“The streets are ours” : with the megaphone, the demonstrators did not take off, a week after the death of George Floyd, this African-American died of asphyxiation during his arrest by the police in Minneapolis, on May 25, because of a “strong and prolonged pressure” exerted on his neck and rib cage, according to the autopsy. The demonstrators demand justice and express anger and weariness in the face of police violence against the black community.
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It is a little after 8 pm, the curfew has just entered into force. Two processions have just joined in Columbus Circle, near a tower belonging to Donald Trump. Curfew ? André, like everyone here, doesn’t really care. “It was not necessary, he assures. What happened to freedom of expression? To freedom in America? But there are too many of us for them. “
They are trying to control us completely for no reason. They don’t like our opinions.
A forced march, between shops whose windows have been protected. At each roadblock, the procession, led by a few dozen cyclists, turns right or left.
When the crowd on 5th Avenue at the bottom of Trump Tower knelt down and fell silent. pic.twitter.com/hAWKkHJZK2
– Philippe Corbé (@PhilippeCorbe) June 2, 2020
At the windows of the very plush Upper West Side, residents are clapping or banging on pots and pans. Mickey watches the demonstration from the door of his building. “I live right there”, she points to. “It’s very unusual, but I think it’s about time, and I think maybe this time we’ll get a little more equality in this country, and maybe a little less racism, says the American. Noise, it doesn’t bother me, let them be left! As long as it remains peaceful. “
Peaceful protests walking south on West End Avenue 45 minutes after curfew. #nycprotests #BlackLivesMatter pic.twitter.com/ZuPFdFwgqG
— Lauren Nobile (@lanobes) June 3, 2020
The evening was again marked by looting and by a long face-to-face between demonstrators and the police at the entrance to Manhattan Bridge, the sound of helicopters in the background.
Demonstration in New York despite the curfew: listen to the report by Loïg Loury
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