By Spy Uganda Correspondent
ATLANTA,USA: Just a few weeks after riots broke out in the United States of America (USA), following the murder of George Floyd, another Black American’s murder by police in Atlanta, Georgia,USA has sparked off more riots, forcing the Atlanta Police Chief to resign on Saturday.
The Atlanta police chief Erika Shields resigned hours after Rayshard Brooks, a Black man, was fatally shot by an officer in a struggle outside a fast food restaurant. Authorities said the slain man had allegedly grabbed an officer’s taser but was running away when he was shot.
Protesters Burn down Wendy’s in Atlanta Where Black Man Was Slain
Protesters have shut down a major highway in the US city of Atlanta and set fire to a Wendy’s restaurant where a Black man was shot by police as he tried to escape arrest in an incident caught on video and expected to fuel more nationwide demonstrations.
The unrest broke out after dark in Atlanta where, earlier in the day, Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms said she had accepted the prompt resignation of police chief Erika Shields over the death on Friday night of 27-year-old Rayshard Brooks at the restaurant.
Images on local television showed the restaurant in flames for more than 45 minutes before fire crews arrived to extinguish the blaze, protected by a line of police officers. By that time, the building had been reduced to charred rubble next to a gas station.
Anti-racism protesters on Saturday sought to call attention to the death of another Black man, who was found hanging from a tree in California.
Floyd, a Black man, died on May 25 after a policeman knelt on his neck for nearly nine minutes. His death sparked nationwide calls for policing reforms and global protests.
However, one of the four former Minneapolis police officers who was charged over the death of George Floyd was released on $750,000 bail.
Here are the latest updates About the Global Protests:
Over 10,000 demonstrate against racism in Zurich
Demonstrators took to the streets of several Swiss cities to protest against racism, the news agency Keystone-SDA reported.
The mostly young protestors held up signs with slogans taken from anti-racism and anti-police brutality rallies in the US including “White silence is violence” and “Black lives matter”.
Protestors also met in the capital Bern, Lausanne, and in St Gallen. During the demonstration in Zurich, people knelt down several times to commemorate the brutal incident.
US Embassy in South Korea Displays Black Lives Matter Banner
The US embassy in Seoul draped a huge Black Lives Matter banner on its mission building and tweeted a picture of it in support of an anti-racism campaign across America.
“The US Embassy stands in solidarity with fellow Americans grieving and peacefully protesting to demand positive change. Our #BlackLivesMatter banner shows our support for the fight against racial injustice and police brutality as we strive to be a more inclusive just society,” the embassy tweeted, along with the picture of the banner in black and white.
US Ambassador to South Korea Harry Harris retweeted the message, adding “USA is a free and diverse nation … from that diversity we gain our strength.”
