Boris Johnson has told Donald Trump: ‘Racist violence has no place in our society’. Responding to a question at the daily UK coronavirus briefing, Johnson said he was ‘appalled and sickened’ by footage of George Floyd being killed by a Minneapolis police officer kneeling on his neck last week. But Johnson urged people to protest peacefully and in accordance with social distancing rules
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Boris Johnson has been Prime Minister of the United Kingdom and Leader of the Conservative Party since 2019.
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Donald John Trump was the 45th President of the United States. Before entering politics, he was a businessman and television personality. Trump was born and raised in Queens, a borough of New York City, and received a bachelor’s degree in economics from the Wharton School.
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George Floyd was an African-American man who died on 25th May 2020 in Powderhorn, Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA, following police arrest. Video recording by a witness, showing Floyd repeating “Please”, “I can’t breathe”, and “Don’t kill me”, was widely circulated on social media platforms and broadcast by media. The incident led to widespread protests across the United States.
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London is the capital of England and the United Kingdom.
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The police are a constituted body of persons empowered by a state, with the aim to enforce the law, to ensure the safety, health and possessions of citizens, and to prevent crime and civil disorder. Their lawful powers include arrest and the use of force legitimized by the state via the monopoly on violence.