After George Floyd's death: 75-year-old knocked down by police - Trump reacts with rigorous accusation

African American George Floyd died a good two weeks ago after a brutal police operation in the United States. The protests that are taking place around the world therefore keep causing incidents.

• George Floyd was killed in a brutal arrest in Minneapolis .
• It also became known what punishment the police officer , who had kneeled on the neck of Floyd for almost nine minutes, could face (see update of June 8, 8:50 p.m.).
• At an anti-racism demo, a man apparently drove a car into a demonstrator group on Sunday (see update from June 9, 11:23).

Update of June 9, 4:30 p.m .:  US President Donald Trump has now assumed that a 75-year-old demonstrator who was bumped to the ground by police officers in Buffalo and injured on the head was close to the Antifa movement . 

Trump wrote on Twitter on Tuesday that the man could be an  "antifa provocateur" . The 75-year-old had "fallen harder than (he) was bumped". Furthermore, he may have tried to sabotage police communications equipment. Trump referred to a report by the controversial right-wing broadcaster OANN, which had spread a corresponding theory.

Buffalo protester shoved by Police could be an ANTIFA provocateur. 75 year old Martin Gugino was pushed away after appearing to scan police communications in order to black out the equipment. @OANN I watched, he fell harder than was pushed. What aiming scanner. Could be a set up?

The two policemen who had knocked the man down in Buffalo have already been suspended. They are accused of assault, according to US media. Both pleaded not guilty to a court in the city of New York . A video had captured the incident. The 75-year-old was left on the sidewalk with bleeding on his head. Buffalo Mayor Byron Brown and New York Governor Andrew Cuomo condemned the incident. Numerous Buffalo police officers demonstratively stood behind their two colleagues.

"Black Lives Matter": Boris Johnson's deep understanding of protests against racism

Update of June 9, 3:07 pm: British  Prime Minister Boris Johnson has expressed understanding of the growing protests against racism and police violence in his country and worldwide. The violent death of African American George Floyd has awakened an "irrefutable, undeniable sense of injustice," Johnson said in a video message on Twitter.

Britain has made great strides in the fight against racism in the past decades. Still, there is still a lot to do, the Johnson said. He therefore affirmed peaceful protest in compliance with the distance rules. On the other hand, demonstrations in which the measures to contain the corona virus are disregarded or the law is otherwise broken are not acceptable.

Let us work peacefully and lawfully to defeat racism and discrimination wherever we find it, and let us continue to work together as we put Britain back on its feet. pic.twitter.com/onUqXbcCGB

France has condemned the death of African American George Floyd as "outrageous". Prime Minister Edouard Philippe said on Tuesday at a meeting with police and residents in the Parisian suburb of Evry that Floyd had died "in unacceptable and (...) outrageous circumstances".

George Floyd case: Los Angeles police suspend controversial arrest method

Update of June 9, 12:51 p.m .:  After George Floyd died two weeks ago after a brutal police operation in Minneapolis, the Los Angeles police force suspended a controversial arrest method with immediate effect on Tuesday. 

For example, the city's police department has announced on its website that the stranglehold that stops the blood supply to the brain should initially no longer be used. He will also initially be banned from the police officer training program. This new regulation should initially apply until an examination report is submitted. 

George Floyd case: A protester slightly injured in anti-racism demo

Update of June 9, 11:23 p.m .:  During an  anti-racism demo in the US state of Virginia  , an incident occurred as a result of which an alleged  supporter of the racist Ku Klux Klan (KKK) was  arrested. The 36-year-old is said to have intentionally driven his car into a group of demonstrators. 

He is now accused of assault and vandalism, among other things. The public prosecutor's office of the Henrico administrative court announced on Monday via the online service Twitter. According to media reports, the man should describe himself as a KKK leadership member . According to the media, a protester was slightly injured . The arrested man drove directly to the peaceful group of demonstrators with his vehicle, then accelerated and entered the group, said prosecutor Shannon Taylor. 

While there are always riots on the verge of anti-racism protests in the USA, the political tensions between North and South Korea have now reached a new level : North Korea cut off all communication channels with South Korea on Tuesday. South Korean activists have been insulted by the government, according to reports from the state news agency. 

Before George Floyd's funeral: Biden speaks to the African American family

Update of June 9, 9.30 a.m .: In the run-up to the funeral of the killed African American George Floyd , the designated Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden met with relatives of Floyd on Monday. Biden exchanged views with the family for about an hour in the Texas city of Houston, where the funeral will take place. Floyd's six-year-old daughter Gianna was also there. She had recently said that her father had changed the world. 

" I think her father will change the world, " Biden told CBS, alluding to Gianna's statement, adding, "I think what happened here is one of those big turning points in American history , what civil liberties, civil rights, and concerns the fair treatment of people with dignity. " 

The George Floyd case makes waves at the Portland police station

Biden also spoke out clearly against the drastic cut in police funding . This is a demand that has been increasingly echoed in the protests since Floyd's death. The ex-vice president instead supports tying federal funds to conditions, namely whether the police meet "certain basic standards of decency and honesty," Biden said. He didn't get more specific. 

Another remarkable development that started the George Floyd case: Portland, Oregon police chief Jami Resch has resigned after criticizing her handling of the protests against racism and police violence . Now the white official has also appointed her Afro-American colleague Lieutenant Chuck Lovell as his successor . She followed demands for change and the change in the leadership of the police agency "comes from the heart," Resch wrote on Monday (local time) on Twitter.

Meanwhile, a racism scandal in the German Bundesliga is causing a stir. The Verien involved reacted - and is now celebrated by his fans *.

White House rejects police reform bill

Update of June 8, 6.56 a.m .: The United States has been in transition since the death of African American George Floyd in a brutal police operation in Minneapolis. Some states have now banned certain practices, such as a special stranglehold on arrests. The Minneapolis Police Department was also dissolved . However, a legislative initiative by the opposition US Democrats to reform the police has now been rejected in the White House . 

A spokeswoman for the US President's Office said on Monday that the proposal contained some "pipe crusher". In particular, she mentioned the easing of criminal prosecution for police officers. However, the spokeswoman conceded that US President Donald Trump had not yet looked at the legal text of the opposition. She said Trump was reviewing "several proposals" on police reform without giving more specific information. The Democrats had previously brought the legislative proposal into the House of Representatives they controlled on Monday. Accordingly, there should also be reforms in the recruitment and training of police officers. 

While the United States is in great political turmoil, Floyd is due to be buried in Houston, Texas on Tuesday at 11 a.m. local time (6 p.m. Central European Time) . This happens in a private ceremony in the city where he grew up. At the memorial service, a video message from the designated presidential candidate of the opposition US Democrats, Joe Biden , is to be played.

George Floyd case: Biden expresses sympathy to the victim's family

Update of June 8, 10:42 p.m .: Democratic President-elect Joe Biden met with George Floyd's family. "Listening to each other is what will heal America," said Benjamin Crump, the Floyd family's attorney, and Biden had done that for an hour. Biden's sympathy "meant the world for the bereaved relatives," said Crump.

Pictured after meeting with # GeorgeFloyd's family: VP @JoeBiden, @TheRevAl, @AttorneyCrump, Rep. @CedricRichmond, and Roger Floyd (George Floyd's uncle) pic.twitter.com/KJvsrTEORt

Update of June 8, 8:50 p.m .: Ex-police officer Derek Chauvin , who is considered the main suspect in the case of the killed George Floyd , was first connected to the courtroom in Minneapolis by video on Monday . Judge Jeannice Reding made a $ 1 million bail for the 44-year-old . Should Chauvin be able to present this sum, he should not, however, leave the state of Minnesota or make contact with the family of George Floyd . 

The trial was scheduled for June 29. Derek Chauvin is accused of second degree murder . He could be imprisoned for up to 40 years for his actions . The three other police officers involved in the mission that killed Floyd are accused of the aid. 

George Floyd case: US Democrats commemorate killed African American kneeling in Congress

Update of June 8, 5:00 p.m .: Democrats in the US Congress kneeled and silent for minutes to commemorate the killed African American George Floyd . Prominent party representatives such as Nancy Pelosi and Chuck Schumer also got on their knees in Congress on Monday , pausing for 8:46 minutes. 

As long had a policeman from Minneapolis during the operation, in which Floyd was killed, pressed his knee on his neck. The Democratic representatives of the House of Representatives and the Senate met in the so-called Emancipation Hall of the US Congress. The hall is reminiscent of slaves who were used to build the Capitol building in the 18th century. The Democrats then presented plans for police reform.

The protest form of getting on one knee was made famous by the African-American football player Colin Kaepernick , who had wanted to draw attention to the police violence against African -Americans since 2016 before games in the US professional league NFL . 

Meanwhile, right-wing extremists involuntarily caused laughter on the Internet during a counter-demonstration in Halle. The racist battle cry "White Lives Matter" was difficult to understand - did the right wing demonstrate for "white elevators"?

Protests after George Floyd's death: Protester shot in Seattle 

Update of June 8, 11:23 p.m .: A demonstrator was shot at an  anti-racism demo in the US city of  Seattle  - he had to be taken to the hospital. The alleged perpetrator was arrested, the police said. 

Recordings from the TV station "Q13Fox" showed how a man steers his car towards the demonstrators and then approaches the crowd with a pistol in his hand. There are apparently no other victims. Greens politician Cem Özdemir, meanwhile, does not expect the escalations around police violence in the US to come to an abrupt end - on the contrary.

Protests after George Floyd's death: Minneapolis Police Department is dissolved

First report of June 8: Minneapolis - In the US city of Minneapolis , African-American George Floyd * was killed in a police operation * - and the local community is now taking consequences: the police are to be reorganized completely. The city council decided on Sunday to completely dissolve the local police department and to create a new structure. Alondra Cano tweeted that the body had agreed that the police agency was “not reformable”.

A veto-proof majority of the MPLS City Council just publicly agreed that the Minneapolis Police Department is not reformable and that we're going to end the current policing system.

Protests in the USA: Police department in Minneapolis is dissolved

City council chairwoman Lisa Bender said on the CNN news channel that a "new model of public security" should be created in Minneapolis "that will actually keep our community safe". The city council will still discuss how the previous police authority should be replaced. The handling of the police department is likely to be a "long and complicated struggle," wrote the local newspaper Star Tribune .

In the city in the state of Minnesota, Floyd was killed in a brutal police operation almost two weeks ago. A white policeman * had kneeled on the unarmed man's neck for almost nine minutes, although Floyd repeatedly complained that he could not breathe.

After George Floyd's death: protests against racism and police violence increase

The incident triggered nationwide protests in the United States and numerous demonstrations in other countries * against police violence and racism . The protests in the US continued on Sunday. They took place in New York and Washington, among others. In the US protests, the focus has recently been increasingly on the demand for far-reaching reforms in the police and judicial system.

#GeorgeFloyd Minneapolis council vows police dismantling as protests continue https://t.co/hPT9Xy6aX9
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In New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio announced reforms to the police. The head of the city should reduce the budget of the police authority and instead put some of the money into youth and social work. He did not specify how much the police budget should be cut.

There were also several demonstrations in Germany which, according to Minister of Health Jens Spahn, pose a health risk.

US protests: brutal police operations should be punished more easily

In Washington, African-American parliamentarians from opposition Democrats said they wanted to bring a bill to the House of Representatives on Monday to tighten police control.

Among other things, it provides for civil servants to be more easily prosecuted for brutal operations with fatal consequences . Restraint techniques such as those that led to Floyd's death should also be prohibited. According to the legislative initiative, a database on police misconduct is also to be set up.

Meanwhile, Hamburg rapper Samy Deluxe wrote a song against racism. The title "I Can't Breathe" is based on the words of George Floyd.

After George Floyd's death, Donald Trump's “Walk of Fame” star was spray-painted black as a result of mass protests in the United States. 

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