In Minnesota, in the Midwestern United States, a black man was shot dead by a police officer, and residents protested the police on the grounds that it was an excessive response due to racial discrimination.



Protests are also planned in New York and elsewhere, and may spread to other parts of the world in the future.

A 20-year-old black man, who had been heard about a traffic violation, was shot dead by a police officer at the Brooklyn Center in Midwestern Minnesota on the afternoon of the 11th.



According to local police, police officers stopped the man's car and listened to the situation, but found that the man had an arrest warrant on another charge and tried to arrest him.



Police said the man fired because he unleashed a police officer and got into the car.

On the other hand, on the night of the 11th, more than 100 residents gathered around the police station and protested against the police, saying that it was an excessive response due to racial discrimination.



In addition, curfew has been issued locally at night because some of the protests have led to looting.



Major American media have made the problem bigger, as the place where the man died was close to the scene of the black George Floyd, who died in May last year when a white police officer held his neck down on his knees. I'm picking it up.



Protests are scheduled to be held in New York and cities in the Midwest on the 12th against the death of a man, and there is a possibility that protests will spread to various places in the future.

President Biden "No Violence or Looting Allowed" Calm Call

"It's really tragic, but we have to wait for the investigation," Biden told reporters.



On the other hand, about the mob of some people taking advantage of the protests, "Peaceful protests are understandable, but looting and violence can never be justified. Anger, pain and trauma to the black community. I understand, but violence and looting are unacceptable, "he called on the public to calm down.

Major league baseball and other four major professional sports games in North America are canceled one after another

In response to the incident, the four major professional sports games in North America, including the major leagues scheduled to be held in Minneapolis on the 12th, have been canceled one after another.



Of these, the Major League Baseball Twins, to which pitcher Kenta Maeda belongs, canceled the Red Sox match scheduled for Minneapolis on the 12th.



The shooting site and the baseball stadium are about 15 minutes away by car, and the team said, "We decided to cancel after giving top priority to the safety of spectators, players, and staff."



Pitcher Maeda is scheduled to start the game on the 13th, but it is not clear at this time whether or not the game will be held after the 13th.



Also, the NBA = American professional basketball Timberwolves vs. Nets match, which was also scheduled to be held in Minneapolis on the 12th, and the NHL = North American professional ice hockey league match were canceled one after another.



"We decided to cancel in light of the tragic events in Minneapolis. Our thoughts are with the family and friends of a deceased black man who is having a difficult time," the NBA said in a statement. ..



In the United States last year, a black man was shot from behind by a police officer in Wisconsin, and the match was canceled in Major League Baseball and the NBA, but the shooting by the police officer again triggered it. The situation was canceled one after another.