Another black man was shot dead by police officers in the United States. Now his wife spoke up. A video shows how a Black Lives Matter protester saves a white enemy.
- USA : Protests by " Black Lives Matter " * after the violent death of George Floyd * by police officer Derek Chauvin *.
- In Atlanta, an African-American is again killed by police officers - Rayshard Brooks was allegedly shot after a clash with cops (see first report on June 13).
- Now the family lawyer has made an urgent request to the public (update from June 15, 9:30 p.m.).
- US President Donald Trump now wants to implement a police reform (see update from June 16, 9:05 a.m.).
Update of 7:50 p.m .: The USA does not come to rest: In the city of Albuquerque, a self-proclaimed vigilante attacked protesters on Monday evening (local time) who wanted to overthrow a statue they regarded as a symbol of oppression - one of the protesters was killed by a member of a “militia " shot , police said.
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- Shaun Griswold (@ shaun505) June 16, 2020The victim was taken to a hospital after the incident on Monday evening (local time), it said. The local station KRQE reported a 31-year-old had been arrested in connection with the shooting. Gunmen from the "vigilantes" had tried to prevent the statue of the Spanish conquistador Juan de Oñate from falling, as could be seen on television pictures.
The Governor of the State of New Mexico , Michelle Lujan Grisham , condemned the self-proclaimed vigilantes. They were there to threaten demonstrators. The Mayor of Albuquerque, Tim Keller , said on Twitter that the statue was now a threat to public order and would be removed until further action was taken.
USA: Trump enacts police reform - and promises “justice” to relatives of victims of violence
US President Donald Trump , meanwhile, has signed a decree for limited police reform in the face of massive protests against police violence and racism . Trump signed the order on Tuesday at a ceremony in the White House rose garden . Among other things, he announced that police officers should only be allowed to use strangleholds when their lives were in danger.
United States President Donald Trump on Tuesday at the ceremony in the White House rose garden.
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The decree aims to improve recruitment, training and rules of engagement for police officers. Federal funds for the police authorities are to be linked to the condition that certain standards in these fields are observed. Among other things, an exchange of data is envisaged so that police authorities can no longer employ officers who have been released by another police authority because of serious misconduct.
The opposition Democrats are demanding further reforms and have put forward appropriate proposals in Congress. Among other things, they want to abolish so-called "qualified immunity", which complicates civil complaints by victims of police violence . After weeks of protests against racism , Trump also promised "justice" to relatives of victims of police violence on Tuesday. "Your loved ones will not have died for nothing," Trump said after meeting with relatives.
US police officers kill African Americans: Trump threatens peaceful protests with tough measures
Update of June 16, 12:25 p.m .: US President Donald Trump is apparently an eyesore for the "Autonomous Zone Capitall Hill" in Seattle. Although official reports from the metropolis in the state of Washington speak of predominantly peaceful protests, Trump continues to threaten the National Guard to smash the protest.
The "Capital Hill Autonomous Zone" demonstrators have set up in Seattle after George Floyd's violent death in Seattle about a week ago and are calling for systematic change. The Trump-abiding and fairly conservative TV channel Fox News referred to the area as "anarchist zone" full of violence. Trump himself said that he had seen what was going on in Seattle on TV - "These are violent people who take over there", that he had seen the beatings and violence that was going on there. Washington state governor Jay Inslee barely responded, Trump said with a sweep. Seattle Mayor Jenny Durkan apparently doesn't know she is alive and is unresponsive, Trump said in a press statement. Durkan and Inslee are members of the Democratic Party. "If they don't do their job, I'll do the job," Trump threatened.
Media reports currently rate the protest as peaceful. Among other things, the broadcaster CNN reported from the zone. A video post by the Trump-loyal broadcaster Fox-News on Monday contradicts other reports from the broadcaster - as well as the President. In the “Autonomous Zone”, which the demonstrators have now renamed “Capital Hill Organized Protest”, only a handful of demonstrators escalated at most. But the protest is "99.9 percent peaceful," reports the Fox News reporter after three days in the "Autonomous Zone".
USA / Floyd protests in Seattle: Video shows images from the autonomous zone
On Twitter, Trump blames the "radical left" for the protest in Seattle and claims that the movement wants to "take over" the city. In his sweep on Twitter , the US President also criticized the media that would not report on this development. This is done “on purpose” because the reporting has a bad political impact. Trum p also strikes out against Washington State Governor Jay Inslee and Seattle City Mayor Jenny Durkan. You should be ashamed of yourself. The problem could easily be solved. Both are members of the Democratic Party. Meanwhile, Trump has announced a police reform.
Does anyone notice how little the Radical Left takeover of Seattle is being discussed in the Fake News Media. That is very much on purpose because they know how badly this weakness & ineptitude play politically. The Mayor & Governor should be ashamed of themselves. Easily fixed!
- Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) June 14, 2020USA / Floyd protests: activist saves lives of counter-demonstrators
Update of June 16, 10.30 a.m .: After a participant of the Black Lives Matter demonstration station saved the life of a supposedly right-wing opponent in London (see update of June 15, 2.30 p.m.), a video of the situation appeared. Patrick Hutchinson , who was celebrated as a "hero" and "merciful Samaritan", posted it himself on his Instagram channel.
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We saved a life today @arkprotection. It's not black v white it everyone v the racists! We had each other's back and protected those who needed us. Shout out to the mandem @gogopierre @mrpain @ chin82 @leesonstuff ——————————— #enoughisenough #blacklivesmatter #blm #justiceforgeorgefloyd #blackmamba #blackexcellence juju
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The video shows how the white counter-demonstrator goes down on a staircase during a fight and how Hutchinson carries him out of the crowd.
United States: Trump speaks out after police officer killed blacks again
Update of June 16, 9:07 a.m .: After the death of George Floyd, the murder of African American Rayshard Brooks in a brutal police operation has fueled protests against racism and police violence in the USA since last weekend . US President Donald Trump has now reacted to this and announced an order for police reform .
USA: Trump announces police reform in response to protests
"The overall goal is that we want law and order," Trump emphasized on Monday (local time) in the White House. "And we want that to happen fairly, fairly and securely." What reforms Trump specifically plans, he wanted only at a press conference on Tuesday at 12 p.m. (local time, 6 p.m. Central European time) in the rose garden of the White House on the occasion of the signing announce the disposal.
The president announced "some good solutions". He also added that most police officers are "great people". On Monday evening, the White House said the order included government incentives for police officers to train officials better. “Bad police officers” who were noticed by excessive violence should be able to be screened earlier. In addition, social workers should be used more .
US protests: Atlanta Mayor announces police reforms
Update June 15, 22:50: The mayor of the city of Atlanta in the US state of Georgia, Keisha Lance Bottoms , announced after the killing of African American Rayshard Brooks in an arrest police reforms. Police officers should be "protectors, not warriors," the mayor told journalists on Monday. It enacted regulations to limit the use of force by police officers to the bare minimum. All officials would have to be trained in de-escalation again and again in the future, she explained.
In addition, all police officers would have to intervene in the event of excessive use of force by colleagues and also report them to avoid punishments, said the mayor. There are no measures that Brooks can bring back to his family, but she will continue to work "every day to prevent this from happening again," she said. The changes now ordered are only the "first step" of a reform process. Brooks' death made her "angry and sad," said Lance Bottoms.
Brooks may have only resisted the arrest on Friday because it was his daughter's birthday and he might have been afraid of spending the weekend in prison, the mayor speculated. She knows of similar cases from her own family, said the African American. "It shouldn't have ended that way," she emphasized.
US policeman kills an African American again: Wife speaks up - lawyer with urgent demand
Update of June 15, 10:03 pm: The death of 27-year-old Rayshard Brooks also triggered new protests in the United States . His widow Tomika Miller thanked the demonstrators and supporters. "Words cannot express how thankful I am for everything," she said. However, there is no justice that can bring her husband back for her and her children, Miller sobbed to journalists. She held her two-year-old daughter Memory in her arms. "It will take a long time to heal for me, it will take a long time to heal for our family."
June 15 update, 9:30 p.m .: After African-American Rayshard Brooks was shot and killed in a police check in Atlanta , family lawyer Chris Stewart demanded that Brooks' case not be downplayed just because he resisted the arrest. "You handcuffed George Floyd and then he was killed. If you're an African American, getting handcuffed doesn't mean being led nicely into the back seat of a police car, ”the lawyer said. Every African-American man in the U.S. has been afraid of police treatment since childhood, another lawyer said.
The family's attorney, Chris Stewart, said Brooks' case should not be downplayed.
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The 27-year-old had fallen asleep at the wheel of his car while waiting in line at a fast food restaurant. The
The incoming policeman's bodycam captured what happened next : Brooks was woken up and told to park his car outside the queue. He claimed to have had a drink. The conversation ran in a calm tone - and that for more than 20 minutes, as reported by the US media. Brooks answered no to the question of whether he had a gun and agreed to be scanned. The officer ordered a colleague to do an alcohol test.
The police found that Brooks had been drinking too much to drive and wanted to handcuff the man. Then everything happened very quickly: Brooks wanted to avoid being arrested, the three men fell to the ground. In the conflict, he managed to grab the official's electric shock pistol (taser) and free himself. A short chase followed - past several cars waiting in line at the restaurant. Brooks turned as he ran and activated the taser , after which the officer pulled and fired his service weapon behind him.
The central question in the case is whether the reaction of the police officer was appropriate. "By law, a taser is not a lethal weapon," said Stewart. In the police video, it can be seen that Brooks was polite. Brooks could have just been told to take an Uber home. "That should never have resulted in his death," said Stewart.
Protester saves white enemy life
Update of June 15, 2:30 p.m .: This photo goes around the world: Patrick Hutchinson, a black supporter of the Black Lives Matter movement, brought an alleged right-wing demonstrator to safety during violent clashes in London.
Patrick Hutchinson rescued an enemy demonstrator from the crowd.
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London: Black Lives Matter protester saves opponents and is celebrated as a "hero"
The photo, which shows Hutchinson with the injured man over his shoulder, had caused a sensation on social media and was featured on the front pages of several British newspapers on Monday. He was celebrated as a "hero" and "merciful Samaritan" . The personal trainer, who is already a grandfather, intervened with several friends when the white man, a suspected hooligan, was surrounded and attacked by Black Lives Matter protesters . "We did what we had to do, we saved someone from getting killed," Hutchinson told the BBC.
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At a # blacklivesmatter rally in London on Saturday, protesters clashed with counter-demonstrators. There were brawls in which one of the counter-demonstrators went down. Patrick Hutchinson, a # blacklivesmatter activist, grabbed the apparently dazed man and carried him to the police station in safety. Little is known about the rescued, according to eyewitnesses, he is said to belong to the right-wing scene. His protector obviously didn't care. The photo is already celebrated on social networks as a symbol of humanity and civil courage. #hutchinson #blacklivesmatter #tagesschau
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Hutchinson calls for intervention in violent acts. George Floyd could still be alive if the other police officers at the scene stopped her colleague, Patrick Hutchinson told Channel 4 .
On Saturday there were several demonstrations in London and other cities in England related to the violent death of African American George Floyd in the United States. Most of them were mostly peaceful . There were clashes between demonstrators and the police in Parliament Square. Hundreds of people there followed an appeal by hooligans and far-right groups to protect monuments from anti-racism activists. More than 100 people were arrested.
In Liverpool there is dispute about thanks to the Beatles famous Penny Lane. In the course of the "Black Lives Matter" movement, suspicions were raised that the street was named after a slave trader .
Update of June 15, 11:13 p.m .: Since the post- mortem of American Rayshard Brooks , who was killed in a police operation in Atlanta in the US state of Georgia, one thing is certain: the 27-year-old has clearly died from the gunfire of a white police officer. Now the dramatic incident is classified as a homicide . By the middle of the week, prosecutors would decide whether to charge Garrett Rolfe, the police officer who allegedly fired the fatal gunshot , District Attorney Paul Howard told the Atlanta Journal-Constitution newspaper .
USA: Protests in Atlanta further fueled by Brooks' death
Howard said in a statement that two witnesses should be heard before the indictment is decided. The prosecutor told CNN that Brooks didn't seem to pose a threat to anyone . "The fact that it escalated until his death just seems inappropriate," said Howard, according to the broadcaster. A charge of murder or negligent homicide is possible .
In the United States - and especially Atlanta - Brooks' death had further fueled protests against racism and police violence . The demonstrations have continued since a brutal police operation in Minneapolis on May 25 when African American George Floyd was killed .
USA protests / Atlanta: Forensic medicine determines shots as cause for Brooks death
Update of June 15, 9:39 a.m .: After an African-American was killed again by police violence last Friday evening (local time) in the United States, the responsible forensic medicine in Atlanta published the results of the autopsy on Sunday. Therefore have two gunshot wounds to the deaths of Rayshard Brooks after a police operation in Atlanta (US state of Georgia) out .
After the post-mortem examination, forensic medicine announced on Sunday that Brooks had two shots in the back, the TV station CNN reported in the evening (local time). The 27-year-old man died of organ damage and blood loss from the two gunshot wounds. Death is now being carried out as a homicide.
On Friday evening, Brooks had been checked by the police because he had fallen asleep in his car in a queue in front of a fast food restaurant. He was gunned down by one of the two white police officers after resisting arrest . According to information from the Criminal Police Office in Georgia, the man subsequently died in the hospital after an operation.
There are currently numerous people across the country protesting against racism and police violence. The trigger was the death of African American George Floyd in a brutal police operation three weeks ago in Minneapolis, Minnesota. And while the cause of death in the Brooks case appears clear, there were initially contradictions in the results of Floyd's body autopsy *.
Police violence is a topic of discussion not only in the USA, but also in Germany . A criminologist has now compared the German and US police systems in this regard - and comes to a clear conclusion *.
US President Donald Trump has been heavily criticized for dealing with violent protests in the United States to date . Among other things, he wanted to use the military *.
USA: Rayshard Brooks is said to have gripped a policeman's electroshock pistol
Update of June 13, 10 p.m .: The GBI criminal investigation office in the state of Georgia has made public the first findings on the Rayshard Brooks case in the United States .
Accordingly, the 27-year-old had not passed a sobriety test and should be taken into custody. According to witnesses, there was a fight in which the man seized a policeman's electroshock pistol.
In the fight for this taser , an official shot the African American with his pistol . He reportedly died in the hospital a short time later.
USA / Rayshard Brooks: Police officers shot dead in Atlanta?
First announcement of June 13: The US has its next polarizing case: Again, police officers in the United States have killed an African American . This is reported by the large daily AJC .
According to this, a 27-year-old man was shot in a failed cop arrest in Atlanta . It is said to be the black resident Rayshard Brooks .
Brutal: A video is circulating on Twitter about the incident, which was apparently recorded by eyewitnesses.
A young man can be seen on it, who initially fights with policemen and snatches a so-called taser from one of the officers - an electric shock pistol .
Atlanta police shot and killed a man last night in a Wendy's parking lot ... pic.twitter.com/KhyjfQSTn6
- BIG DAWG (Hue) (@hxxxuexxx) June 13, 2020The alleged fatality Brooks then escapes in a parking lot - a short time later he is dead. According to the report, he was shot by police officers.
Anti-racism protests in the US: Another African American killed by police officers
According to the information, the following happened: The later fatality is said to have fallen asleep in the drive-in of a fast food restaurant at the wheel of his car - allegedly drunk, which is why other customers informed the police.
This apparently wanted to carry out an alcohol check, against which he is said to have refused. The dispute resulted in Brooks being killed.
The GBI is investigating an OIS involving one male subject & Atlanta Police Officers. The subject is deceased. One officer was treated for an injury and released from the hospital.
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The Georgia Bureau of Investigation said it was launching an investigation into an incident between a man and Atlanta police officers in which the man was said to have died, Twitter said.
USA: Donald Trump fights with Black Lives Matter - not only because of the George Floyd case
This is the advice of the independent authority to investigate incidents involving the police. Subsequent protests in Atlanta by the " Black Lives Matter " movement, which was founded after the violent death of African American George Floyd by police officer Derek Chauvin .
Donald Trump and the US government are currently trying to get the anti-racism protests under control - but now the Rayshard Brooks case is polarizing .
It is not only since the George Floyd case that a certain gesture, also in sports, expresses protest against police violence. US President Donald Trump is not taken with her. Does Trump now think she is "disrespectful"?
In the United States, a woman (21) was shot while going for a walk. The reason is incomprehensible.
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