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PROTESTS AROUND WHITE HOUSE

The George Floyd protestsand riots are an ongoing series of civil disturbances that initially started in the Minneapolis–Saint Paul metropolitan area of Minnesota, United States, before spreading nationwide.

George Floyd, a 46-year-old African American, died in Minneapolis on Monday while being restrained by the police.
Video footage showed an officer kneeling on Floyd’s neck as he gasped for breath.

Floyd, a Minnesota resident, was arrested after he was accused of using a counterfeit $20 note at a local deli.

According to the police, Floyd “physically resisted” the arrest after he was told to exit his car, a claim that was belied by mobile phone footage recorded by several passers-by. A white police officer then went on to restrain Floyd, and kneeled on his neck for at least seven minutes despite the 46-year-old gasping for breath and repeatedly saying “I can’t breathe”.

Floyd’s repeated cry for help, “I can’t breathe”, while being restrained prompted comparisons between the incident and the death of Eric Garner in 2014. Garner, an unarmed African American man, had uttered the same words 11 times as he was held in a chokehold by a police officer in New York City before he died.
‘I can’t breathe’ has now become a rallying cry among protesters.

This kind of police brutality against racial minorities has become a common occurrence in USA

Minneapolis is one of the most racially unequal cities in the nation, with the average black family making less than half of the average white family

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As of July 2016, White Americans are the racial majority. African Americans are the largest racial minority, comprising an estimated 12.7%of the population. Hispanic and Latino Americans are the largest ethnic minority, comprising an estimated 17.8% of the population.
The White, non-Hispanic or Latino population make up 61.3% of the nation’s total, with the total White population (including White Hispanics and Latinos) being 76.9%