Vita huset stängdes av vid protester mot polisvåld
Vita huset i Washington stängdes under fredagen efter att hundratals demonstranter som protesterade mot polisvåld samlats utanför. Ingen fick komma in eller lämna området, rapporterar amerikanska medier.
Trots att ett utegångsförbud i Minnesota började gälla under fredagskvällen samlades människor ute på gatorna även där. Polisen uppges ha skjutit mot demonstranter med gummikulor. Protesterna mot polisvåld har eskalerat i USA efter att George Floyds död, en svart obeväpnad man som i måndags dog efter ett våldsamt polisingripande.
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George Floyds död
Wikipedia (en)
George Floyd was an African-American man who died on May 25, 2020, after Derek Chauvin, a white Minneapolis police officer, knelt on Floyd's neck for at least seven minutes while he was handcuffed and lying chest down on the road. After five minutes, Floyd appeared to stop moving. Officers Thomas Lane and J. Alexander Kueng also helped restrain Floyd, while officer Tou Thao stood nearby to obscure the view of onlookers and cameras. The incident occurred during an arrest of Floyd in Powderhorn, a neighborhood south of downtown Minneapolis, Minnesota, and was recorded on cell phone video by several bystanders. The video recordings, showing Floyd repeatedly saying "I can't breathe," were widely circulated on social media platforms and broadcast by the media. The four officers involved were fired the next day.The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) is conducting a federal civil rights investigation into the incident, at the request of the Minneapolis Police Department, while the Minnesota Bureau of Criminal Apprehension (BCA) is investigating whether there were possible violations of Minnesota statutes.Demonstrations and protests that began after the death of Floyd were initially peaceful, but quickly became violent as windows were smashed at a police precinct, two stores were set on fire, and other stores were looted and damaged in the surrounding areas. Law enforcement responded by shooting tear gas and firing rubber bullets into the crowds. Floyd's death has been compared to the 2014 death of Eric Garner, an unarmed black man who repeated "I can't breathe" eleven times after being placed in a choke hold by a police officer during an arrest.
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