Another black man has died at the hands of a white police officer, and Americans are again in mourning.

The official account from Minneapolis police was short and lacked detail.

The face of this latest act of police brutality is 46-year-old George Floyd.

The video, captured by a passer-by, went viral on social media.

White Australian woman Justine Damond Ruszczyk was shot dead after calling police for help to report a suspected rape in an alleyway behind her Minneapolis home.

A video recording of the death of 25-year-old black man, Ahmaud Arbery, was shared on social media several months after he was shot dead while out jogging.

Father and son Gregory and Travis McMichael — both white men — were charged over his murder, but only after the video emerged.

This week, a recorded encounter in New York's Central Park, showing a white woman calling police on a black man, also sparked outrage.

But the death of Mr Floyd more closely echoes the case of Eric Garner, a black man who died after police put him in a chokehold.

The police handling of his case sparked widespread protests and was yet another example of a white officer walking free over the death of a black man.

The people of Minneapolis are vowing to continue taking to the streets to make sure that doesn't happen