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‘How did we get here?’: Trump has normalised mayhem and the US is paying the price More than 100,000 have died in a pandemic and troops are on the streets. The rate of fresh affronts has outpaced the ability to digest them George Floyd killing – latest US updates See all our George Floyd coverage […] More
The de facto Democratic nominee vows not to ‘fan the flames of hate’ as the president brandished a Bible and boasted of using ‘overwhelming force’ against protesters George Floyd killing – latest US updates See all our George Floyd coverage The existential choice facing America was laid bare on Tuesday, as Donald Trump and Joe […] More
Trump’s decision to walk to St John’s to be photographed with the Bible was another extraordinary decision made on the hoof George Floyd killing – latest US updates See all our George Floyd coverage Donald Trump holds a Bible outside St John’s church. Moments before, peaceful protesters had been forcefully cleared from the president’s path. […] More
The president appeared in images holding the Bible backwards and seemingly upside down Play Video 1:03 Protesters brutally dispersed ahead of Trump’s photo opportunity with a Bible – video On Tuesday evening, Donald Trump ordered the area outside the White House cleared of protesters by law enforcement who used teargas and flash-bang grenades to dispel […] More
Racism, protest and a dangerous president Readers respond to the widespread US protests that started with the death of George Floyd in Minneapolis, and Donald Trump’s inflammatory language A makeshift memorial in honour of George Floyd, an African American man who was killed by police in Minneapolis, Minnesota. Photograph: Kerem Yucel/AFP/Getty Images Re Richard Wolffe’s […] More
Play Video 2:13 Joe Biden has addressed the killing of George Floyd and the protests that his death has sparked. During a speech in Philadelphia, the Democratic presidential candidate said Floyd’s last words, ‘I can’t breathe’, were a ‘wake-up call for our nation’. Biden also sought to draw a clear distinction between himself and Donald Trump, saying […] More
Curfew to go into effect for New York City from 11pm to 5am Floyd’s family calls for peaceful protests Pressure grows for other three officers to face charges Minneapolis police chief: all four officers ‘complicit’ in death Obama shares advice on how to make protests ‘a turning point’ Angry Trump calls for tougher approach against […] More
The Guardian view on the death of George Floyd: a turning point? Editorial The nationwide protests following the brutal suffocation of an unarmed black man in Minneapolis could be a defining moment in America’s racial politics ‘The sheer scale of the protests over Floyd’s killing – breaking curfews and defying national guard troops, over six […] More
