Covered with a huge tag in memory of George Floyd, the wagon of an SNCB train was seen on the rails this Saturday. Outside Belgium, the images have already gone viral on social networks.
Spotted on Belgian tracks this weekend, the wagon in question was tagged entirely, with the inscription “Please I can’t breathe” in large white letters on a black background. This sentence (“Please, I don’t know how to breathe”) is a tribute to George Floyd, the 46-year-old African American. died last Tuesday in Minneapolis in the USA. After arresting him, a police officer held his knee on George Floyd’s neck for almost ten minutes, preventing him from breathing and causing his death. Filmed during the events, the police officer was charged with manslaughter three days later, and the death of this African-American created tension in Minneapolis, leading to riots and demonstrations in support of George Floyd.
For SNCB, the tribute to the 46-year-old victim on the Belgian train remains an act of vandalism and the tag will be removed “as quickly as possible,” a spokesperson for the company told the Nieuwsblad. who has been tagged this way cannot circulate like that. We will also see if we can find the perpetrators, “he added.
In the meantime, the images of the wagon have toured Twitter, first at home in Belgium, but then in the United States, where the Now This site shared images of the tagged train, where we can also read “In memory by George Floyd “.
Federal deputy Malik Ben Achour also posted photos of the drawing, saying “proud and grateful” to see such a tribute here in Belgium.
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