World erupts in protest following George Floyd murder
The world has refused to stand still after watching in horror as US citizens took to the streets to protest the vicious death of George Floyd, a black man who died when a white police officer pressed his knee into his neck until he could no longer breathe.
The civil unrest came to its breaking point this week after a number of deaths left Americans feeling helpless.
Floyd's death on May 25 in Minneapolis was the latest in a series of deaths of black men and women at the hands of police in the US.
Protestors gathered together in central London on Sunday to offer support to all the American demonstrators. They held signs including "No justice! No peace!" and waving placards with the words "How many more?" at Trafalgar Square.
Protestors then marched to the US Embassy, where a long line of officers surrounded the building.
Protesters in Denmark also converged on the US Embassy on Sunday carrying placards with messages including “Stop Killing Black People”.
Several hundred more people took to the streets on Sunday in the capital's Kreuzberg of Berlin, Germany with signs saying "Silence is Violence," "Hold Cops Accountable," and "Who Do You Call When Police Murder?"
Copenhagan, Denmark
In Italy, the Corriere della Sera newspaper's senior US correspondent Massimo Gaggi said that the reaction to Floyd's killing was "different" than other cases of black Americans killed by police and the ensuing violence.
"There are exasperated black movements that no longer preach nonviolent resistance," Gaggi wrote.
He went on to note that the Minnesota governor is warning that "anarchist and white supremacy groups are trying to fuel the chaos.''
Russia denounced Floyd’s death as the latest murder in a series of police violence cases against African American people. The country has accused the United States of "systemic problems in the human rights sphere.''
"This incident is far from the first in a series of lawless conduct and unjustified violence from US law enforcement,'' the Russian Foreign Ministry said in a statement.
"American police commit such high-profile crimes all too often.''