Turn on Floyd in Minneapolis, arrested agent

2020-05-29T20:49:08.452Z

After four days of guerrilla warfare that from Minneapolis was likely to extend to all of America, the agent who stifled, during the arrest, the African American George Floyd, who died last Monday at 46 years of age under the arrest, was arrested and charged knee of Derek Chavin. Hennen County prosecutor Mike Freeman called it "the quickest indictment in an investigation against a police officer." The prosecutor's office reviewed the testimony reports, the video of the incident, and other evidence that led to Chauvin's arrest, Freeman explained. The other three policemen involved have not yet been arrested but are under investigation. Local testimonies, in particular that of the vice president of the city council, Andrea Jenkins, showed that Floyd and Chauvin knew each other very well because they had worked together for several years in the safety of a night club. "The indictment of the agent is an essential first step," commented the mayor of the city, Jacob Frey, who today woke up with buildings and cars still smoking after a night of anger and violence. "We are a nation at a crossroads and today's county prosecutor's decision is an essential first step on a longer road to justice and healing for our city," said the first citizen in a statement. A first step, however, that will not be enough with the attention that remains skyrocketing also due to some tweets of the president, Donald Trump, who after promising justice for the victim, used fiery words against what he called the "criminals" "who committed vandalism and looting and threatened the use of force. His predecessor, Barack Obama, has instead pointed the finger at a normality that can no longer be accepted in America in 2020. "It is natural to wish for a return to normal after the health and economic crisis of Covid-19 but we must remember that for Millions of Americans, being treated differently because of the breed is tragically, painfully and exasperatedly 'normal', whether it's the health system or the judicial system or jogging on the street, or just watching birds in a park "Obama commented. "It shouldn't be normal in America in 2020. It can't be normal. If we want our children to grow up in a nation that lives up to its great ideals, we can and must be better," he added. "None of us can look the other way, none of us can be silent. None of us want to hear that phrase, 'I can't breathe', and do nothing," said Joe Biden who overheard the phone. Floyd's family. The Democrat then attacked Donald Trump, saying: "This is not the time to write incendiary tweets. It is not the time to incite violence. We need real leadership, and we need it now." A few hours after the news that the number three police station in Minneapolis had been set on fire and evacuated "for personnel safety", Trump had taken it out with the "far left" mayor, Frey, accusing him of "weakness" and warning him to "bring the situation under control" otherwise he will send the National Guard. The response of the first citizen, who had previously defined the Floyd murder as a racial background, came in a tight turn. Reiterating his determination to "not tolerate" the continuation of vandalism, Frey rejected the sender's accusations of lack of leadership: "Weakness is pointing the finger at someone else in a moment of crisis. Donald Trump knows nothing of the strength of Minneapolis, we will get through this difficult time. " But to trigger the controversy and also the decisive reaction of Twitter were other statements contained in Trump's twittering. "These criminals are dishonoring the memory of George Floyd," wrote the head of the White House, also expressing the army's full support for the governor of Minnesota, Tim Walz, who signed the order in which he activates the intervention of the National guard. "When the looting begins, it also starts shooting," Trump concluded, effectively ventilating the use of force against the protesters responsible for the vandalism. This latest outcry cost him a new 'report' from Twitter. The social network led by Jack Dorsey marked the president's post, partially obscuring it, because it was considered contrary to the rules of use of the social network and an incitement to violence. The tweet has not been completely obscured, "since it may be in the public interest", but Twitter's move is destined to rekindle the clash with the White House already on. Trump then specified, also on Twitter, that he spoke of a fact, not an affirmation with the desire to happen.