US-based Australian journalist Amelia Brace testifies about police brutality after being attacked during George Floyd protests

That response came as chaos erupted in the streets of Washington DC, set off by the death of George Floyd, an unarmed black man who died on May 25 after a police officer knelt on his neck for nine minutes. That chaos spread throughout the US in the days following Floyd’s alleged murder, with widespread rioting and looting.

Brace said on Monday many journalists were “shocked” at what they had seen in recent weeks.

“Journalists have been attacked, beaten, and detained just for doing…