Roma see little hope as they mourn ‘Czech George Floyd’
Al Jazeera
Stanislav Tomas died after police knelt on his neck for more than six minutes, an incident that has stirred tensions between the minority and the state.
Teplice, Czech Republic – “Come and kill us!” chanted the crowd. Many beat their fists on their chests as fury and sorrow erupted in front of a crumbling tenement building. A week earlier on this street in Teplice, a small city close to the Czech Republic’s northern border with Germany, Stanislav Tomas – a 46-year-old Roma man – died after being detained by police.More Related News