George Floyd the man whose death caused more than a week of riots across the United States has succumbed to "pressure on his neck" by police, said the forensic pathologist contradictory autopsy. According to him, other parameters may also have played a role, such as drug use shortly before the tragedy.
The African American, suspected of having wanted to forge a counterfeit 20 dollar bill, suffered "cardiac and pulmonary arrest" due to his immobilization, the doctor said in a statement. "The combined effect of the arrest and immobilization of Mr. Floyd by the police, his medical history and the possible presence of psychoactive substances in his body probably contributed to his death," he said in a report. preliminary. The final results were made public just after family lawyers presented the results of an autopsy conducted by "independent" experts they had commissioned. They concluded that the death was the result of "prolonged pressure asphyxiation", according to their lawyer, Ben Crump.
This drama outraged the United States and beyond. Hundreds of thousands of Americans have been on the streets protesting for the past week against police brutality, racism and social inequality. Violence spreads through them, which sometimes degenerates into riots or even looting, leading several cities to mobilize the National Guard and impose curfews. In this context, the American president, Donald Trump, saw fit to intervene in Zorro not masked and instead of calming the situation, of its blunders it does nothing but stoke it even more.
The US president announced from the Rose Garden at the White House that he would use the US military to stop the riots across the country that were sparked by the death of George Floyd. "I mobilize all available federal resources, civilian and military, to stop riots and looting, to end destruction and arson, and to protect the rights of law-abiding Americans, including your rights under the second amendment, "Trump said in his speech outside the White House police were firing smoke devices to repel protesters.
"We will end the riots and the anarchy that have spread in our country. We will end it now, "said Trump again. "If a city or a state refuses to take the necessary measures to defend the lives and property of their residents, I will deploy the American army and quickly solve the problem for them" he argued, referring to him- even as "your president of public order and an ally of all peaceful demonstrators".
Shortly before his speech, law enforcement and the National Guard had cleared Place Lafayette and its surrounding streets of peaceful demonstrators to allow Trump after his speech to "pay homage to a very, very special place" by brandishing the Bible and posing for photos in front of the Episcopal Church of St., which had suffered fire damage during the Sunday evening demonstrations. This provoked the anger of the religious authorities of the places who reproached him for not having gone to the church to express a religious feeling there but to ignite the violence and this without their consent nor having asked their opinion.
The political reactions of the opposing party were not long in coming either. "The desire for a certain backdrop for a press announcement is not a security requirement," tweeted Senator Brian Schatz, a Democrat from Hawaii. "In other words, using the power of the US military to eliminate peaceful protesters is a massive abuse of power." Senator Kamala Harris, Democrat from California, was more succinct. "Donald Trump has just gassed peaceful protesters for a photo shoot," she tweeted. New York Governor Andrew Cuomo called the decision "shameful." The Chairman of the House Armed Services Committee, Representative Adam Smith, a Democrat in Wash. Trump advised, to turn the tide instead. "The national deployment of our armed forces is an extremely serious endeavor that should not be taken lightly," said Smith. "We live in a democracy, not a dictatorship," he added, urging Trump to use the powers of the presidency "to calm tensions across the country, not to escalate them."
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