Prosecutors told jurors to “believe your eyes” as they replayed video of George Floyd’s death last May beneath the knee of Derek Chauvin in closing arguments on Monday before jurors began deliberating whether the former police officer was guilty of murder.
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US Democrats in Congress have proposed sweeping legislation to reform American police, following weeks of protests against police brutality and racism.
New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio has lifted a citywide 8 pm curfew that drew extensive criticism for intensifying tensions between protesters and police -- including numerous accounts of brutality against participants in demonstrations following the killing of George Floyd.
Police officers across the US have stepped out in support for George Floyd protesters by taking the knee in a show of solidarity.
President Donald Trump tweeted Sunday that the United States will designate Antifa as a terrorist organization, even though the US government has no existing legal authority to label a wholly domestic group in the manner it currently designates foreign terrorist organizations.
Curfews have been ordered in cities across the US to try to stem unrest sparked by the death of a black man in police custody.
“I understand the pain that people are feeling. We support the right of peaceful protestors and we hear their pleas. But what we are now seeing on the streets of our cities has nothing to do with justice or with peace,” Trump said.
The white Minneapolis policeman who pinned an unarmed black man with a knee to the neck before the man later died was arrested and charged with murder, a prosecutor said on Friday, after three nights of violent protests rocked the Midwestern city.
