About 200 people demonstrated this Monday in Minneapolis (USA) after the first day of the trial against former police officer Derek Chauvin, accused of murdering the African-American George Floyd by asphyxia a year ago, to demand that justice punish him.
“We have to end white supremacy in the United States. The whole world and the rest of the country are watching ”, exclaimed one of the organizers of the demonstration led by the social movement Black Lives Matter (Black lives matter).
The one-hour protest ran through the streets surrounding the Hennepin County Government Center, the epicenter a year ago of the largest racial protests in the US in decades and where the initial deliberations of the Chauvin trial began today.
The protesters chanted slogans against police violence and the judicial system in the United States such as “No Justice, No Peace, Prosecute de Police” (No justice, no peace, prosecute the Police) or “Chauvin Guilty” (Chauvin guilty).
The reaction in the streets of Minneapolis came after the images that a year ago shocked the country of the alleged murder of Floyd at the hands of Chauvin by broadcasting the full video of his death that lasts more than nine years were revived on the first day of the process minutes.
In addition, during the opening day of this Monday, one of the prosecutors, Jerry W. Blackwell, addressed the 12 members of the jury and announced that his objective is to show that Chauvin is “anything but innocent” and that he should be convicted of the alleged May 25, 2020 murder of Floyd.
The process against Chauvin has attracted great media expectation as Floyd’s death sparked the outbreak of massive racial protests across the United States that put the Donald Trump government on the ropes. EFE
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