president of the UNITED states, Donald Trump, have asked the authorities investigating the case of a black, unarmed man who died in police custody in the city of Minneapolis.
It writes the Trump Wednesday on Twitter.
At my request, the FBI (the u.s. federal bureau of investigation, ed.) and the ministry of justice already in full swing with a study of George Floyd's tragic death in Minnesota, writes Trump on Twitter.
- I have asked that the investigation will be handled quickly, and I appreciate very much the work done by local police, he writes.
the 46-year-old George Floyd lost his life in the hospital, after a white police officer had been sitting with his knee on the man's neck for several minutes in connection with an arrest.
Wednesday called on the mayor of Minneapolis, Jacob Frey, according to the news agency Reuters, that there should be opened a criminal case against the concerned cop.
the Officer and the other three involved officers were on Tuesday sacked.
Footage from the incident shows that the black man being held down against the asphalt of the politibetjentens knees for several minutes.
the Man says repeatedly that he can't get air. He seems to lose consciousness, while the police officer continues to jostle him down, and the spectators shouting, that it must stop. Later lose the man life.
on Wednesday evening local time, several protesters, according to Reuters, for the second night in a row protesting in the police district in Minneapolis, where the police officers involved worked.
on Tuesday, shot the police rubber bullets and tear gas against the demonstrators.
Also Trumps - with all probability - the upcoming candidate against the presidential election in november, Joe Biden, has commented on the death.
- It is a tragic reminder that this is not a unique incident but part of an ingrained, systematic circuit of the injustice that still exists in this country, says Joe Biden, according to Reuters.