George Floyd: U.S. police officers bend the knee and join protesters in solidarity

Across the United States a number of police officers have taken a knee and joined marches to show solidarity with posters demanding justice for George Floyd, a black man who died after gasping for breath as a white Minneapolis police officer knelt on his neck. Floyd’s death has caused outrage across a nation that is politically and racially divided during a polarizing presidential campaign, reigniting protests that have flared repeatedly in recent years over police killings of black Americans. Officers ha