Teenage climate change activist Greta Thunberg wants to know “how long” the European Union will “stand by” without acknowledging police brutality and attacks on the media amid global unrest resulting from the death of George Floyd, a black man who died in police custody in Minneapolis.
Thunberg, a 17-year-old from Sweden who became known for globetrotting to raise awareness for climate change, called on the EU to release a statement condemning police brutality in the wake of Floyd’s death.
“Still waiting for the EU and individual democratic nations to officially condemn the police brutality and attacks on the free press escalating the USA,” Thunberg said in a tweet Friday. “For how long are we going to stand by, watch and say nothing?”
Still waiting for the EU and individual democratic nations to officially condemn the police brutality and attacks on the free press escalating the USA.
For how long are we going to stand by, watch and say nothing? https://t.co/OtJosMbTaZ— Greta Thunberg (@GretaThunberg) June 5, 2020
Floyd’s death set off massive protests around the world as protesters demand change to political systems which they view as being systematically unjust.
