Cop shootings still sparking nationwide protests in US
Ramin Mazaheri
Press TV, Chicago
Across the United States more protests are being held in response to what seems like a never-ending wave of police brutality and deadly violence.
The murder of George Floyd led to unprecedented demonstrations last year, and the trial of the cop who had his knee on Floyd’s neck for nine minutes is making headline news nationwide. Also in Minnesota another deadly police shooting has just sparked days of angry protests.
In Chicago thousands rallied after a 13-year old boy was killed by police even though he clearly had his hands up in surrender. Protesters accused the local mayor of blaming the victim, and in a city which has been recently rocked by cover-ups of systematic torture by cops and other cop shootings.
So far this year the United States has also seen a mass shooting almost every 10 days, even though such massacres are almost unknown elsewhere in the world. Protesters say that even though there’s a new president in 2021 economic and social inequalities seem to be as bad as ever.
The families of those slain by cops say they rarely receive justice or even fair treatment by the government: since 2005 only seven police officers have been convicted of murder in the United States, even though cops fatally shoot around 1,000 people each year.
The problems with police brutality, violence and racism are so ingrained it’s hard for many Americans to imagine any solutions. With economic disaster still so widespread, many say the civil disobedience of 2020 was not an exception but a prelude.
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