• Demonstrations: from Sydney to London: the world protests the death of George Floyd

Protesters have lined up the road to the White House in Washington on Saturday in a mass protest as part of marches across the United States over the death of George Floyd at the hands of the police, which fueled a debate on inequality in the community. black.

Five months after the presidential election and at a time when the United States is still fighting the coronavirus, the death on May 25 in Minneapolis of Floyd, a black American who was suffocated by a white police officer, generated a mobilization that has brought together tens of thousands of people in Washington.

The mobilizations have taken place in large cities such as New York, Miami, Chicago or Los Angeles and thousands of people also demonstrated in London, Pretoria, Paris, Berlin and Sydney, among other cities.

In Washington, under a stubborn sun, protesters began to arrive in the vicinity of the White House. From early on there was an important police device and several helicopters flew over the city.

La Fayette square in front of the White House - usually a space for tourists - has been closed since last weekend after a protest that led to violent incidents and now there is a fence of several meters to prevent passage.

This Saturday protesters pasted photos of several black Americans who died in cases of police brutality.

Patricia Thompson , a 55-year-old black woman, said she hopes this is a turning point in American history. "I feel like we've been fighting, fighting and fighting and that suddenly everything gave way," he said, referring to the debate that is stirring up society about institutional racism, which has touched companies and organizations across the country.

In Washington, Democratic Mayor Muriel Bowser is at odds with President Donald Trump after the president on Monday ordered to suppress a protest outside the White House.

On Friday the mayor renamed this point of the city as Black Lives Matter. Activists painted that message on the pavement in yellow letters.

Average flags up to North Carolina

After Floyd was honored in Minneapolis, he will be fired this Saturday in Raeford, North Carolina, his home state, where authorities ordered the flags to be placed at half-staff.

His remains were greeted by a crowd that applauded him with his fist held high and thousands of people lined up to bid him farewell, protected by umbrellas on a scorching hot day in the southern United States.

Amid the mobilizations, the debate in the United States over the suppression of protests increases, which are the most important since the 1960s during the time of the civil rights struggle.

The broadcast of images in Buffalo, New York, showing a police officer pushing an elderly man and a contingent of officers past him as the man bled from his ears sparked outrage, and two officers were suspended.

This series of protests poses one of the great challenges to Trump's tumultuous presidency. The president condemned Floyd's death but also referred to protesters as "thugs" and "terrorists" and has been accused of exacerbating tensions.

A human rights group filed a lawsuit against Trump after security forces fired tear gas at a peaceful protest. Last weekend on the fringes of the protests there were riots, with looting.

These disorders forced the authorities to decree unpublished curfews that have already been lifted in Washington, Los Angeles and other cities, but New York continues with restrictions.

These manifestations occur when the country has not overcome the coronavirus pandemic and many experts have warned that these mobilizations could fuel new outbreaks.

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