Iran Press/ America: The report explained that Black people and persons of color are killed at disproportionate rates because 13% of the U.S. population is Black but 20% are killed by police, which means that Black people are three times more likely than white people to be killed by police.
The death of George Floyd, an African-American man, occurred in Minneapolis, Minnesota on May 25, 2020. It has caused a lot of unrest in American cities.
George Floyd died at the hands of a Minneapolis police officer. The video of Floyd pleading with the officer, who pressed a knee into Floyd’s neck for nearly nine minutes until Floyd stopped moving, sparked widespread outrage and mass protests across the country and other parts of the world.
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