REPORTAGE
Day after day, the mobilization continues in the United States, almost two weeks after the death of Georges Floyd. On Saturday, tens of thousands of Americans demonstrated in a peaceful atmosphere against racism and police brutality. In Washington, a dense crowd has invaded the streets of the American federal capital, near the White House, the Capitol or the Lincoln Memorial.
Thousands of protesters on #BlackLivesMatterPlaza in front of the White House pic.twitter.com/H0FJmvpwlN
- Sonia Dridi (@Sonia_Dridi) June 6, 2020"No justice, no peace". The slogan resounded on the new place "Black Lives Matter". A slogan painted on the floor in giant yellow letters just a few steps from the White House, as a challenge to Donald Trump. They were tens of thousands gathered under a blazing sun: blacks, whites, Americans of all ages. Many had come with their families like Taryn and Nick, anti-racism signs in one hand and stroller in the other, with their one-year-old Métis baby girl in them.
"The world is finally focused on violence against blacks"
"Our hope and our expectation is that 2020 will be a turning point, like that, when she is our age, she should not hold this kind of sign, it will be a settled subject," explained Nick at the microphone. Europe 1. For her part, Taryn said he was "completely invigorated". For the first time, she continued, "the whole world is finally focused on violence against blacks. I don't think it has ever happened. Not since I was born anyway".
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The atmosphere was festive, and the gatherings sometimes looked like neighborhood feasts. As the coronavirus continues to hit the country, the majority of protesters were masked. From the now barricaded White House, Donald Trump reacted on Twitter by writing that "the crowd was much smaller than expected".