"The time has come to defund the police"
02.06.2020 - 16:27 / msn.com
African refugees living in Minneapolis were already struggling with their "American dream" when George Floyd died in police custody.
Now their dream is in tatters and they have joined their African American "brothers" in the streets to protest racism in their adopted homeland.
"I came here for freedom. My country was at war," said Tiha Jibi, who arrived from South Sudan at age 15.
"I end up having two boys, 10 and six, who are afraid because we are not white," she said, full of rage.
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"The time has come to defund the police"
Twins John and Edward Grimes, better known by their stage name Jedward, have shown their support behind the Black Lives Matter movement by joining a protest in Los Angeles, America.The march was in response to the wrongful killing of George Floyd, 46, an unarmed black man who was arrested, pinned to the ground and died after a policeman kneeled on his neck in Minneapolis, Minnesota in the US.The Irish pop stars, 28, shared several videos on their Twitter account where they could be seen marching
The event has been organised as part of the ongoing protests worldwide following the death of George Floyd in the US
"You don't know a thing about me"
Major labels have joined other music industry groups and artists in pledging a “blackout” to protest against the death of George Floyd.
Justin Bieber “feels bad” that it took the death of George Floyd to make him wake up to the issue of racism in America.
John Boyega said he does not want to “work in fear” when he is in the US as he addressed the unrest that has been triggered by the death of a black man during a police arrest.
New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo is declaring his support for non-violent demonstrators marching against police brutality. Cuomo said during a coronavirus press conference on Friday that he stands «with the protesters» who are advocating for justice following the killing of George Floyd in Minneapolis, Minnesota, on May 25.
John Cusack says police officers came at him with a baton as he filmed a protest in Chicago on Saturday.
"They came at me with batons"
One police officer is keeping it real. In the last few days, protests have been going on across the United States in light of George Floyd's death, Breonna Taylor's death, Tony McDade's death, Ahmaud Arbery's death and so many other black people's death in recent months.