The death of George Floyd, an unarmed Black man, after an interaction with police has brought racial injustice concerns in the United States to a boiling point.
The 46-year-old man died after being arrested by police outside a store in Minneapolis, Minn. His arrest was captured on cellphone video, showing a white police office kneeling on Floyd’s neck for several minutes while he was pinned to the ground.
The video led to widespread rage across the country, spurring protests, which sometimes included looting and vandalism. Derek Chauvin, 44, the white police officer kneeling on Floyd’s neck in the video, was charged Friday with third-degree murder and manslaughter as the protests proliferated.