A new case of police violence sparked new protests in the United States. A recent Video shows how another unarmed African American dies because of a police officer. The world is in a Rage.
In the large US city of Atlanta, an unarmed African-Americans seems to have been of a policeman shot dead. The man’s name was Rayshard Brooks. After the violent death of George Floyd and his story for attention and should be investigated.
The criminal office, the GBI, the Georgia state represents the event from the Friday evening (local time): The police had been called to a “Wendy’s”fast-food restaurant in the Drive-in queue, a man in a car was asleep. It the Afro Americans Rayshard Brooks was.
Video to show what happened at the Drive-In
After alcohol test, the 27-Year-old should be taken into custody. It came to a fight. “Witnesses report that the man during the fight, seized the Taser (stun gun of a police officer)”. A Video that shows how he runs in front of the police officers thereof. The officers followed the African-American and shoots him. He he dies a short time later at the hospital, the criminal office.
A Video is circulating on the Internet, to show the incident in Atlanta. It is seen that the man wanted to escape after the confrontation with the police officers and repeatedly Tasered. Finally, shots are heard and the lying on the ground man to see.
Warning, this Video contains emotionally stressful content
Who is George Floyd was?
Since the death of George Floyd at the end of may in Minneapolis, thousands of people against police violence and racism protest in many cities of the United States.
A white police officer had pressed his knee into the neck of the fallen man, despite his repeated requests, to let him breathe. The policeman and three of the operation as participating colleagues were dismissed, arrested and charged. Floyd had been arrested because of suspicion to have a fake 20-Dollar bill in paid, fixed.
The funeral service for George Floyd
Moving funeral service with fighting Talk: In Houston in the US state of Texas was adopted by George Floyd. (Source: Reuters)
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What the protesters want?
Both cases bring huge tension in the American society. Thousands of people demonstrate against racism and police violence – and all over the world. The story of Rayshard Brooks is pushing this development.
This was shortly after the incident had become known. In front of the “Wendy’s”fast-food restaurant in Atlanta gathered on Saturday, a group of protesters, according to the newspaper “Atlanta Journal-Constitution” reported. A protester called the Parking lot of the fast-food restaurants “the new Ground Zero” of the Anti-police violence protest movement.
On the Waterloo bridge: The clenched black fist, the Symbol of the “Black Lives Matter”has become a movement. (Source: Dylan Martinez/Reuters)
Germany demonstrated peacefully
In several German cities on Saturday to people on the street. In Nuremberg, around 1,200 protested against racism. Also in Stuttgart and in Hamburg, people took to the streets.
According to police all the demonstrations were peaceful. In Hamburg, around 250 people gathered, were announced 750 participants. Also in Bavaria, the number of participants was lower than expected.
Zurich: 10,000 people demonstrate
In several Swiss cities, many people have demonstrated against racism. On Saturday went in Zurich more than 10,000 people on the street, as the city police announced. The mainly young protesters held here, signs with inscriptions such as “White silence is violence” (White Silence is violence) or “Black lives matter“(Black lives count) is high. Protests were also seen in Bern, Lucerne and St. Gallen.
“Black Lives Matter”protests in London: the rights of the perpetrators of violence are clashed with the police. (Source: Simon Dawson/Reuters)
At the Demonstration in Zurich, the people knelt down several times, to remind us of the brutal incident in Minneapolis. On the outskirts of the Demonstration, it later came to riots against the police. Police officers were objects thrown at me. Subsequently, a number of people were arrested, the city police tweeted Zurich.
France is fighting against racism
Many French people are fighting against police violence and racism. Thousands of people went on Saturday in all major cities of France on the road. In Paris several thousand demonstrators followed a call to Protest against the death of the young Black Adama Traoré in police custody 2016.
Assa is the sister of Adama Traoré: you ask – she and her 24-year-old brother due to police violence? (Source: Lucien Libert/Reuters)
Already last weekend, were in France 23,000 people against police violence, took to the streets. The protests inflamed in a new study, the power of police officers for the death by suffocation of Adama Traoré, in a Paris suburb responsible. Many of the protesters see Parallels to the death of the African-American George Floyd in the United States.
Amnesty International an in-depth Reform of the “police practices” in France demanded on Saturday. The Situation requires a “comprehensive response of the authorities”, said the human rights organization.
Against racism and violence: protesters stand on the Saturday at the Place de la Republique in Paris. (Source: Benoit Tessier/Reuters)
Interior Minister Christophe Castaner had announced last Monday that police officers who behave in a demonstrably racist, “should” be suspended. Controversial police should be abolished, took methods, such as the stranglehold fixed. On Thursday and Friday, police officers have protested publicly against the charge that, in their series of latent racism rule.
President Emmanuel Macron will hold on Sunday evening in a televised speech, in which he in addition to the Corona-Crisis also, the recent protests against the police is likely to appeal to violence and racism in the United States and France.
“Macron, I hate you”: The protests in Paris are directed primarily against racism and police violence in France. (Source: Benoit Tessier/Reuters)
Right-wing violence during protests in London
In the centre of London have demonstrated again on Saturday, hundreds of people against racism. At the same time organized by extreme-right groups held rallies in the city. On the Parliament Square and in the surroundings there were clashes of right-wing protesters with the police.
Throughly unacceptable thuggery.
Any perpetrators of violence or vandalism should expect to face the full force of the law. Violence towards our police officers will not be tolerated.
Coronavirus remains a threat to us all. Go home to stop the spread of this virus & save lives. https://t.co/HsOx9cgrqD
— Priti Patel (@pritipatel) June 13, 2020
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Interior Minister Priti Patel criticised the violence as totally unacceptable. Those who participate in violent riots and vandalism, had to reckon with the full force of the law. “Go home, to stop the spread (the Coronavirus) and to save lives,” she wrote on Twitter. Mayor Sadiq Khan called to take advantage of rallies in the distance.
Originally, various groups from the Black-Lives-Matter had been called by count-on the move (“Black life”) in the UK, with demonstrations against racism and police violence.
The support the protesters received from the Bishop of Dover. “Yes, there is a pandemic, but this topic is really important,” said Rose Hudson-Wilkin. She is the first black female Bishop of the Church of England.
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