USA: after George Floyd, is another policy possible?
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Demonstration, May 30, 2020, near the White House in Washington, in tribute to George Floyd, an African-American who died suffocated by a white policeman.
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By: Eric de Salve Follow
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His name alone embodies police violence in the United States.
Derek Chauvin's trial opened in Minneapolis with jury selection.
The ex-policeman will appear, from March 29 until the end of April 2021, for the murder of African-American George Floyd.
The video of his death, George Floyd suffocating under the knee of this white cop, had sparked weeks of protests across the United States.
In Minneapolis, at the end of May 2020, the demonstrators had even burned down and destroyed a police station in the city.
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This drama has also sparked a wide debate on the future of the police.
Deeming it too racist, some want to cut its funds, others even ask for its abolition.
Activists, residents and elected officials of the city are in any case thinking about new forms of public security that are less violent and less murderous.
While crime continues to increase.
After the death of George Floyd, is another policy possible? Grand Reportage, Éric de Salve.
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