American cities are covered by riots. Why is racism in the United States remaining such an acute problem?

For more than a week, protests against police arbitrariness have been going on in the United States. They began because of the death of the black American George Floyd, harshly detained by the police on May 25.

Peaceful rallies began in Minneapolis, where they detained Floyd. But soon the processions grew into riots: a police station was burned, protesters began to break the windows and rob shops. The troops of the National Guard were introduced into the city.

A few days later, residents of Los Angeles, New York, Washington, Chicago and other American cities took to the streets. Protesters and there were smashed by police cars and were engaged in looting. In 25 cities introduced a commandant hour; And US President Donald Trump called for arresting the participants of the pogroms.

This is not the first time that protesters go to rallies in the United States after the death of African Americans. Over the past few years alone, such events have occurred in Baltimore and Ferguson .

What do the current unrest look like? And why are racial riots regularly in the United States? Karina is told by Karina Commissioner from Minneapolis, Lisa Astakhova from Los Angeles, as well as an Americanist, senior researcher at the Institute of USA and Canada, Alexander Filippenko.

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Presenter - Vladislav Gorin

Producers - Natalia Kondrashova, Alexander Sadikov

Installation - Dmitry Bodrov

Music - Victor Davydov