Protesters defy curfews as George Floyd family calls for justice over police killing

Latest updates and essential advice from the news source you trust Trouble viewing? [View in browser]( [Image]( [Image] Daily briefing Latest updates and essential advice from the news source you trust Protesters defy curfews as George Floyd family calls for justice over police killing As angry protests continue in cities across the US - in defiance of curfews and stay-at-home orders - following the killing of George Floyd in Minneapolis last week - Roxie Washington, the mother of Floyd's six-year-old daughter Gianna, has [spoken out for the first time to demand justice](. Ms Washington said the deceased’s life and memory were greater than his final moments, which were captured in a widely shared video recording a police officer kneeling on his neck for almost nine minutes. "I want everybody to know that this is what those officers took from me,” she said. “At the end of the day, they get to go home and be with their families. Gianna does not have a father. He will never see her grow up, graduate, he will never walk her down the aisle. If there's a problem she's having and she needs her dad, she does not have that anymore." In the UK, it has emerged that more than 25,000 patients were discharged to care homes by NHS hospitals in the pivotal 30 days [prior to ministers introducing routine coronavirus testing](. There has been repeated criticism of the government’s handling of Covid-19 in the care sector, which quickly became the outbreak’s epicentre in Britain and led to the country having the second highest death toll in the world. The figures released by NHS England show that the patients in question were moved from hospitals to care homes between 17 March and 16 April, when testing was still not widespread, and amid mounting warnings over the sector’s lack of preparedness, including shortages of protective equipment for staff. Matt Hancock has meanwhile been [accused of “empty rhetoric”]( after an official study confirmed that ethnic minorities had suffered a higher rate of death from coronavirus – but failed to set out how ministers would prevent them. MPs hit out at the health secretary in the House of Commons after the long-awaited report concluded “death rates were highest among people of Black and Asian ethnic groups”. Mr Hancock ducked a call to issue fresh guidance immediately to local hospitals to protect ethnic minority staff, instead asking the equalities minister, Liz Truss, to consider next steps. Podcast [Image]( The Independent Coronavirus Podcast Subscribe now wherever you listen for all the latest coronavirus news. [Listen now]( There's now three ways to support independent journalism. Why not explore our [subscription options](, [choose to donate]( or simply [register for free](? Top stories [I'm an image]( PREMIUM [It’s time for Joe Biden to pick a woman of colour as vice president]( [I'm an image]( [Three officers face charges in George Floyd's death, attorney says]( [I'm an image]( [Bishop ‘outraged’ as priests forced from church before Trump photo]( More news [Conway: It was Barr who ordered area be cleared for Trump church walk]( [Test and trace system 'only contacts 4 in 10 patients in early days']( [Coronavirus and food banks: The stories behind the statistics]( [Chris Whitty made decision not to lower UK alert level, No 10 says]( [UK urged to ‘take the knee’ in solidarity with US protesters]( [Support Independent Journalism]( Suggested for you [I'm an image]( [Lockdown: 250,000 Brits admit to having a drink before midday]( [I'm an image]( [Ministers urged to pay wages of those self-isolating under trace plan]( [I'm an image]( [Florida police officer suspended for pushing kneeling woman at protest]( [I'm an image]( [Mother of George Floyd's daughter calls for justice]( Follow us [Twitter]( [Facebook]( Please do not reply directly to this email You are currently registered to receive The Independent's News email. Add us to your safe list of senders. If you do not want to receive The Independent News email and Breaking News alerts, please [unsubscribe](list_name=IND_Headlines_Masterlist_CDP). If you no longer wish to receive any newsletters or promotional emails from The Independent, you can unsubscribe [here](. This e-mail was sent by Independent Digital News and Media Ltd, 2 Derry Street, London W8 5HF. Registered in England and Wales with company number 07320345. Read our [privacy notice]( and [cookie policy](.