The “Dreadhead Cowboy” did not choose the police side. This figure of the African-American community of Chicago, who criss-crosses the difficult districts to give lessons of horsemanship, made six hours of road, his horse in his pick-up, to join Minneapolis and to support the demonstrators. For two days, the city of Minnesota has been the scene of demonstrations, after the death of George Floyd, killed by four police officers. Protests that turned into riots on Wednesday evening. Shops were looted and a man died after a trader opened fire on the looters. Heavily armed citizens were also seen in the vicinity, seeking to assist the police …
Minneapolis is added to the long list of American cities that have known this gear in recent years: Cincinnati, Saint Louis, Baltimore … “When we kill a man or a woman here, it’s my brother, it’s my sister that we are murdering, ”says Adam Hollingsworth, alias“ Dreadhead Cowboy ”.
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