The George Floyd protests are an ongoing series of protests and civil unrest which began in Minneapolis in the United States on May 26, 2020.

"The violence and the looting has been bad for the city, the state and this entire national movement, undermining and distracting from this righteous cause," said New York Governor Andrew Cuomo.It comes as Northern Ireland announces it will accept teacher-assessed results for GCSEs on Thursday. Streets that only days ago were deserted because of the coronavirus pandemic have filled with demonstrators marching shoulder to shoulder.The case follows the high-profile cases of Michael Brown in Ferguson, Eric Garner in New York and others that have driven the Black Lives Matter movement.Protests kicked off for another evening on Monday and more than 40 cities have imposed or extended their curfews.Thousands of people marched in New York, and video footage on social media showed looting at major shops in Manhattan.Smaller protests took place in other cities including Los Angeles and Oakland.Elsewhere, the chief of Louisville Police in Kentucky was fired after law enforcement shot into a crowd and killed the owner of a nearby business.Mayor Greg Fischer said officers and troops involved in the shooting failed to activate body cameras. George Floyd, whose death sparked mass protests, suffered a cardiac arrest while being restrained.

It also found the death was a homicide, "The cause of death in my opinion is asphyxia, due to compression to the neck - which can interfere with oxygen going to the brain - and compression to the back, which interferes with breathing," Dr Michael Baden, a former New York City medical examiner, said at a news conference on Monday.Benjamin Crump, a lawyer for the Floyd family, said: "Beyond doubt he would be alive today if not for the pressure applied to his neck by officer Derek Chauvin and the strain on his body by two other officers. It follows the high-profile cases of Michael Brown in Ferguson, Eric Garner in New York and others that have driven the Black Lives Matter movement.On Sunday, mostly peaceful demonstrations once again gave way to violence in many cities, with clashes erupting between police and protesters.Police cars were burned, buildings were torched and shops looted in several places. The National Guard is the reserve military force that can be called on to intervene in domestic emergencies. A factory photo op for Alexander Lukashenko backfires when workers demand his resignation. Dozens of cities imposed curfews but they were defied.

La mort de George Floyd est une affaire de violence policière américaine menant au décès d'un homme afro-américain, lors de son interpellation par le policier blanc Derek Chauvin, le 25 mai 2020 à Minneapolis, dans le Minnesota aux États-Unis.. George Floyd est interpellé par quatre policiers dans sa voiture, menotté et plaqué au sol sur le ventre. Neuf jours après la mort à Minneapolis de George Floyd, un homme noir asphyxié par un policier blanc, la vague de contestation historique ne connaît pas de répit. The protests began as a response to the killing of George Floyd, a 46-year-old African-American man who was killed during an arrest after Derek Chauvin, a Minneapolis Police Department officer, knelt on Floyd's neck for nearly eight …

""I want the organisers of this terror to be on notice that you'll face severe criminal penalties," he said.Earlier, President Trump told state governors they had been "weak" and had to get "much tougher" and utilise troops from the National Guard. Afroamerikaner wurde 2007 wegen bewaffneten Raubüberfalls zu fünf Jahren Gefängnis verurteilt. Juni 2020. Überall auf der Welt wird gegen den Tod des Afroamerikaners George Floyd protestiert, der bei seiner Verhaftung, weil er dem Vernehmen nach mit einer gefälschten 20-Dollar … Die kriminelle Vergangenheit von George Floyd. "This type of institutional failure will not be tolerated," he said.On Sunday, mostly peaceful demonstrations once again gave way to violence in many cities, with clashes erupting between police and protesters.Many videos shared on social media from across the US appeared to show riot police responding disproportionately to demonstrators. It says it is awaiting more results from laboratory studies. The medical examiner noted in that report that Mr Floyd had underlying heart conditions and said the combination of these, "potential intoxicants in his system" and being restrained by the officers "likely contributed to his death".The full official death examination is yet to be released by the office of the Hennepin County Medical Examiner. George Floyd, the African-American man whose death has sparked civil unrest, died from asphyxia (lack of oxygen), a private post-mortem examination found. But the two doctors hired by the Floyd family found the death was a homicide, "The cause of death in my opinion is asphyxia, due to compression to the neck - which can interfere with oxygen going to the brain - and compression to the back, which interferes with breathing," Dr Michael Baden, a former New York City medical examiner and one of the pair, said at a news conference.A video showing a white police officer continuing to kneel on George Floyd's neck even after he pleaded he could not breathe sparked outrage when it emerged a week ago.It has led to six consecutive days of protests around the United States and a level of civil unrest not seen this widely across the country in decades. The findings differ from an official preliminary examination carried out by the county medical examiner.It did not find evidence of "traumatic asphyxia or strangulation".The official examination also said underlying health conditions played a role in Mr Floyd's death. A memorial has sprung up in Minneapolis at the spot where George Floyd was arrested by police

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