With the anti-racism protests and violence of the American police entering its tenth consecutive day in the United States and the intensification of the methods of repression practiced against the demonstrators, who exited in more than 430 major American cities and towns, the infection of the demonstrations continued to extend to many countries of the world.
As the murder of African American Floyd George Floyd at the hands of the American police in Minneapolis turned into a global issue that highlights racism against black skin in the United States, the boiling situation inside the United States increased with the tweets of President Donald Trump and his statements threatening to use the army and more severe methods Harsh against peaceful protesters, describing them as “terrorists” and demanding that state governors and police forces crush them.
The response came quickly from his police and law enforcement who stepped up their procedures to crack down on demonstrators and increasingly used rubber bullets and tear gas.
And social media and American media like Fox News circulated a video showing elements of the American police pushing an elderly man on the ground and leaving him bleeding. Millions of people shared the video that shows the American police violence against the old man who fell to the ground and a pool of blood under his head while an officer prevented anyone of his help.
In a similar incident, a US police officer prevented a diabetic protester in the city of Cincinnati, Ohio, from obtaining her insulin medicine, despite her crying out and asserting the necessity of obtaining it.
And angry demonstrations in the United States received a great resonance in many countries of the world, which extended to the capitals of the Netherlands, Britain, France, Germany and Austria, as the protests reached Africa, where demonstrators gathered in front of the American embassy in Nairobi and raised the slogan “the life of blacks is important” raised by the demonstrators in the United States while a radio signal Voice of America indicates that demonstrations to condemn racism and the killing of Floyd are scheduled in several cities in Spain, Portugal and Gambia.
Several demonstrators and the American Civil Liberties Union filed a lawsuit against the US administration for using force to disperse peaceful protesters in the capital, Washington, while arrests of demonstrators continued as media reports revealed that US police arrested more than ten thousand people during the protests.
Source : Sana
