Per TMZ, a pig head has been left on a spike outside a police station in Los Angeles, USA.
Law enforcement officials are currently trying to figure out who left it there, according to the publication.
The swine's skull was reportedly discovered outside the LAPD's Rampart station on Sunday afternoon. As of now, it's unclear whether the gesture was intended as a threat.
This comes after the death of George Floyd. The African-American man was arrested by Minneapolis police on Monday, May 25, for reportedly using a counterfeit $20 note in a store.
While being detained, ex-cop Derek Chauvin - a 19-year veteran of the force - knelt on his neck for nearly nine minutes.
Chauvin faces charges of second-degree murder and manslaughter. Three other arresting officers have been charged with aiding and abetting murder.
Protests, both peaceful and violent, have since erupted across the US and in major cities across the world. These protests are calling out the systemic injustices carried out against black people, not least seen by the recent deaths of George Floyd, Ahmaud Arbery, and Breonna Taylor. They are also demanding an end to police brutality and the racism that is so deeply entrenched in America and the western world.
Floyd’s family has released a statement calling Chauvin's arrest a "welcome but overdue step on the road to justice” and added that members "expected a first-degree murder charge".
"The pain that the black community feels over this murder and what it reflects about the treatment of black people in America is raw and spilling out on to streets across [the country]," the statement added.
The statement concluded by saying:
More on Chauvin's arrest below:"Today, George Floyd's family is having to explain to his children why their father was executed by police on video. It's essential that the City closely examines and changes its policing policies and training procedures to correct for the lack of proper field supervision; the use of appropriate, non-lethal restraint techniques; the ability to recognize medical signs associated with the restriction of airflow, and the legal duty to seek emergency medical care and stop a civil rights violation."
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