Tributes and demonstrations in Europe against the death of George Floyd

While the situation remains tense in the United States after the death of George Floyd, Tuesday, several demonstrations and tributes took place, Sunday, May 31, in memory of the deceased African-American suffocated under the knee of a white police officer.

Several demonstrations took place in Berlin, Copenhagen or London to protest against this death.

"When you take someone's life the way it happened, it does something to you, wherever you are, because it's wrong," London protester Trevor Joseph told AFP. . "It's something international. It happened in the United States and we have to show our solidarity."

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Some displayed cardboard panels that read "Black lives matter" or "Our skin color is not a crime". 

The demonstrators then knelt for ten minutes, a gesture that has become a symbol of the fight against discrimination in the United States, where similar rallies are held every day, before starting a march towards the American embassy.

Marcus Thuram knee on the ground in homage to George Floyd

Three Bundesliga players paid tribute to George Floyd this weekend on the German soccer fields. Starting with Marcus Thuram, the French forward from Mönchengladbach, who put his knee on the ground after his first goal - he scored twice.

The son of the 1998 French world champion Lilian Thuram, himself engaged in the fight against racism, made no comment on his gesture. But just after the match, Mönchengladbach's club posted a photo of their player, knee on the ground and looking down, on Twitter, with the caption in English: "No explanation needed" ").

Besonderer Moment im BORUSSIA-PARK: @MarcusThuram kniet nach seinem Treffer nieder. 🙏 # Bundesliga #BMGFCU 2: 1 pic.twitter.com/Jln0Xp2Wfq

In Dortmund, star striker Jadon Sancho, 20, a hat-trick against Paderborn (6-1), who unveiled a t-shirt with the inscription "Justice for George" after his first goal. The same sentence that American Schalke 04 striker Weston McKennie had written on an armband he wore on Saturday in the 1-0 loss to Bremen.

With AFP

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