Police Action: Police Tactics

police action: The protests began after the May 25 death of George Floyd, a black man who died in Minneapolis after a white police officer who is now charged with murder, Derek Chauvin, pressed his knee into Floyd's neck for several minutes even after he stopped moving and pleading for air, according to CTV. Now, some are questioning whether tough police tactics against demonstrators are actually making the violence worse rather than quelling it. Some police action has been directed against people smashing windows, breaking into stores and burning cars, but many find other instances more difficult to understand -- like the elderly man knocked over by police as he walked with a cane on a Salt Lake City sidewalk. While the protests and subsequent police interactions may be shocking to some, many African Americans aren't surprised because they've endured police brutality for decades, said Chris White, director of the Detroit Coalition Against Police Brutality, What's happening, it's the way American society has always been, White said. Joyce Beatty, who was hit by pepper spray Saturday as scuffles broke out near the end of a demonstration in Columbus, Ohio, said police escalated matters by using heavy-handed tactics against passionate young demonstrators who were mostly orderly. U.S. Rep. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.