„Let‘s walk,“ Swanson replied, prompting audible cheers from the crowd. Video showed the sheriff then walking with protesters through the street and taking selfies. He could also be seen giving high-fives.
Swanson later that night describe the march as „magic,“ noting that no arrests were made and no property damage had been reported that day in the city.
Die Schleuse zwischen der SpaceX-Raumkapsel „Crew Dragon“ und der ISS öffnete sich problemlos.
Governors in nearly a dozen states plus the District of Columbia have now activated the National Guard amid protests and riots that have broken out in response to George Floyd’s death in Minneapolis police custody earlier this week.
States calling for Guard asistance were California, Georgia, Minnesota, Missouri, Nevada, Ohio, Tennessee, Texas, Utah and Washington state.
(30.05.2020)
The US military is monitoring protests in at least seven states, according to Defense Department documents obtained exclusively by The Nation.
In addition to Minnesota, where a Minneapolis police officer killed George Floyd, the military is tracking uprisings in New York, Ohio, Colorado, Arizona, Tennessee, and Kentucky, according to a Defense Department situation report. Notably, only Minnesota has requested National Guard support.
The chief of police in Norfolk, Virginia marched Saturday with protesters rallying against the death of George Floyd and police brutality, according to video taken on the scene. Larry Boone walked with demonstrators after having conversations with several of them about police accountability: “I want to meet with each and every one of you if we can work together…All policemen, folks, aren’t bad.” Amidst shouts from protesters, he praised them for remaining peaceful: “You’ve shown the world how it’s done.”
(Just so everyone knows, I indentified myself as a reporter before filming and made sure I had her consent to share her name.)
Erinnerung an Manolis Glezos, den griechischen Antifaschisten und Widerstandskämpfer.
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Border Police officers claimed they believed he was holding a gun – there was none – and when they called out for him to stop, he started running. The penalty was death. The Border Police, the most brutal of all units, knows no other way to overpower a fleeing autistic Palestinian except to execute him. The cowardly Border Police officers fired some 10 bullets into Hallaq as he fled, until he died. That’s how they always act. That’s what they’ve been trained to do.
Eyad Hallaq, 32, attended and worked in a special needs school close to where he was shot ■ Shooting officer says he suspected Hallaq was a terrorist because he was wearing gloves
Die Betriebe trügen die Maskenpflicht mit, weil sie vorgeschrieben sei, erklärt dazu der Geschäftsführer des Verbandes Lars Bubnik. Aber jeden Tag meldeten sich Betroffene bei ihm mit der Bitte: Ändert was! „Man muss hier kurz- und mittelfristig andere Lösungen finden“, so Bubnik.
Auslöser der Proteste und der Ausschreitungen ist der Tod des Schwarzen George Floyd infolge eines brutalen Polizeieinsatzes in Minneapolis.
Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.) slammed the police department shortly after the footage surfaced. The freshman representative retweeted the video, sharing, “NYPD officers just drove an SUV into a crowd of human beings. They could‘ve killed them, & we don’t know how many they injured.”
Zu einem erweiterten Gipfeltreffen im Herbst wolle er auch Russland, Südkorea, Australien und Indien einladen.