The Death Of George Floyd Reclassified As “Murder”, The 4 Police Officers Charged

The four police officers who arrested George Floyd in Minneapolis are now all on trial and his death has been reclassified as “murder”, as claimed by hundreds of thousands of Americans who have demonstrated since last week, authorities announced on Wednesday.

The protests, which were sometimes accompanied by looting and riots, continued on Wednesday in many cities, with no reports of major spillovers.

After the scenes of violence that had enamelled the previous night, President Donald Trump had threatened Monday to deploy the army “to quickly resolve the problem”, remarks immediately denounced by the opposition.

In apparent disagreement with Donald Trump, the US Secretary of Defense said himself on Wednesday against the idea of ​​deploying soldiers in major cities.

“I am not in favour of the insurgency state decree”, which would allow the republican billionaire to deploy active soldiers against American citizens, and not National Guard reservists as is currently the case said, Mark Esper.

Jim Mattis, the former Defense Minister of Mr. Trump who had resigned, in turn, stepped up to accuse the President of “dividing” America.

“In my lifetime, Donald Trump is the first president who doesn’t try to bring the Americans together, who doesn’t even pretend to try,” wrote the former Marine General.