
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«Parade, not protest»
So in Flint, Michigan, where a sheriff puts down his gun on Saturday and marches with the demonstrators. “I want to make this a parade, not a protest,” says Sheriff Chris Swanson. He took selfies with demonstrators and marched with them against police brutality – in memory of George Floyd († 46).
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“We took off our helmets and put batons on,” says Swanson. “These cops love you – the cop over there hugs people,” Swanson says, pointing to a uniformed man. “You tell us what to do”. Swanson: The policeman who killed Floyd “is not one of us.”
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Then Swanson leads, unarmed, for protest march. “Where do you want to go,” he asks the crowd. “We can walk all night.”
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In Los Angeles, police chief Michel Moore went one step further. He tried to explain to demonstrators that the police were not there to hurt or arrest someone, but to put out the fire that was raging in the background.
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Police chief speaks of Floyd’s murder
Then the tide suddenly turns. Moore becomes a hero when one of the protesters voices for him. The chief of police admitted to him personally, reports the news portal “TMZ”that in his opinion Floyd was actually murdered by Deek Chauvin – the policeman who is now facing 25 years in prison for murder.
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Amazing words from Los Angeles’ chief of police personally. After the violent excesses of the past few days, there is growing hope in the USA that the words of the chief of police will also seep down through his ranks.
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How to do it
It becomes clear that police officers are also frustrated about how colleagues deal with demonstrators. “TMZ” speaks of an incident when a policeman tore a colleague’s knee away, with whom he pressed hard on the neck of an arrested man.
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This video shows how it would be done correctly: a knee is placed under the head of the arrested person. Floyd had been killed in this situation a week ago – choked while Chauvin literally strangled him with his knee. (kes)
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