Asian-Americans in New York among those joining US protests after George Floyd’s death

Protests spread across New York City on June 1, 2020, as unrest hit dozens of cities in the United States days after the death of George Floyd. Asian-American communities in the city are among those joining the protests in solidarity. Floyd was killed while he was being arrested by police in the state of Minnesota. Onlookers filmed a white police officer, who has since been dismissed, kneeling on the African-American man’s neck for more than eight minutes before he died on May 25.