George Floyd's Murder | Will it Finally Put an End to Racism?
Channel: Anna Tiurina
Date: 29/06/2020

This video is a short reflection on George Floyd's Murder. Please, feel free to create a healthy conversation and voice your opinion about the situation in the comments below (keep the comments appropriate)  

Here you'll be presented with many photos from the protests and photos  related to the topic that have been taken by many different photographers (find attributes below)


On May 25, 2020, George Floyd, who was a 46-year-old man, died handcuffed in Minneapolis while police officer Derek Chauvin knelt on his neck for nearly nine minutes. Floyd had been arrested on suspicion of using a counterfeit bill. During the act, Floyd kept begging for his life and kept saying 'I can't breathe', as he was left out cold motionless and with no pulse. The onlookers kept pleading for Chauvin to remove his knee from Floyd's neck, something he didn't even attempt to do. Medics arrived to treat Floyd, but by that time, which was around 9:25 p.m, he was already dead.
The police claimed that Floyd had resisted the arrest, which is the reason that led to the unfortunate circumstances, but other merchants around the area provided security camera footage and cellphone videos that clearly showed otherwise.

Floyd's death sparked the George Floyd protests, most of which have been peaceful, but some of which have caused rioting, looting, street skirmishes and, ironically, even MORE police brutality, which we've seen in graphic detail in social media. Outside the United States, protests against the killing of George Floyd, racism, and police brutality also took place, notably in the cities of Auckland, Barcelona, Berlin, Brisbane, Madrid, Copenhagen, Dublin, Accra, Lagos, Nairobi, Cape Town, Paris, Perth, Rio de Janeiro, Sydney, Tel Aviv, Seoul, Tokyo, Vienna, and Athens, as well as in the countries of Canada and the United Kingdom. Protests have taken place in at least 40 countries and on all continents except Antarctica, for kind of obvious reasons. , Donald Trump threatened to deploy the U.S military if the mass unrest was nut quelled. He said the following statement on June 3:
 "If a city or state refuses to take the actions necessary to defend the life and property of their residents, then I will deploy the United States military and quickly solve the problem for them."

What do you think of George Floyd’s murder? Do you think it will finally put an end to racism after all, or do you think this is yet another stepping stone for the fight against it? Only time will tell for sure... We want to create a healthy discussion about this topic so please make sure to leave your opinion in the comments down below!


Thanks for watching and have a GREAT DAY! :) 

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