George Clooney: Star writes essay on George Floyd's death

Hollywood star George Clooney (59, "Money Monster") expressed his bewilderment and anger at George Floyd's death in a lengthy guest post for The Daily Blast news platform. In his eyes, the fact that an African-American was killed again by the hand of a white policeman in the person of the 46-year-old is another example of the fact that the United States has had an unchanged racism problem for centuries.

In reference to the Corona crisis, which has hardly hit a country as hard as the United States, he writes about xenophobia and racism: "This is our pandemic. It has infected us all and we have not found a vaccine against it for 400 years. It looks like we have completely stopped looking for one. "

He can understand the protests

In his essay, Clooney lists examples of fatal police violence for African-American victims and writes regarding the recent case: "There is little doubt that George Floyd was murdered. We watched him under the authority of four police officers took my last breath. "

The star expresses his understanding of the wild protests currently raging in the USA: "We are currently experiencing a renewed defiance against the systematic abuse of some of our population, as we saw in 1968, 1992 and 2014. We do not know when the protests will subside. We hope and pray that no one will be killed again, but we also know that very little will change, "Clooney writes.

Away with people like Trump?

But what needs to happen in Clooney's eyes to make a long overdue change? "We need lawmakers and politicians who offer basic fairness to all of their residents." Here, the actor clearly refers to US President Donald Trump (73): "Leaders who stir up hatred and violence." Trump had one massively criticized tweet Written at the end of May: "When the looting starts, the shots start."

By the way, this tweet from the US President now says on Twitter: "This tweet violates the Twitter rules on the glorification of violence. However, Twitter has decided that there may be a public interest in making this tweet accessible."