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FBI-anställda knäböjer i Washington DC. (Jose Luis Magana / AP)

FBI sparkar poliser som knäböjde under protester

Den amerikanska polismyndigheten FBI sparkar flera anställda som knäböjde under protestvågen efter George Floyds död 2020. Enligt uppgifter till AP rör det sig om cirka 20 avskedanden.

FBI motiverar beslutet med att de anställda visat ”brist på omdöme”. Facket kritiserar beslutet och hävdar att det saknas grund för avsked.

Det var i juni 2020 som ett antal FBI-anställda fotograferades på knä under en protest i Washington DC. Gesten blev en symbol för antirasism eftersom Floyd dog när polismannen Derek Chauvin satte sitt knä mot hans nacke.

Bilden har kritiserats av många högertyckare och Donald Trump som ett exempel på underdånighet och ett uttryck för att polisen genomsyras av en ”wokeideologi”.

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George Floyd
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George Perry Floyd Jr. (October 14, 1973 – May 25, 2020) was an African-American man who was murdered by a white police officer in Minneapolis, Minnesota, during an arrest made after a store clerk suspected Floyd had used a counterfeit twenty-dollar bill, on May 25, 2020. Derek Chauvin, one of four police officers who arrived on the scene, knelt on Floyd's neck and back for over nine minutes, fatally asphyxiating him. After his murder, a series of protests against police brutality, especially towards Black people, quickly spread globally and across the United States. His dying words, "I can't breathe," became a rallying slogan. Born in Fayetteville, North Carolina, Floyd grew up in Houston, Texas, playing football and basketball throughout high school and college. Between 1997 and 2005, he was convicted of eight crimes. He served four years in prison after accepting a plea bargain for a 2007 aggravated robbery in a home invasion. After he was paroled in 2013, he served as a mentor in his religious community and posted anti-violence videos to social media. In 2014, he moved to the Minneapolis area, residing in the nearby suburb of St. Louis Park, and worked as a truck driver and bouncer. In 2020, he lost both jobs during the COVID-19 pandemic. After his death, the City of Minneapolis settled a wrongful death lawsuit with Floyd's family for $27 million. Chauvin was convicted on two counts of murder and one count of manslaughter on April 20, 2021, and on June 25, 2021, was sentenced to 22+1⁄2 years in prison. The other three officers at the scene were also later convicted of violating Floyd's civil rights.

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