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Death of George Floyd: Death reclassified as "murder"
From "manslaughter" to "murder". According to local senator Amy Klobuchar, the death of George Floyd in Minneapolis was thus reclassified by the American justice system, which indicted, the four police officers implicated in the fatal arrest of this African-American man. Constable Derek Chauvin, dismissed from the police like his three colleagues and imprisoned at the end of May, therefore faces a maximum sentence of 40 years' imprisonment for this count, according to the indictment filed in court. The family of the victim, who died on May 25, welcomed the worsening of these lawsuits, in a statement by his lawyer, Ben Crump. "It is an important step on the road to justice," she commented, nine days after the blur recorded on a video that shocked American society and beyond the borders of the country.
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Death of George Floyd: Snapchat in turn moderates Trump's messages "inciting racial violence"
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Death of George Floyd: "He is betting on the silent majority", can Trump emerge victorious from the riots in the United States?
Hydroxychloroquine: "The Lancet" has doubts about its study, but what changes?
"Expression of concern". Or "expression of concern" in French. It was with this formal warning, used by scientific journals to signify that a study is potentially problematic, that The Lancet decided Tuesday evening to "alert readers to the fact that serious scientific questions have been raised to (its ) be careful ”about the study on hydroxychloroquine and Covid-19 published in its pages on May 22. A study according to which the hydroxychloroquine did not prove its effectiveness on the patients of the Covid-19 hospitalized and would be even harmful, inducing a high risk of mortality.
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Coronavirus: Hydroxychloroquine ineffective in preventing Covid-19, according to an American study
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News Items: German police investigate 43-year-old man in Maddie case
The investigation continues into the disappearance of Maddie in Portugal in 2007. German police announced on Wednesday that they are investigating a new suspect in the disappearance of Madeleine McCann, 3 years old. "The Brunswick prosecution is investigating a 43-year-old German citizen suspected of murder," said federal police in a statement. A call for witnesses was also launched. Madeleine McCann disappeared from her room on May 3, 2007, a few days before her fourth birthday, in the small seaside resort of Praia da Luz, in the south of Portugal, where she was staying on vacation with her family.
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