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Officer Derek Chauvin appears in the dock and before a country which, with bated breath, demands justice for the 46 year old African American brutally murdered for a counterfeit $20 note. A death that shocked the United States in the midst of the pandemic, bringing to the fore once again the unresolved problem of excessive police violence especially towards minorities, with frequent accusations of racism.

“America is calling for justice, the whole world is watching” – said Benjamin Crump, one of the lawyers representing George Floyd’s family.  “This murder is not a difficult case to judge” – declared the lawyer, speaking before the start of the trial, referring to images in which Chauvin chokes Floyd with his knee, despite the latter’s pleas to let go.

The trial for the death of George Floyd is a ‘referendum on American justice’ to see if ‘justice and equality for all’ can be guaranteed in the United States, lawyers for the family of the African-American killed by former police officer Derek Chauvin said shortly before the start of the trial.

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