{"id":257398,"date":"2020-06-08T01:17:51","date_gmt":"2020-06-08T05:17:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/?p=257398"},"modified":"2020-06-08T01:17:51","modified_gmt":"2020-06-08T05:17:51","slug":"george-floyd-protests-continue-in-us","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/2020\/06\/08\/george-floyd-protests-continue-in-us\/","title":{"rendered":"George Floyd protests continue in US"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_257399\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-257399\" style=\"width: 1920px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/vince-fleming-TCbkeGQM0DA-unsplash.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-257399\" src=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/vince-fleming-TCbkeGQM0DA-unsplash.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1920\" height=\"2880\" srcset=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/vince-fleming-TCbkeGQM0DA-unsplash.jpg 1920w, https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/vince-fleming-TCbkeGQM0DA-unsplash-200x300.jpg 200w, https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/vince-fleming-TCbkeGQM0DA-unsplash-768x1152.jpg 768w, https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/vince-fleming-TCbkeGQM0DA-unsplash-683x1024.jpg 683w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-257399\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Nationwide demonstrations against police brutality have continued for nearly two weeks following Floyd\u2019s death in Minneapolis, Minnesota. (File Photo: Vince Fleming\/Unsplash)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><strong>WASHINGTON<\/strong>\u00a0\u2013 Thousands of demonstrators continued to protest Saturday the death of a black man in the US who was killed while in police custody.<\/p>\n<p>Demonstrators protested against racism and police brutality in the nation\u2019s capital of Washington D.C., as a second memorial ceremony for George Floyd was being held in the state of North Carolina.<\/p>\n<p>Protesters gathered in front of the Lincoln Memorial and conducted a die-in, remaining silent for eight minutes and 46 seconds &#8212; the amount of time now former police officer Derek Chauvin kneeled on Floyd&#8217;s neck during his deadly arrest.<\/p>\n<p>Demonstrators then marched to Lafayette Park across from the White House. Mayor Muriel Bowser and health care workers marched in support of demonstrators.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We should all be watching what&#8217;s happening in Washington D.C. because we do not want the federal government to do this to any other Americans,&#8221; Bowser said while walking with protesters.<\/p>\n<p>Nationwide demonstrations against police brutality have continued for nearly two weeks following Floyd\u2019s death in Minneapolis, Minnesota.<\/p>\n<p>Four officers have been fired for their involvement in the arrest. Derek Chauvin has been charged with second-degree murder. The other officers were charged with aiding and abetting.<em><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>WASHINGTON\u00a0\u2013 Thousands of demonstrators continued to protest Saturday the death of a black man in the US who was killed &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":33,"featured_media":257399,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[16,17],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-257398","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-news","category-news-w","mauthors-anadolu","mauthors-philippine-news-agency"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/257398","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/33"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=257398"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/257398\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":257400,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/257398\/revisions\/257400"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/257399"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=257398"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=257398"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=257398"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}