George Floyd, an African American, was brutally done to death by a white policeman, Derek Chauvin, on 25 May 2020 in the city of Minneapolis in the United States. The incident came as a rude jolt for the global community. It angered Americans the most and the passionate and vociferous demonstrations that followed shook the Donald Trump government. These were reminiscent of the Civil Rights Movement that took the country by storm in the 1960s.
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