“Black Lives Matter” Movement
It started in the United States
Now, it has spread all over the
world
“Black Lives Matter” – WHY IT STARTED?
WHAT EXACTLY HAPPENED?
HOW DID IT HAPPEN?
Know the story behind “I can’t
breathe” and the aftermath of it.
Killing Of George Floyd- The
Complete Story
25 May 2020
It’s a Monday evening in Minneapolis, the largest city of US state,
Minnesota.
An employee at Cup Foods called
911 accusing a 46-year-old black man of buying a pack of cigarettes using a
counterfeit $20 bill.
The police respond to the call
immediately and the black man, namely, George Floyd is arrested.
Seventeen minutes later, the man
to be investigated lies motionless on the ground and is reported dead, soon
after.
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17 Minutes- WHAT EXACTLY HAPPENED
IN THE 17 MINUTES?
How George Floyd died in police
custody?
VDO SOURCE- NEW YORK TIMES
8:08 pm – First police car
arrives at the convenience store.
It’s 8:10 pm, two police
officers, Thomas lane and Alexander Keung approach Floyd’s blue SUV CAR, parked
across the street.
A few seconds later, Lane pulls
out his gun and orders Floyd to show his hands.
At 8:12 pm – Floyd is handcuffed;
Keung sat him on the sidewalk against the restaurant.
According to video
footages recorded by bystanders’ and the installed digital cameras, any sign of
violence cannot be seen from Floyd’s side. He is already seen in distress.
Washington Post
Six minutes later, they take him to the police vehicle.
Floyd fells to the ground and tells the officers he is
claustrophobic.
Washington Post
Nine minutes into the arrest, the third and final police car
arrives on the scene.
It is carrying Derek Michael Chauvin, and Tou Thao, both of
them having previous records of complaints.
Washington Post
8:19 pm
During the attempts to put George in the police vehicle,
Chauvin pulls George away from the passenger side, causing him to fall on the
ground.
He lies there, face down and in
handcuffs.
That’s when the witnesses started
filming the last 8 minutes of Floyd.
Two officers restrained Floyd’s
torso and legs, Derek Chauvin brutally placed his left knee between his head
and neck, while another stood there to prevent onlookers from intervening.
"I can't breathe," he
said at least 16 times turned out to be his last words.
It’s 8:27 pm, Chauvin removes his
knee after 8 minutes and 47 seconds after being confronted by the bystanders
about Floyd's unconscious condition .
Floyd is lying there with no signs
of a pulse in his wrist.
About an hour later, he was
pronounced “‘dead”.
“THAT'S HOW A BLACK MAN WAS KILLED IN POLICE ARREST”
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TIMELINE OF THE PROTESTS
26 MAY 2020
THE PROTESTS BEGIN
Four officers involved in the arrest of George Floyd are
fired.
Video of George Floyd’s arrest is widely circulated.
Hundreds of demonstrators take to the streets of
Minneapolis and vandalise police cars and the police station.
27 MAY
Protests spread to other cities. In some places, like
Portland, Oregon, protesters lie in the road, chanting "I can’t
breathe".
Demonstrators set fire to the police station where George Floyd was
arrested.
28 MAY-
PRESIDENT OF US TWEETS
Trump threatens to send in the National Guard in a tweet if
the violence doesn’t stops. He follows it up with a second tweet, hidden by
Twitter for "glorifying violence" which states "when the looting
starts, the shooting starts".
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Derek Chauvin charged with three degree murder.
29 May-
A CNN reporter is arrested while covering the Minneapolis
protest.
31 May-
THE NIGHT OF VIOLENCE
A total of at least five people are killed in protests. More
than 75 cities have seen protests. At least 4,400 people have been arrested.
Curfews are imposed across the US to try to stem the unrest.
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1 JUNE-
Mr Trump poses in front of a damaged church shortly after
police used tear gas to disperse protesters nearby.
He threatens to send in the military to quell growing civil
unrest.
TWITTER VDO
-Curfew imposed in
NYC as protesters loot stores : Walmart, Apple, Nike, Adidas etc.
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3 June-
-Protests in top
virus hot spots spur fears of new COVID spikes
Public health experts
fear the crowds, tear gas and arrests will lead to new transmissions of corona
virus.
-Mahatma Gandhi’s
statue outside Indian Embassy in Washington vandalized.
- Protest against George Floyd's killing outside
American Centre in Kolkata
Peaceful protests at
2 am, in New York and Wahington DC, people have violated the citywide 8 p.m.
curfew.
A tear jerking video
of George Floyd’s daughter Gianna Floyd is going viral.
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Gianna sitting on her
dad’s friend Stephen Jackson’s shoulders, can be heard saying ‘Daddy changed
the world’.
4 june-
Obama Voices Support for George Floyd Protesters and
Calls for Police Reform
9 June - George
Floyd's funeral was held at Fountain of Praise in Houston, Texas and 500 guests
had attended the service.
His body was on
display at the church for six hours on Monday. Mr Floyd's coffin was taken to
cemeterin Pearland, south of Houston, for a private burial ceremony. Barriers
were erected along the route to allow members of the public to pay their
respects safely as the procession passed. Memorial services were held in
Minneapolis and North Carolina, where Floyd was born.
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