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Minneapolis officers fired after black man's death

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Minneapolis - 26 May 2020

1. SOUNDBITE (English) Leslie Redmond, Minneapolis NAACP President:

"Mr. Floyd should have not have died. He should still be alive today. And we urge you all to stand up. This is not a black people issue, this is a human issue"

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Protesters gather outside former US officer's home

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Oakdale, Minnesota - 27 May 2020

2. Protesters chanting "Arrest him and we'll go home"

3. "Murderer" written in chalk on street

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Minneapolis police station torched during protest

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Minneapolis - 28 May 2020

4. Various of protesters outside a burning police station

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Thousands rally for Houston native George Floyd

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Houston - 29 May 2020

5. Various of people marching, police watching

6. The crowd assembles at the mall in front of city hall

7. People in crowd holding protest signs

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Protest near White House over George Floyd's death

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Washington, DC - 29 May 2020

8. Protesters gathered in Lafayette Park near the White House

9. Protest in downtown Washington

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Protesters clash with police in New York

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New York - 29 May 2020

10. Protesters crowding around burned-out police van

11. Anti-police protest outside Barclay's Center Arena in Brooklyn in response to the police killing in Minneapolis - clashes with police

12. Woman dousing eyes with water

13. Charred protest sign “In the age of (in)formation Ignoarance is a choice

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Cars burn as protests continue in Minneapolis

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Minneapolis - 29 May 2020

14. Various, cars burning during protests

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Trump says he won't allow mob violence to rule

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Cape Canaveral, Florida - 30 May 2020

15. SOUNDBITE (English) Donald Trump, US President:

" The memory of George Floyd is being dishonored by rioters, looters and anarchists. The violence and vandalism is being led by Antifa and other radical left wing groups who are terrorizing the innocent, destroying jobs, hurting businesses and burning down buildings."

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US protesters converge on White House

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Washington - 30 May 2020

16. Various of protesters, police outside of White House

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Minneapolis police fire rubber bullets at protesters

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Minneapolis - 30 May 2020

17. Line of police

18. Tear gas being deployed on protesters

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Protesters join London demo against Floyd's death

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London - 31 May 2020

19. Aerial of protesters marching past Parliament Square

20. Aerial passing over marching protesters

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Black Lives Matter protest turns violent in London

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London - 31 May 2020

21. Police pushing people back, telling protesters to move UPSOUND (English) "Get back, out of the way."

22. Police detaining protester as women try to stop them from doing so, other protester pushing police officer, camera pans to police trying to stop him, scuffling with him and detaining him

23. Police scuffling with protester and detaining him UPSOUND (English) "Let him go, let him go." Camera pans to police stopping man on bicycle UPSOUND (English) "Listen, calm down."

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Trump walks to church after police clear protests

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24. Trump walking to St. John's Church

25. Trump standing outside the church holding bible

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Thousands in Dutch protest over Floyd death in US

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The Hague - 2 June 2020

26. Various of protesters kneeling while a speaker reads the names of American victims of police brutality

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Mom of Floyd's daughter: I want justice for him

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Minneapolis - 2 June 2020

27. SOUNDBITE (English) Roxie Washington, mother of Floyd's 6-year-old daughter, Gianna:

" I'm here for my baby and I'm here for George. Because I want justice for him. "

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Thousands march in Houston protesting Floyd death

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Houston - 2 June 2020

28. Protesters before marching

29. Protesters marching, chanting

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Thousands march for George Floyd in Los Angeles

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Los Angeles - 2 June 2020

30. Protesters at City Hall

31. Various of protesters marching

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4 Minneapolis cops now charged in Floyd's death

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St. Paul, Minneapolis - 3 June 2020

32. Wide of news conference beginning

33. SOUNDBITE (English) Keith Ellison, Minnesota Attorney General:

"First today, I filed an amended complaint, that charges, former Minneapolis police officer Derrick Chauvin, with murder in the second degree for the death of George Floyd. ……… Hennepin county attorney, Michael Freeman and I filed a complaint that charges police officer Kueng, Lane and Thao with aiding and abetting murder in the second degree, a felony offense. "

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Huge 'Black Lives Matter' painted on road near WH

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Washington - 5 June 2020

34. Pan of mural, people walking on street

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Empty plinth in Nairobi where UK queen once stood

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Nairobi - 10 June 2020

35. Various of plinth of former Queen Victoria statue

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Vandalised King Leopold statue cleaned in Belgium

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Brussels - 11 June 2020

36. City of Brussels workers cleaning graffiti off the statue of King Leopold II

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Dutch activists daub 'killer' on trader statue

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Rotterdam - 12 June 2020

37. Statue of Dutch naval commander Piet Hein with red paint on it

38. Municipal worker washing the statue

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Thousand protest police brutality, discrimination

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Paris - 13 June 2020

39. Wide pan of demonstrators

40. Wide of demonstrators

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Confederate portraits removed from Capitol

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Washington, DC - 18 June 2020

41. Various as Capitol Hill workers remove portraits from the Capitol

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Thousands march in NY on Juneteenth

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New York - 19 June 2020

42. Marchers carrying placards and signs crossing Brooklyn Bridge

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Al Sharpton: Protesters will make America great

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Tulsa, Oklahoma - 19 June 2020

43. SOUNDBITE (English) Rev. Al Sharpton, Civil Rights Activist:

"Greatness is when Blacks and whites and Latinos and Asians and original Americans hit the streets all over this country and march against your tear gas and march against your rubber bullets and march against a military occupation you threaten and march anyhow. That's what will make America great."

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Rayshard Brooks casket arrives for funeral service

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Atlanta - 23 June 2020

44. Rayshard Brooks casket arrives at Ebenezer Baptist Church

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Mourners bid farewell to Rayshard Brooks

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45. Rayshard Brooks funeral service in progress

Four Minneapolis police officers who were involved in the arrest of a black man who died in police custody were fired on May 26th 2020.

The firings come a day after a bystander's video showed the man pleading that he could not breathe as a white officer knelt on his neck and kept his knee there for several minutes after the man stopped moving.

Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey announced the terminations on Twitter, and said the firings were the "right call."

May 25th's death of George Floyd was under investigation by the FBI and state law enforcement authorities. It drew comparisons to the case of Eric Garner, an unarmed black man who died in 2014 in New York after being placed in a police chokehold.

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Protesters gathered near the home of a white former Minneapolis police officer who kneeled on the neck of a black man, who later died in custody.

The May 27th demonstrations took place outside the Oakdale home of Derek Chauvin.

Earlier on May 27th, Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey called for criminal charges to be filed against Chauvin.

Footage recorded by a bystander shows Chauvin with his knee on George Floyd's neck for several minutes as Floyd gasps for breath on the ground with his face against the pavement.

***

Protesters angered by the death of a black man who died while pleading for air as a white police officer kneeled on his neck have torched a Minneapolis police station that the department abandoned.

May 28th marked a third night of violent protests following the death of George Floyd, who died in a confrontation with officers outside a grocery store.

Protests first erupted May 25th, a day after Floyd's death in a confrontation with police captured on widely seen citizen video.

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Thousands attended a rally on May 29th in front of city hall in Houston, where George Floyd grew up.

The rally was mostly peaceful but police had apparently taken into custody a woman who had a rifle and had tried to use it to incite the crowd.

The crowed marched down streets in downtown Houston to get to city hall, chanting "No justice, no peace" and "Say his name. George Floyd."

Many held up signs that said "Justice For George."

Lazaro Gonzales, 21, of Houston, held up an American flag blanket, on which he wrote, "I can't breathe."

"Everybody is expressing anger," Gonzales said. "Everybody is all, everything we've been keeping silent. We need the government to understand our rage."

As people assembled at Houston City Hall, Derrick Robinson looked on at the crowd which he described as incredibly diverse.

"I'm speechless," he said. "I'm sitting back in awe watching everyone who cares."

Houston Police Chief Art Acevedo said he welcomed the rally.

Acevedo later oversaw the ejection of an unidentified woman carrying a high-velocity rifle into the crowd of protestors.

Clad in all black and ski mask, the woman drew jeers from the demonstrators, many asking her to leave.

"A white woman with a rifle trying to incite this crowd," Acevedo said. "We're not gonna tolerate that (expletive), people inciting these young people in our city. These young people have every right to be protesting out here peacefully."

***

On May 29th hundreds of people gathered in Lafayette Park near the White House after marching in the nation's capital to protest against the death of George Floyd while in police custody.

Protesters shouted "No justice, no peace," and "I can't breath" as the march unfolded.

The march took place several hours after prosecutors charged MInneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin with third degree murder and manslaughter.

Chauvin could be seen on video on May 25th with his knee pressed into the neck of Floyd, who was handcuffed and unarmed.

Authorities filed a complaint that Chauvin had his knee on Floyd’s neck for eight minutes and 46 seconds.

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Demonstrators took to New York City streets on May 29th for a second day in protest at the death of George Floyd, the black Minnesota man killed in police custody, and invoked the names of other black people who died at police hands.

In Brooklyn, crowds of demonstrators chanted at police officers lined up outside the Barclays Center. There were several moments of struggle, as some in the crowd pushed against metal barricades and police pushed back.

Protesters lit fire to a sign outside the arena, forcing police to advance and put out the flames.

Scores of water bottles and fireworks flew from the crowd toward the officers, and in return police sprayed an eye-irritating chemical at the group multiple times.

The names of black people killed by police, including Floyd and Eric Garner, who died on Staten Island in 2014, were on signs carried by those in the crowd, and in their chants. Protests have taken place around the country, with some in Minnesota and elsewhere becoming violent.

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Protests continued into the evening of May 29th in Minneapolis, where earlier this week a black man died while in police custody.

A police officer was charged earlier on May 29th with third-degree murder and manslaughter in the death of George Floyd.

His death after an officer placed his knee on Floyd's neck has sparked protests across the country,

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President Donald Trump says he will not tolerate mob violence during demonstrations over the death of George Floyd in Minneapolis.

The president made the comment as he spoke in Florida after watching the successful launch of a SpaceX rocket May 30th.

He turned his attention to the unrest in American cities following the death of George Floyd in Minneapolis before he congratulated NASA and others involved in the space mission.

Trump says the rule of law is the crown jewel of the country and that his administration would stop mob violence.

"I stand before you as a friend and ally to every American seeking justice and peace," he said, "and I stand before you in firm opposition to anyone exploiting this tragedy to loot, rob, attack and menace. Healing, not hatred. Justice not chaos are the missions at hand."

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Several hundred people shouting "Black Lives Matter" and "I can't breathe" have converged on the White House for a second straight day to protest against the death of George Floyd in Minneapolis and President Donald Trump's response.

Speaking in Florida after watching the launch of a SpaceX rocket, the president said: "I stand before you as a friend and ally to every American seeking justice and peace, and I stand before you in firm opposition to anyone exploiting this tragedy to loot, rob, attack and menace. Healing, not hatred, justice, not chaos are the missions at hand."

Three lines of barricades separate protesters from a loose line of uniformed police officers at Lafayette Park, across from the White House. At one point, the protesters left the park, chanting as they marched up a nearby street. A block from the White House, they held a moment of silence and brief sit-in.

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Police in Minneapolis are confronting protesters out after curfew on the fifth day of protests over the death of George Floyd.

A group of marchers was moving north toward downtown on a city street when officers fired tear gas on the evening of May 30th . The group immediately retreated.

Soon after, officers fired tear gas and moved in to push away throngs of protesters who were milling around the city police's 5th Precinct.

The tougher tactics came after city and state leaders were criticized for not more strongly confronting violent and damaging protests.

Minneapolis has been the epicenter of protests since the death on May 25th of Floyd after a police officer pressed his knee on Floyd's neck for some eight minutes. The protests have spread to cities across the United States.

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Hundreds of protesters joined a Black Lives Matter demonstration in London on May 31st after a week of protests in the US sparked by the death of George Floyd.

The crowd gathered in Trafalgar Square with banners and signs and chanted Floyd's name, referring to the black man who died on May 25th after an arresting officer in Minneapolis pushed his knee into Floyd’s neck while he was on the ground handcuffed.

The crowd in London then set off on a march past the Houses of Parliament.

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Clashes erupted in central London on May 31st after a largely peaceful Black Lives Matter protest.

Tension escalated as police tried to clear a junction in Parliament Square blocked by protesters.

A number of people were seen being arrested and put into police vans, the Metropolitan Police Service said late Sunday 23 people had been arrested in relation to the protests.

One protester, who chose to remain nameless, said the demonstrators had been protesting peacefully and criticised the actions of the police.

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President Donald Trump has visited the 200-year-old church near the White House that was set on fire as demonstrators clashed with police over the weekend.

Beginning with James Madison, every person who has held the office of president has attended a service at St. John's Church.

Law enforcement cleared protesters out of the area with tear gas before Trump's visit. Tear gas canisters could be heard exploding as Trump spoke in the Rose Garden. He then walked over to the church.

The protesters appeared to be acting peacefully before they were dispersed by force.

Trump is urging the nation's governors to get tougher with violent protesters and to deploy the National Guard.

He said in the Rose Garden that he is ally of peaceful protesters, but he stressed that "I am your president of law and order."

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Thousands of protesters demonstrated in the Dutch capital of The Hague on June 2nd against the death of George Floyd in the United States.

Floyd died on May 25th after a police officer pressed his knee into his neck for several minutes even after he stopped moving and pleading for air.

Global outrage over what happened to Floyd has kindled frustrations across borders and continents.

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George Floyd's 6-year-old daughter and her mother spoke at a news conference June 2nd after days of protests following his death.

"I'm here for my baby and I'm here for George because I want justice for him," Roxie Washington said through tears.

"He was a good man," she said.

Protests have broken out across the country since Floyd's death on May 25th.

Floyd after a white Minneapolis officer, Derek Chauvin, pressed his knee on the handcuffed black man’s neck for several minutes.

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The family of George Floyd, the man whose death in Minneapolis police custody triggered nationwide protests, joined a crowd city officials estimated at 60,000 demonstrators to rally and march in Houston to protest Floyd's death.

The marchers on June 2nd chanted the name of Floyd, a black man who died after a white Minneapolis policeman pressed his knee into his neck for several minutes. He grew up in Houston and a public memorial and burial is planned there for next week.

Protesters marched from a downtown Houston park to City Hall where, at a rally that lasted a little over an hour, various local and congressional officials, activists and members of Floyd's family spoke.

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Thousands of protesters were marching again in Los Angeles June 2nd as a city-wide curfew was extended to a fourth night.

More than 2,700 people have been arrested in Los Angeles since protests and violence began.

That's according to the Police Chief Michel Moore, who apologized again June 2nd for stating previously that rioters "capitalizing" on the mass gatherings have the death of George Floyd on their hands.

Moore said 2,500 of the arrests were for failure to disperse or curfew violations. The rest were for burglary and violence. The Police Department's civilian oversight board met June 2nd and many members of the public who called in to the meeting slammed Moore and called on him to resign or be fired.

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Prosecutors have charged a Minneapolis police officer accused of pressing his knee against George Floyd's neck with second-degree murder, and for the first time are leveling charges against three other officers. Bystander video showing Floyd's May 25th death has sparked protests nationwide and around the world.

The officer, Derek Chauvin, was fired May 26 and initially charged with third-degree murder and second-degree manslaughter. Three other officers were also fired but weren't immediately charged.

Attorney General Keith Ellison on Wednesday charged the other three officers with aiding and abetting second-degree murder and manslaughter. Floyd's family and protesters have demanded that all four be charged.

Floyd's family and protesters have repeatedly called for criminal charges against all four officers as well as more serious charges for Chauvin, who held his knee to Floyd's neck, despite his protests that he couldn't breathe, and stayed there even after Floyd stopped moving. Floyd, a black man, was in handcuffs when he died with his face pressed to the street.

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City workers and activists painted the words Black Lives Matter in enormous bright yellow letters on the street leading to the White House, a highly visible sign of the District of Columbia's embrace of a protest movement that has put it at odds with President Donald Trump.

D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser tweeted aerial video of the mural shortly after it was completed Friday.

The letters and an image of the city's flag stretch across 16th Street for two blocks, ending just before the church where Trump staged a photo-op after federal officers forcibly cleared a peaceful demonstration to make way for the president and his entourage.

"The section of 16th street in front of the White House is now officially 'Black Lives Matter Plaza,'" Bowser tweeted. A black and white sign was put up to mark the change.

Bowser's endorsement of the project follows her verbal clashes with the Trump administration over the response to protests of the killing of George Floyd in Minneapolis. Bowser has complained about the heavy-handed federal response and called for the removal of out-of-state National Guard troops. She says their differences highlight the need for D.C. to be a state and have more control over its internal affairs.

On June 5th, as the protests turned peaceful, she ended a curfew imposed after people damaged buildings and broke into businesses over the weekend and Monday.

The mayor also tweeted out a letter from House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, who wrote the president to express alarm that peaceful protesters were being confronted by heavily armed federal agents and officers, many of them with their identities and agencies obscured.

***

In a downtown Nairobi park, an empty plinth marks the spot where Britain's Queen Victoria was once memorialised.

One local resident said colonial statues should be taken down "all over the world," due to the painful memories they evoke.

When Kenya gained independence from Britain in 1963, the nation emerged filled with statues of its former masters.

A political consensus arose to take down these reminders of colonial rule.

But successive governments left one statue standing.

It was a statue of Queen Victoria presented to the Kenyan capital in 1906 by Alibhai Mulla Jeevanjee, a wealthy Indian businessman.

The statue stood in Jeevanjee Gardens in the heart of Nairobi for over 109 years, until one night in 2015 when it was torn down and beheaded by vandals.

To date, the perpetrators haven't been identified. The statue now sits headless in the park's bushes, five years on.

"This statue reminds me of the suffering our forefathers went through (at) the hands of colonialists and whenever we see them, the memories are fresh," said Samuel Obiero, a local resident.

In recent weeks, statues with racist connections have been targeted by protesters around the world.

This came after the death of George Floyd, a black American who died on May 25 after being restrained by a white police officer in Minneapolis.

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City of Brussels workers scrubbed clean the statue of King Leopold II in the city centre after someone painted red hands and eyes of the statue to draw attention to the monarch's policies in what was Congo.

Cleaning crews used a crane to power wash the giant monument.

During his 1865 - 1909 reign King Leopold II held Congo, now known as the Democratic Republic of Congo, as his personal property and may have been responsible for the deaths of millions.

There are statues, busts and streets named after Leopold II all over Belgium.

An online petition demanding the removal of the statute in central Brussels has reached more than 70,000 signatures.

Public pressure from the Black Lives Matter movement has helped remove a statue in Antwerp and one inside the University of Mons.

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Activists in Rotterdam have defaced the statue of a 17th-century Dutch naval hero, accusing him of paving the way for slavery between Africa and the Americas.

They daubed red paint and sprayed the word "Killer" on the statue of Piet Hein, celebrated in Dutch history as a key figure in the country's so-called Golden Era of trade and colonial expansion.

Hein was best known for leading a Dutch naval action in 1628 that captured a Spanish treasure fleet near Cuba.

He also played a pivotal role in establishing Dutch colonial rule in the East and West Indies.

A group calling itself "Heroes of Never" claimed responsibility for defacing the statue, saying Hein was "a key figure in clearing the way for trans-Atlantic human trade in enslaved West Africans."

Monuments to slave traders and colonial rulers have become the focus of protests around the world, driven by a reexamination of historical injustice after the death of George Floyd in the United States.

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More than 1,000 people took to the streets of Paris on June 13th to demonstrate against police brutality and racism.

Angry shouts rose from the peaceful, largely black crowd as a small group of white extreme-right activists climbed a building overlooking the protest and unfurled a huge banner denouncing "anti-white racism."

Police did not arrest them, and prevented angry protesters from approaching the far-right group.

Residents in the building tore part of the banner down, one of them raising his fist in victory.

Police surrounded the intended march route, bracing for potential violence after scattered clashes at some demonstrations around France recently, also inspired by the Black Lives Matter movement and George Floyd's death in the U.S.

The Paris protest was among several in France and other countries this weekend for the same cause.

June 13th's march was led by supporters of Adama Traore, a French black man who died in police custody in 2016 in circumstances that remain unclear despite four years of back-and-forth autopsies. No one has been charged in the case.

At the protest, a huge portrait showed a face that was half Floyd, half Traore. Banners strung between trees around Republique plaza bore the names of dozens of others who have died or suffered violence at the hands of French police, scrawled in red.

Protests were also being held in Marseille, Lyon and other French cities.

The French government is under growing pressure to address long-running accusations of excessive violence by police, particularly against minorities.

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House Speaker Nancy Pelosi said on June 18th she is ordering the removal from the Capitol of portraits honoring four previous House speakers who served in the Confederacy.

In a letter to the House clerk, Pelosi directed the immediate removal of portraits depicting the former speakers: Robert Hunter of Virginia, James Orr of South Carolina and Howell Cobb and Charles Crisp, both of Georgia.

The portraits were to be removed later on June 18th.

Calling the halls of Congress “the very heart of our democracy,″ Pelosi said, “There is no room in the hallowed halls of Congress or in any place of honor for memorializing men who embody the violent bigotry and grotesque racism of the Confederacy.″

Pelosi noted that Friday is Juneteenth, honoring the day in 1865 when many African Americans learned of the end of slavery after the Civil War.

She called Juneteenth “a beautiful and proud celebration of freedom for African Americans” and noted that this year’s celebration comes "during a moment of extraordinary national anguish, as we grieve for the hundreds of Black Americans killed by racial injustice and police brutality, including George Floyd, Breonna Taylor, Ahmaud Arbery and so many others.”

Orr, who served as speaker from 1857-59, swore on the House floor to “preserve and perpetuate” slavery in order to “enjoy our property in peace, quiet and security,” Pelosi said in her letter.

Hunter, who served at nearly every level of the Confederacy, including as Confederate secretary of state, served as speaker from 1839-41.

Cobb served as speaker from 1849-51, while Crisp served after the Civil War, from 1891-95.

Earlier in June, Pelosi urged the removal of Confederate statues from the Capitol and the renaming of U.S. military bases that honor Confederate Army officers.

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Thousands of New Yorkers took to the streets on June 19th to commemorate Juneteenth.

The marchers made their way from Brooklyn, across the Brooklyn Bridge and gathered at Cadman Plaza for a rally, where they chanted against police brutality and for better race relations.

Mayor Bill de Blasio announced earlier in the day that Juneteenth will be an official holiday for city workers and schoolchildren next year.

The Mayor said the city will also form a new commission to examine its history of racial discrimination.

Juneteenth marks the day in 1865 when the Union army brought word of the Emancipation Proclamation to enslaved people in Galveston, Texas, more than two years after President Abraham Lincoln declared all slaves free in Confederate territory.

The new Racial Justice and Reconciliation Commission will give New Yorkers a platform to discuss their experiences with racism, examine possible discrimination in public policy and recommend changes like removing symbols of racism from public spaces, de Blasio and his wife, Chirlane McCray, said in announcing its formation.

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Rev. Al Sharpton took jabs at President Donald Trump on June 19th while speaking at the Juneteenth celebration in Tulsa, Oklahoma.

"When I hear people walk around, talking about make America Great again, give me the date that America was great for everybody," Sharpton said. "Greatness is when Blacks and whites and Latinos and Asians and original Americans hit the streets all over this country and march against your tear gas and march against your rubber bullets."

The rally took place in the city's Greenwood district, a once thriving Black commercial district that never fully recovered after one of the country's most destructive and deadly white attacks on Black communities.

Hundreds of people milled in blocked-off streets, listening to music playing, giving an ear to stages hosting political speakers and stopping at voter registration booths.

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Rayshard Brooks, who was fatally shot by a police officer, is to be remembered June 23rd at the church in Atlanta where the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. once preached.

The private funeral at Ebenezer Baptist Church follows a public viewing held Monday.

The Rev. Raphael Warnock, senior pastor at the church and a Democratic candidate for Senate, will deliver the eulogy.

Officer Garrett Rolfe fatally shot Brooks in the back after Brooks fired a Taser in his direction while running away after a struggle with officers outside a Wendy's restaurant on June 12th. Rolfe, 27, is white. Brooks, 27, was Black.

King's daughter, the Rev. Bernice King, also plans to deliver remarks at Brooks' funeral, along with a friend of his and his mother-in-law, according to a draft program released by the church.

When officers responded to complaints of a car blocking the Wendy's drive-thru lane, they found Brooks asleep in the car.

Police body camera video then showed Brooks and officers having a calm and respectful conversation for more than 40 minutes.

After conducting field sobriety tests, Rolfe told Brooks he'd had "too much to drink to be driving."

Brooks resisted being handcuffed, and he and the two officers wrestled on the ground. Brooks grabbed one of their Tasers and fired it in their direction as he ran away.

An autopsy found he was shot twice in the back.

Rolfe was fired and the other officer, 26-year-old Devin Brosnan, was placed on desk duty after the shooting.

Police Chief Erika Shields stepped down less than 24 hours after Brooks died.

Fulton County District Attorney Paul Howard announced 11 charges against Rolfe, including felony murder, and said the officer kicked Brooks as he lay dying.

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Scores of mourners, some dressed all in white and others wearing Black Lives Matter shirts, filed into the historic Atlanta church to pay their tribute to Rayshard Brooks.

The church was once the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr.'s pulpit.

Brooks was killed by police in a Wendy's parking lot that stoked protests across the U.S. against racial injustice.

Martin Luther King Jr.'s daughter, the Rev. Bernice King, also delivered remarks at the private service, along with a friend of Brooks, his mother-in-law and the senior pastor at Ebenezer Baptist Church, the Rev. Raphael Warnock.

"We are here because individuals continue to hide behind badges and trainings and policies and procedures rather than regarding the humanity of others in general and Black lives specifically," said King.

The private funeral at Ebenezer Baptist Church follows a public viewing held Monday.

The Rev. Raphael Warnock, senior pastor at the church and a Democratic candidate for Senate, will deliver the eulogy.

Officer Garrett Rolfe fatally shot Brooks in the back after Brooks fired a Taser in his direction while running away after a struggle with officers outside a Wendy's restaurant on June 12th. Rolfe, 27, is white. Brooks, 27, was Black.

When officers responded to complaints of a car blocking the Wendy's drive-thru lane, they found Brooks asleep in the car.

Police body camera video then showed Brooks and officers having a calm and respectful conversation for more than 40 minutes.

After conducting field sobriety tests, Rolfe told Brooks he'd had "too much to drink to be driving."

Brooks resisted being handcuffed, and he and the two officers wrestled on the ground. Brooks grabbed one of their Tasers and fired it in their direction as he ran away.

An autopsy found he was shot twice in the back.

Rolfe was fired and the other officer, 26-year-old Devin Brosnan, was placed on desk duty after the shooting.

Police Chief Erika Shields stepped down less than 24 hours after Brooks died.

Fulton County District Attorney Paul Howard announced 11 charges against Rolfe, including felony murder, and said the officer kicked Brooks as he lay dying.

Brosnan, who the prosecutor said stood on Brooks' shoulder as he struggled for his life, is charged with aggravated assault and violating his oath.

Lawyers for both men said their clients' actions were justified.

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