


The African American man died after a white police officer kneeled on his neck for nearly nine minutes on May 25. The Confederate flag and other symbols of the United States’ segregated past have become a flashpoint amid outrage over George Floyd's death while in Minneapolis police custody NASCAR on Wednesday banned the Confederate flag from all races as the sport moved to distance itself from a checkered past on race amid global protests against the death of George Floyd while in Minneapolis police custody. In this Sphoto, a Confederate flag flies in the infield before a NASCAR Xfinity auto race at Darlington Raceway in Darlington, United States.
