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Mr Floyd’s death in Might led to international protests and calls for authorities reform.
Mr Chauvin, who is white, knelt on Mr Floyd’s neck for nearly nine minutes while he was being apprehended in Minneapolis on 25 May.
Meanwhile, mourners in Houston, Texas, where Mr Floyd lived prior to moving to Minneapolis, have actually been seeing his body, openly on display for six hours at The Water fountain of Praise church.
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Derek Chauvin is to appear in court by video link.
Minneapolis city council has actually voted to ban chokeholds and neck restraints by police officers, and Democrats in Congress have unveiled sweeping legislation on cops reform.
In France, which saw Black Lives Matter demonstrations over the weekend, Interior Minister Christophe Castaner revealed that cops would no longer be permitted to use chokeholds to detain individuals.
France’s cops guard dog has actually exposed that there were 1,500 problems versus officers last year, half of them for declared attacks.
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It is the turn of individuals in Houston to pay their respects.
Masked and gloved mourners have actually been filing previous Mr Floyd’s casket in line with coronavirus social distancing requirements, with only 15 visitors allowed in the church at a time.
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Mr Floyd’s body is on screen at the Water fountain of Praise church.
Anti-racism demonstrations started by Mr Floyd’s death are now entering their 3rd week in the United States. Huge rallies have actually been held in several cities, including Washington DC, New York, Chicago, Los Angeles and San Francisco.
With the rallying cries “Black Lives matter” and “No Justice, No Peace”, the demonstrations are amongst the biggest United States protests against racism since the 1960 s. Saturday’s gatherings included a demonstration in the Texas town of Vidor, as soon as notorious as a fortress of the Ku Klux Klan white supremacist group.
Most of protests have been peaceful, however episodes of looting and violence have actually been reported. President Donald Trump has actually threatened to phone soldiers to quash any unrest
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Security steps were raised across the US on Sunday as discontent started to ease. New York ended its almost week-long curfew, and Mr Trump said he was buying the National Guard to begin withdrawing from Washington DC.
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Protesters in European cities including London and Rome also collected to show their support for Black Lives Matter over the weekend, while anti-racism demonstrations in Australia were gone to by 10s of thousands.
In the city of Bristol in the UK, protesters took down a statue of Edward Colston, a popular 17 th Century servant trader.
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