Protesters and police clash in Minneapolis over racially charged killing
28 May 2020 - 09:17
Minneapolis — Protesters clashed with riot police firing teargas for a second night in Minneapolis on Wednesday in an outpouring of rage over the death of a black man seen in a widely circulated video growing limp and lifeless as a white officer knelt on his neck.
The video, taken by an onlooker at Monday night’s fatal encounter between police and George Floyd, 46, showed him lying face down and handcuffed, gasping for air and groaning for help, repeatedly saying, “I can’t breathe.”..
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