George Floyd’s Senseless Murder is No Longer National; It’s Now Worldwide — Just Like The Coronavirus Pandemic Plague

By The Associated Press

**Photo Caption:** (ABOVE) Protests have taken place around the world, including London. People in cities across the world have marched in solidarity with protesters in the United States over the death of George Floyd.

Nations around the world have watched in horror at the civil unrest in the United States following the death of George Floyd, a black man who died after a white police officer pressed his knee on his neck until he stopped breathing. Racism-tinged events no longer startle even America’s closest allies, though many have watched coverage of the often-violent protests with growing unease. Burning cars and riot police in the U.S. featured on newspaper front pages around the globe Sunday — bumping news of the COVID-19 pandemic to second-tier status in some places. Floyd’s death on May 25 in Minneapolis was the latest in a series of deaths of black men and women at the hands of police in the U.S. Thousands gathered in central London on Sunday to offer support for American demonstrators. Chanting “No justice! No WORLDWIDE George Floyd’s Senseless Murder is No Longer National; It’s Now Worldwide — Just Like The Coronavirus Pandemic Plague By The Associated Press See WORLDWIDE, pg. 6