Black Lives Matter - Rap

Black Lives Matter - Rap

George Floyd

The death of George Floyd, an African-American man, took place in Minneapolis (Minnesota) on 25 May 2020. Floyd died after policeman Derek Chauvin leaned on Floyd's neck with his knee for more than eight minutes, while it was cuffed with his belly on the street. After Floyd became unconscious after six minutes, Chauvin held his knee on Floyd's neck for almost another three minutes. Floyd was then transported in an ambulance to the hospital, where he was declared dead.


Floyd's death was recorded by bystanders, and broadcast live on Facebook Live. This caught the attention of the American media and was the direct cause of the protests after the death of George Floyd that were held the following days in Minneapolis and other cities worldwide.

 

While Floyd was held by the policeman, he mentioned the words: "I can't breath". These words are used by demonstrators and together with the words 'black lives matter' form the slogan for the protests.

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In May 2020 protests broke out in the United States because of police violence against the black population. The protests soon spread to other countries where, despite the Corona virus, people took to the streets in large groups. There were also massive protests in Amsterdam on 1 June. The mayor of Amsterdam, Femke Halsema, decided not to intervene.

She said: 'a lot of people with heavy emotions were present'.

Halsema was afraid that if the police would intervene, this would lead to riots. Where do these heavy emotions come from? How big is the problem of police violence? And is there a racial segregation between white and black? We're going to investigate this!

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