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WORLD NEWS Monday 1 June 2020
VIOLENCE IN U.S. was "different" than previ-
Continued on Page 27 ous cases of black Ameri-
Demonstrators then cans killed by police and
marched to the U.S. Em- the ensuring violence.
bassy, where a long line "There are exasperated
of officers surrounded the black movements that no
building. Several hundred longer preach nonviolent
milled around in the street resistance," Gaggi wrote,
and waved placards. noting the Minnesota gov-
Protesters in Denmark also ernor's warning that "anar-
converged on the U.S. Em- chist and white supremacy
bassy on Sunday. Partici- groups are trying to fuel the
pants carried placards with chaos.'' In countries with
messages such as "Stop Kill- authoritarian governments,
ing Black People." state-controlled media
The U.S. Embassy in Berlin have been highlighting the
was the scene of protests chaos and violence of the
on Saturday under the U.S. demonstrations, in part
motto: "Justice for George to undermine American of-
Floyd." Several hundred ficials' criticism of their own
more people took to the nations.
streets Sunday in the capi- In China, the protests are
tal's Kreuzberg area, car- being viewed through the
rying signs with slogans like prism of U.S. government People take part in a Black Lives Matter protest outside the U.S. Embassy in London Sunday, May
31, 2020, to protest against the recent killing of George Floyd by police officers in Minneapolis,
"Silence is Violence," "Hold criticism of China's crack- USA, that has led to protests in many countries and across the US.
Cops Accountable," and down on anti-government Associated Press
"Who Do You Call When Po- protests in Hong Kong.
lice Murder?" No incidents Hu Xijin, the editor of the and disrupting internet ac- can Americans. test movement — Lebanon
were reported. state-owned Global Times cess to the outside world, "This incident is far from revolts — which erupted on
Germany's top-selling Bild newspaper, tweeted that state television has repeat- the first in a series of law- Oct. 17 last year. Within 24
newspaper on Sunday U.S. officials can now see edly aired images of the less conduct and unjusti- hours, the hashtag #Ameri-
carried the sensational protests out their own win- U.S. unrest. One TV anchor fied violence from U.S. law canrevolts became the No.
headline "This killer-cop set dows: "I want to ask Speak- discussed "a horrible scene enforcement,'' the Russian 1 trending tag in Lebanon.
America ablaze" with an er Pelosi and Secretary from New York, where po- Foreign Ministry said in a In another expression of sol-
arrow pointing to a photo Pompeo: Should Beijing lice attacked protesters." statement. "American po- idarity with American pro-
of now-fired police officer support protests in the U.S., Another state TV message lice commit such high-pro- testers, about 150 people
Derek Chauvin, who has like you glorified rioters in accused U.S. police agen- file crimes all too often.'' marched through central
been charged with third- Hong Kong?" cies in Washington of "set- There also have been ex- Jerusalem on Saturday to
degree murder in Floyd's Hua Chunying, a Chinese ting fire to cars and attack- pressions of solidarity with protest the shooting death
death, with his knee on Foreign ministry spokes- ing protesters," without of- the demonstrators. by Israeli police of an un-
Floyd's neck. The newspa- woman, pointed out Amer- fering any evidence. Over the weekend, Leba- armed, autistic Palestin-
per's story reported "scenes ica's racial unrest by tweet- Russia accused the United nese anti-government pro- ian man earlier in the day.
like out of a civil war." ing "I can't breathe," which States of "systemic prob- testers flooded social me- Israeli police mistakenly
In Italy, the Corriere della Floyd said before his death. lems in the human rights dia with tweets sympathet- suspected that the man,
Sera newspaper's senior In Iran, which has violently sphere.'' It denounced ic to U.S. protesters, using Iyad Halak, was carrying a
U.S. correspondent Mas- put down nationwide dem- Floyd's death as the latest the hashtag #Americare- weapon. When he failed to
simo Gaggi wrote that the onstrations by killing hun- in a series of police vio- volts. That's a play on the obey orders to stop, officers
reaction to Floyd's killing dreds, arresting thousands lence cases against Afri- slogan for Lebanon's pro- opened fire.q
In unusual move, U.S. embassies in Africa speak up on Floyd

By CARA ANNA ficer pressed his knee into been misconstrued.
JOHANNESBURG (AP) — As his neck for several min- Mindful of America's im-
Minneapolis burns over the utes even after he stopped age on a continent where
police killing of George moving and pleading for China's influence has
Floyd and shock and disap- air. grown and where many
pointment in Africa grow, Africa has not seen the have felt a distinct lack of
some U.S. embassies on the kind of protests over Floyd's interest from the Trump ad-
continent have taken the killing that have erupted ministration in Africa, some
unusual step of issuing criti- across the United States, U.S. diplomats have tried to
cal statements, saying no but many Africans have control the damage.
one is above the law.The expressed disgust and dis- The ambassador to Congo,
statements came as the may, openly wondering Mike Hammer, highlighted
head of the African Union when the U.S. will ever get a tweet from a local me-
Commission, Moussa Faki it right. dia entrepreneur who ad-
Mahamat, condemned "WTF? 'When the looting dressed him saying, "Dear
the "murder" of Floyd and starts the shooting starts'?" ambassador, your country
said Friday the continental tweeted political cartoon- Anthony Pawnell, a Drake University law student, joins more is shameful. Proud Amer-
body rejects the "continu- ist Patrick Gathara in Ke- than a thousand protesters outside the Des Moines Police De- ica, which went through
ing discriminatory practic- nya, which has its own partment on Friday, May 29, 2020. everything from segre-
es against black citizens of troubles with police bru- Associated Press gation to the election of
the USA." tality. He, like many, was Barack Obama, still hasn't
Floyd, a handcuffed black aghast at the tweet by flagged by Twitter as vio- fying violence," that the conquered the demons of
man, died after a police of- President Donald Trump, lating rules against "glori- president later said had racism. q