THE ESSENTIAL
Two weeks after the death of George Floyd in Minneapolis, the worldwide protest movement against racism does not falter. Sunday, two days before the funeral of this American nori killed by a white police officer who applied his knee to his neck for nearly nine minutes, thousands of people marched in several cities in the United States and around the world, without major incidents as was the case in the days following the tragedy in several American cities. In Minneapolis, the city council decided to dismantle the city police outright.
The main information to remember
- Demonstrations took place across the United States on Sunday without major incidents
- Rallies and parades have taken place around the world, especially in Europe. In Brussels, 150 people were arrested
- Minneapolis police to be dismantled, Minnesota city council decided Sunday
Minneapolis police dismantled
The decision is spectacular: the police in Minneapolis, Minnesota, will disappear in its current form. So decided on Sunday its city council. "We are committed to dismantling the police service as we know it in the city of Minneapolis and to rebuilding with our people a new model of public safety that truly ensures the safety of our people," said Lisa Bender, President of city council, on CNN.
She said she intended to transfer funds allocated from the police budget to population-based projects. The city council also intends to examine how to replace the existing police, she added. "The idea of not having a police force is certainly not a short-term project," she said. According to city councilor Alondra Cano, the council concluded that the city police were "not reformable and that we were going to end the current system of policing".
Events in the United States and around the world
Thousands of people demonstrated this weekend in the United States and around the world against racism. Without these historic gatherings degenerating into riots and looting as was the case in the days following the tragedy in several American cities, which had to implement curfews.
From Bristol to Budapest via Madrid and Rome, tens of thousands of Europeans joined the protests punctuated by rare incidents on Sunday. Belgian police nevertheless arrested 150 people involved in acts of vandalism on Sunday evening in Brussels at the end of a rally in which nearly 10,000 people participated.
Democrats want comprehensive police reform
Several elected Democrats want to attack what they believe to be the result of a racism that has plagued the history of the United States since slavery, by presenting a law to reform the police on the whole Monday the United States.
Certain measures have already been imposed at a local level since the beginning of this protest movement. The chief of police of Seattle thus prohibited the use of tear gas for thirty days. Minneapolis police have announced that they will now ban the dangerous "choke" technique.