The events of Minneapolis took on an international dimension. Friday, may 29, the Turkish president, Recep Tayyip Erdogan, has called a “racist” and “fascist” to the murder of a Black american, George Floyd, during his interpellation muscled by the police in the United States.
George Floyd, an African-American, 46 years old, died Monday night, just after having been arrested by the police, who suspected him of having wanted to sell a fake note of 20 dollars. During the intervention, he was tackled to the ground by an officer who has kept his knee on her neck for long minutes. “I can’t breathe “, the we hear on a recording of the scene to become viral. In a tweet published in the night from Thursday to Friday, Recep Tayyip Erdogan has denounced ” the approach to racist and fascist ideologies that led to the death of George Floyd in the u.s. city of Minneapolis to the result of an act of torture.”
” I am convinced that those who committed this inhuman act will receive the punishment they deserve. We will pursue this case “, was launched, Recep Tayyip Erdogan. The statements of the Turkish president are likely to irritate Washington at a time when Ankara is trying to repair bilateral relations that have severely deteriorated since 2016.
