The President of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela, Nicolás Maduro, expressed this Wednesday his solidarity with the people of the United States of America (USA), repressed by the police forces during protests that have been going on for a week in rejection of the murder of African-American George Floyd at the hands of the police, a fact registered last Monday, May 25.
“From Venezuela, on behalf of our people, I extend our words of solidarity with the family of George Floyd, with the entire African-American community in the United States, and with the American people and youth who are fighting for peace, equality and justice” Expressed the Venezuelan head of state.
In statements broadcast by Venezolana de Televisión – during an award ceremony to the officials who participated in Operation Negro Primero -, the National President repudiated the threat by his US counterpart Donald Trump, to invoke the Insurrection Law to deploy the entire Army American to “stop the violent acts” that is registered throughout the American nation.
“The people of the United States are on the streets screaming: enough racism, enough police violence. A single scream runs through all the cities of the United States saying: Enough is enough! We want justice! We want freedom! We want equality!” Stressed the Venezuelan president.
In the face of the protests, more than 25 states have decreed a curfew, and several of them have deployed the National Guard in order to stop the protests.
The White House has also decreed a curfew, but protests have not stopped.
Earlier, Minnesota Attorney General Keith Ellison reported that Derek Chauvin, a police officer who immobilized the African American man (Floyd) with his knee and who was detained last Friday, will be brought to justice on charges for second-degree murder,
On May 25, a Minneapolis police officer killed 46-year-old Floyd. The fact was recorded on video and broadcast on social networks, which has generated protests in more than 25 states of the northern nation in which have been decreed curfews.
In the audiovisual material, it was possible to observe how the police officer arrested the young African-American man and then threw him on the floor and placed his knee on his neck. The accused police officer was arrested on May 30, and charged with murder.
“I can’t breathe”, was the last phrase Floyd spoke, a fact that contrasts with other killings of African-Americans by police action in previous years.
