Protesters, football players and even police: in the United States and elsewhere, the protest against violence - police, racist, but also that of the rioters - is now expressed by the body, placing one knee on the ground.
This gesture, initiated by the American footballer Colin Kaepernick in 2016 when the American anthem resounded, aimed to denounce the police and racist violence suffered by minorities in the United States.
With the death of George Floyd, this gesture of "humility" becomes a new "symbol of non-violent protest", says researcher in visual history at EHESS André Gunthert. And also an anti-trump gesture.