CANBERRA – Demonstrators from Australia to Europe identified with the cause of U.S. protests and urged their own governments to address racism and police violence.
An indigenous Australian lawmaker called on governments to use George Floyd’s death as an opportunity to reduce deaths of indigenous people in custody.
Floyd died last week after he was pinned to the pavement by a police officer who put his knee on the handcuffed black man’s neck until he stopped breathing.
His death in Minneapolis set off protests that spread across America. Linda Burney, the opposition spokeswoman on indigenous Australians, said on Tuesday more than 430 indigenous people had died in Australian police custody since 1991. “I think we should be using it as an