A weeping protester confronts police during nationwide unrest following the death in Minneapolis police custody of George Floyd, in Raleigh, North Carolina, US, May 30, 2020. [Photo/Agencies]
BEIJING, June 1 - The death in Minneapolis of George Floyd, a handcuffed black man who pleaded for air as a white police officer pressed a knee on his neck while he was on the ground, has sparked angry protests in cities throughout the country.
Although Minnesota Governor Tim Walz suggested that domestic terrorists or foreign influence were behind the unrest — which has only served to further escalate the situation by prompting more people to take to the streets — the United States is infamous for the numerous incidents over the years of police officers using excessive force against people of color, whose odds of being killed by law enforcers are many times higher than those of their white counterparts.
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