After the video with George Floyd was broadcasted on Facebook, massive demonstrations against police violonce broke out. especially the black population felt the need to take to the streets, because they feel dominated by the white government.
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!