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New York, Jun 10 (EFE/EPA).- Thousands of people gathered at McCarren Park in Brooklyn, New York, on Wednesday to continue their protests against systemic racism and police violence against the African American community following the May 25 killing in Minneapolis of African American George Floyd by a white policeman. (Camera: ALBA VIGARAY). SHOT LIST: A PROTEST OVER THE DEATH OF GEORGE FLOYD AND OTHER AFRICAN AMERICANS WHO FELL VICTIMS TO POLICE VIOLENCE AND SYSTEMIC RACISM AT MCCAREN PARK, BROOKLYN, NEW YORK CITY, US.
Oakland, Jun 4 (EFE/EPA).- Demonstrators participated on Thursday in a peaceful sit-in and march in downtown Oakland over the arrest in Minnesota of George Floyd, who later died in police custody.The 46-year-old Floyd died on May 25 when a Minneapolis police officer - Derek Chauvin - knelt on his neck for almost nine minutes after Floyd had been handcuffed and placed facedown on the pavement.During the first several minutes, Floyd complained that he could not breathe and pleaded for help, but then he lost consciousness, although Chauvin remained kneeling on his neck for another several minutes.A Passersby recorded the incident with her cellphone, begged the officers to stop kneeling on Floyd and posted the videos to the social networks.The video went viral and have sparked days and nights of protests, rioting and looting across the US(Camera: JOHN MABANGLO). FOOTAGE SHOWS THE SIT-IN PROTEST AND MARCH OVER THE DEATH OF GEORGE FLOYD IN OAKLAND, CALIFORNIA, US.
New York City Mayor Bill De Blasio joins civil rights leader Al Sharpton and various leaders as they kneel for 9 minutes and 29 seconds - the amount of time Derek Chauvin knelt of George Floyd's neck - to mark the first anniversary of Floyd’s death. IMAGES
Madrid, May 25 (EFE).- (Camera: Raúl García) The US embassy in Madrid has placed a banner with the slogan "Black Lives Matter" to show its solidarity with members of black communities in the United States and around the world on the first anniversary of George Floyd's murder. For the US embassy, it is "a declaration that racism has no place in our world." FOOTAGE OF THE BANNER POSTED ON THE UNITED STATES EMBASSY IN MADRID.
Supporters and relatives of George Floyd gather and march in Minneapolis ahead of the first anniversary of his death under a white policeman's knee, a killing that prompted a reckoning on racial injustice in the United States. IMAGES
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