Another unarmed black man was killed after a police operation in the USA.
The act took place just one day after the verdict was pronounced in the George Floyd trial.
Elizabeth City - In the state of North Carolina, another black man was shot dead by an officer after a police operation. The crime occurred just one day after the guilty verdict against white ex-cop Derek Chauvin in the case of the killed African American George Floyd in the state of Minnesota. This case has sparked massive protests against racism and police violence in the United States. Now a 40-year-old black man was shot again. According to the sheriff in charge, the police officers carried out a search warrant. The search was about the future victim, Andrew Brown Junior, said the sheriff in the Pasquotank district, Tommy Wooten, on Wednesday afternoon (local time).
However, he did not provide precise information about the reason for the search or the course of the crime.
Local US media reports that the family man got into his car while the officers were on duty and wanted to drive away.
Thereupon, family members reported to the press, reports the
German Press Agency
.
The incident is now being investigated by the State Competent Authority (SBI).
The officer who shot is on leave until further notice, as Wooten said.
The incident is now being investigated by the State Competent Authority (SBI).
Following judgment in the Floyd trial: President Joe Biden comments on police violence in the United States
Almost a year after the killing of African American George Floyd, the jury on Wednesday found white ex-cop Derek Chauvin guilty on all charges. US President Joe Biden welcomed the guilty verdict, but at the same time called for the fight against racism and police violence. Structural racism is "an eyesore on the soul of our nation," said the Democrat in a speech in the White House. Regarding Floyd's family, he emphasized: “Nothing can ever bring back her brother, her father. But this can be a huge step forward on the march for justice in America. ”What is needed, however, is real change and real reform. Biden also recalled Floyd's last words, "I can't breathe". “We cannot let these words die with him."US Vice President Kamala Harris called racism" a problem for every American ". The Democrat is the first black woman in office.
On Tuesday, a police officer in Ohio State shot and killed a 16-year-old black woman who was videotaped and armed with a knife. The girl had attacked other people, said the acting police chief of the city of Columbus, Michael Woods. The four fatal shots came just minutes before Chauvin's conviction was pronounced. President Joe Biden's spokeswoman Jen Psaki said in the White House on Wednesday: “The Columbus police killing of 16-year-old Ma'Khia Bryant is tragic. She was a child. ”Psaki added that it was known that“ police violence disproportionately affects blacks and Latinos ”. The government is therefore committed to the fight against structural racism and prejudice. In addition, the White House is promoting urgently needed police reforms. (dp / dpa)
