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A wave of protests and violence has erupted in the United States following the death of an African-American, George Floyd, in Minneapolis

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Protesters throw a tear gas canister back toward Stafford County deputies on the Falmouth Bridge in Fredericksburg

Shreekant Sambrani

5 min read Last Updated : Jun 06 2020 | 1:28 AM IST

A wave of protests and violence has erupted in the United States following the death of an African-American, George Floyd, in Minneapolis when a beefy white policeman planted his knee on the victim’s neck for nine minutes. This is bloody murder; it can in no way be described by any other, softer, term. It brings to mind how a similar, potentially explosive, crisis was defused relatively peaceably 51 years ago.

The 1968 spring was marked by the assassinations of Rev Martin Luther King and senator Robert F Kennedy. City after city witnessed violent race riots in the summer, with

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Topics : Racism racist violence United States martin Luther King African-Americans

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