1. Combine the following sentences into one sentence. "People across the United States are protesting due to the death of George Floyd. There are tens of thousands of people that are protesting in many different states. They are expressing their outrage and sorrow with reports of shootings, looting, and vandalism in some areas. Protests have erupted in at least 140 cities in the US. The protesters are people that are angry and tired of the constant killings of innocent black lives by police officers." QUESTION 5 1. Rewrite the following to reduce wordiness. The killing of George Floyd on 25 May 2020, a black man by a white police officer who pinned him done for several minutes before he died sparked protests under the banner of Black Lives Matter. The protesters were protesting racial abuse and violence against people of color by the police, demanding for the conviction of the police officer who committed the heinous crime and calling for police reform against systematic racism (Voytko, 2020). The protests have extended to all 50 states and spread to other continents (Maureen & Phillips, 2020). In a report, protests in Washington DC attracted more than 200 000 protesters who marched close to the White House and more than 970 protests were reported in around 400 cities