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Hundreds Protest Outside Irish Parliament Over Death of Congolese-Born Man
Hundreds of people protested outside Ireland's parliament on Thursday following the death of a Congolese-born man who was restrained by security guards outside a Dublin department store. The incident occurred on 15 May and has drawn comparisons to the 2020 death of George Floyd.
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Hundreds of people protested outside Ireland's parliament on Thursday over the death of a Congolese-born man who was restrained by security guards outside a Dublin department store last week. Yves Sakila was detained by security guards on one of Dublin's busiest shopping streets on 15 May in connection with an alleged shoplifting incident, police said.
He became unresponsive at the scene and was later pronounced dead.
A video of the incident showed Sakila being pinned to the ground by five men for almost five minutes. Two of the men held his face to the ground, and at one point one of them appeared to kneel on his head or neck. The incident has revived memories of George Floyd, a Black Minneapolis man killed by a police officer who kneeled on his neck for several minutes during an arrest in May 2020.
U.S. and sparked protests around the world against police brutality and racism.
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