Demonstrators in Senegal joined the worldwide protests to denounce police brutality and remember George Floyd.
The incident, which was caught on video, took place on May 29 while D'Andraia was assigned to monitor a big crowd of protesters by Brooklyn's Barclays Center, prosecutors said.
Demonstrators crowd into Civic Center Park during a rally calling for more oversight of the police, June 7, 2020, in Denver. Mourners raise their hands during the funeral for George Floyd on June 9, 2020, at The Fountain of Praise church in Houston.Among those in attendance were Rev. Al Sharpton, Rep. Al Green, D-Texas, and Houston Texans player J.J. Watt.Members of the Texas South University police department pause by the casket of George Floyd during a funeral service at the Fountain of Praise church, in Houston, June 9, 2020.
Family members react as they view the casket during the funeral of George Floyd on June 9, 2020, at The Fountain of Praise church in Houston.Pallbearers bring the coffin into The Fountain of Praise church in Houston for the funeral for George Floyd on June 9, 2020. Police watch as hundreds of protesters march in downtown Brooklyn over the killing of George Floyd by a Minneapolis Police officer, June 05, 2020, in New York City.
Police clear the area around Lafayette Park and the White House in Washington, as demonstrators gather to protest the death of George Floyd, June 1, 2020."Some areas of Lafayette Park will remain closed to allow the park to address damages and safety hazards," NPS spokesperson Katie Liming said. People look at signs on the police fence at in Lafayette Park, June 8, 2020, near the White House in Washington, after days of protest over the death of George Floyd.
A man walks through a make shift cemetery near the intersection of 38th and Chicago in front of the Cup Foods, June 8, 2020."This is about the fact that good policing is good for America, that racism hurts all Americans regardless of their race," Harris told ABC News chief anchor George Stephanopoulos in an interview on"Good Morning America."
"We need to recognize that if you invest in communities, they will be healthy, they will be strong and we won't have a need for the militarization of police," Harris said on"GMA.""We have to stop the militarization of police, but that doesn't mean we get rid of police. Of course not. We have to be practical about this."London Mayor Sadiq Khan announced Tuesday a commission to review landmarks in the U.K. capital.
A worker cleans the statue of Winston Churchill in Parliament Square in London on June 8, 2020, after it had been spray-painted with the words "was a racist" during protests over the weekend."Our capital's diversity is our greatest strength, yet our statues, road names and public spaces reflect a bygone era," Khan said.
An inspection crew from the Virginia Department of General Services takes measurements as they inspect the statue of Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee on Monument Avenue in Richmond, Virginia, on June 8, 2020. Virginia Gov. Ralph Northam has ordered the removal of the statue.
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