The death of George Floyd, a black American choked under the knee of a white police officer, on May 25, engulfed the United States, where protests against racially-motivated police violence continue.

Erin Ogunkeye, journalist for France 24, situates the assassination of George Floyd in a broader historical context of racial oppression and segregation in the United States.

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