What rights and what justice for African-Americans?

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Americans demand justice on May 29, 2020 after the death of George Floyd during his arrest in Minneapolis. REUTERS / Eric Miller

By: Guillaume Naudin Follow

It's been a week now since George Floyd died suffocated under the knee of a Minneapolis police officer. A week and six nights now that many American cities are sometimes the scene of riots, but especially of demonstrations to demand justice. Because George Floyd is not the first African-American to suffer this fate and the police officers involved are rarely condemned. For several years, the black Lives Matter leaderless movement, black lives count, has been fighting racism, violence and impunity in the police and justice communities in the United States. What rights and what justice for African-Americans? This is the question of the day.

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To discuss it:
- Pap Ndiaye
, historian professor of universities at Sciences Po Paris, author of many books, including, The history of Chicago , Fayard editions, pending  A history of the right to vote  to be published this fall.
Charlotte Recoquillon , geographer, researcher attached to the French Institute of Geopolitics specialist in the United States.
- Éric de Salve , RFI correspondent in the United States

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  • Human rights
  • Justice
  • Racism

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