1. What happened to the protests in more than 70 American cities? According to The New York Times, since the end of May, protests in Minnesota have spread to more than 70 cities across the United States. Protests have also developed from peaceful demonstrations at the beginning to extreme acts such as setting fire to buildings, robbing shops and confronting the police. In order to prevent the situation from getting out of control, several States and Washington, D.C. have set up police guard sending countries.

At the White House, US President Trump is not idle. Instead, he fired on Twitter and even threatened to use "the fiercest dog and the most terrible weapon" to deal with the protesters outside, and pointed the finger at the incitement of "extreme left-wing forces."

The New York Times said that tens of thousands of people took part in the protest, including many black people with status.

The epidemic is not over yet, and it has already caused the US government a headache. The riots at this time may add fuel to the fire of the out-of-control epidemic in the United States. Helpless American government officials had to comfort the demonstrators and remind them to wear masks and keep their social distance.

In addition, the March even spread outside the United States. New Zealand, Britain and Canada all joined the protest team and held demonstrations in front of the American Embassy.

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2. What are the reasons for the protests in more than 70 cities in the United States? The protest began in Minnesota and was directly caused by the death of African-American man George Freud at the hands of Minneapolis police.

On the 25th local time in the United States, several white American policemen in Minneapolis, Minnesota suspected that an African-American man named George Floyd used counterfeit money to shop and cruelly pushed him to the ground. One of the policemen jammed his knee in his throat and choked to death.

The video shows that at the last moment of his life, Freud tried his best to beg the police: "Please, please, please, I can't breathe ..." His wailing shocked the whole world, so Minnesota residents took the lead in taking to the streets, shouting slogans such as "We can't breathe" and began this protest.

However, this kind of protest can spread rapidly from one state to the whole country, and the reason behind it is the concentrated outbreak of anger accumulated by American police in violent law enforcement for decades.

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In the American police system, the tough policing policy inherited from the last century, the so-called "broken window" theory, has long destroyed the relationship between ethnic minorities and law enforcement departments.

Because this system has accumulated enough public grievances and often leads to conflicts, the American police field needs to do some self-reflection and reconsider its significance in the professional field.

In other words, rewriting a new moral code is more suitable for the current American society.