“The only thing I can say (in response to the corresponding question. - RT ) is that the Secretary-General is shocked by this murder,” he said.
Floyd, 46, died on May 25. The video that appeared on social networks shows the detention of a man who is handcuffed on the ground, and one of the policemen holding him pressed his knee to his neck.
Floyd repeated several times that he could not breathe. Later it became known that the detainee had died. The incident caused a wave of protests.
The Minneapolis authorities introduced an emergency mode in the city, and in Minnesota they decided to attract fighters of the US National Guard to maintain order in connection with the protests.
More details in the material RT.