Farmers' Protest: Heart-Wrenching Photo Goes Viral, Netizens Call It 'Punjabi George Floyd'

<p><strong>New Delhi:&nbsp;</strong>In a heart-wrenching visual, a photo believed to be from the Singhu border violence that took place on Saturday is going viral on social media. The image reminds netizens of America's "George Floyd" moment. <strong>ALSO READ |<span style="color: #e03e2d;">&nbsp;<a style="color: #e03e2d;" href="https://ift.tt/3pwWFt1 To Observe 'Sadbhavna Diwas', Hold Day-Long Fast To Commemorate Gandhi's Death Anniversary</a></span></strong><br />&nbsp;<br />Violence erupted at the Singhu border on Friday when a score of people claiming to be "locals" came there and started raising slogans against the protesting farmers. They went on to vandalise the setup at the protest site and as the situation spiraled out of control, police intervened.</p> <p>In this photo shared by an Indian Express journalist, a man is seen pinned down with another person's shoe on his face.</p> <p><strong>The identity of the person and his health status is yet to be confirmed.</strong></p> <p>[tw]https://twitter.com/LohatSandip/status/1355193945773367296[/tw]</p> <p>Netizens are calling it a George Floyd moment as a black man named George Floyd was choked to death by a police officer who pinned him down with his knee on his neck. The incident went to erupt the "Black Lives Matter" movement once again also leading to widespread protests wherein agitators were reported to have faced significant pushback from the police force.</p> <p>[tw]https://twitter.com/p_c_d_as/status/1355358224459812865?s=24[/tw]</p> <p>[tw]https://twitter.com/JayyKholiya/status/1355198381262589959[/tw]</p> <p>[tw]https://twitter.com/RamanSDeol/status/1355220277135740936[/tw]</p> <p>[tw]https://twitter.com/Advaidism/status/1355212802747588608[/tw]</p> <p>Delhi Police SHO (Alipur) Pradeep Paliwal was seriously injured on Friday while trying to prevent more violence, however, questions were raised as to how these "locals" entered the protest area, vandalised tents and raised lathis against agitating farmers amid heavy security deployment. Also as AAP MLA and DJB Vice-chairperson Raghav Chadha alleged that they were not allowed to enter the protest site when they came to provide water to farmers earlier in the day.</p> <p>In a strong-worded tweet, Chada wrote: "It is said that water should be given even to the enemy, but Modi government has come down to such cruelty that it is letting water reach the farmers of our own country".</p>

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