Death of George Floyd: an anger that went far beyond the United States

the death of George Floyd reflects similar cases in other countries or that it stirs national histories tormented, it seems to have served as a detonator well beyond the United States. In Bristol, Rio or Tokyo, protesters-racists took to the streets in recent days to denounce the police violence. This, in spite of the pandemic, and in a promiscuity is still unthinkable a few weeks ago.

In the case of France, these markets have spread to Europe last weekend. "Las vidas negras importan", could we play Sunday at Madrid , where, according to the police, 3,000 people are kneeling for a minute of silence in front of the embassy of the United States. Demonstrations were also held in a dozen cities, from Barcelona to Valencia.

To Rome , thousands of young people have invested in the Piazza del Popolo and subsided, the raised fist, for about 8 minutes 46 seconds, the time during which an officer pressed his knee on the neck of Mr. Floyd until his death in Minneapolis.

London , thousands of Britons braved the authorities Sunday for the second day. The gathering, quiet, finished by clashes near the prime minister's residence at Downing Street. These events have been "undermined" by the rogue, has criticised Boris Johnson. But it is to Bristol , town in the past, slavery in the south-west of the country, the protesters conducted the action the more spectacular: they have debunked, trampled, and then cast the statue of a slave ship in the Seventeenth century in the port.

Berlin, 6th June. FABRIZIO BENSCH/REUTERS

Germany , in addition to events in Berlin and Hamburg , players from the four clubs in the Bundesliga have taken a knee on the ground Sunday in support of the fight against racism. Lausanne , thousands of Swiss were dressed in black to proclaim: "My color is not a threat." Copenhagen , 15.000 demonstrators have peacefully urged the Danish government to denounce racial violence in the United States.

On the american continent, the mobilization won the Canada . A crowd of more than 10,000 people, according to estimates by non-official, marched to the Montreal and other cities in the province, to denounce, in addition to the death of George Floyd, racial discrimination in the province. After a parade in the calm, police fired tear gas to disperse protesters. The march took place Sunday at Sherbrooke and Quebec , after Toronto and other cities of the country Saturday. On Friday, the prime minister, Justin Trudeau, had participated in a demonstration in Ottawa , placing a knee on the ground for 8 minutes 46 seconds.

"We have our own George Floyd"

In Brazil , it is the case of Joao Pedro Matos Pinto, a black boy 14 year-old shot by police last month in a suburb of Rio, the latest blunder by date, which helped to mobilise the population Friday and Sunday across the country. "We have our own George Floyd", summarized the protesters. 1814 people were killed by the police in Rio last year, and 606 since January.

Event in Sao Goncalo, Brazil, on 5 June. IAN CHEIBUB/REUTERS

Tunisia , where sub-saharan African migrants often claim to be victims of assault, about 200 people called for justice and to be able to "breathe" in the face of racism, Friday, in Tunis.

South Africa , more than a hundred supporters of the radical left, gathered Monday in front of the U.s. embassy, Pretoria, to the cries of "down with racism", "down with imperialism".

Demonstrators in Tokyo on June 6. ISSEI KATO/REUTERS

The Japan , protesters have filled the streets of Tokyo and Osaka over the weekend. The video of a kurdish man assaulted by police officers in the capital in recent days has been particularly fanned their anger. Dozens of South Koreans and foreign residents are also gathered together in Seoul, with black masks on which was inscribed, "I can't breathe".

Australia , 20.000 participated in a parade in Sydney , authorized by the justice a few minutes before his departure. In Brisbane , the 10,000 protesters took part in a peaceful assembly, as in Melbourne , Adelaide and other cities. Many of them were wrapped in flags of native peoples to denounce the treatment inflicted by the police for the Aborigines.

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