At least 12 cities are under curfew as protests in response to George Floyd’s death expand and intensify. Here's the latest:
Demonstrators face off with police while a car burns in the Fairfax District as they protest the death of George Floyd, an unarmed black man who died while while being arrested and pinned to the ground by the knee of a Minneapolis police officer, on May 30, 2020 in Los Angeles.
NYPD vehicles drive into protesters in Brooklyn Scary videos shared on social media showed a two NYPD vehicles briefly trying to drive through a group of protesters in the Prospect Heights neighborhood of Brooklyn on Saturday. In the videos, a police vehicle is shown stopped in the middle of Flatbush Avenue near St Marks — about a block away from the 78th Precinct — at which point a group of protesters start to surround it.
Video obtained [of the incident] shows a red truck being surrounded by protesters on all sides before one of the people in the crowd begins punching a passenger inside the truck. The truck then revs up and lurches forward, several protesters jumping out of the way to avoid being hit. On Thursday night, Trump had vowed that the military would be used to help authorities in Minnesota “assume control but, when the looting starts, the shooting starts.” His tweets were later hidden by Twitter.
Multiple arrests were reported, and police repeatedly used tear gas in their attempts to disperse the crowds. Early Friday night, Atlanta Police Chief Erika Shields tried to engage with protesters one-on-one: The violence followed a peaceful three-hour vigil for Floyd at Peninsula Park. Protesters then marched downtown starting around 9 p.m. local time.
While standing outside the car, Mr. Floyd began saying and repeating that he could not breathe. [Chauvin] went to the passenger side and tried to get Mr. Floyd into the car from that side and Lane and Kueng assisted.[Chauvin] pulled Mr. Floyd out of the passenger side of the squad car at 8:19:38 p.m. and Mr. Floyd went to the ground face down and still handcuffed. Kueng held Mr. Floyd’s back and Lane held his legs. [Chauvin] placed his left knee in the area of Mr. Floyd’s head and neck. Mr.
A CNN crew covering the protests was arrested CNN reporter Omar Jimenez and his camera crew were taken into custody Friday morning while covering the aftermath of the protests. A statement from the Minnesota State Police suggests that officers did not believe Jimenez was who he said he was. The media members were released within a couple hours and Minnesota governor Tim Walz apologized. For the latest updates on this story, go here.
Demonstrators shut down the highway Earlier on Thursday, protestors took to I-35W close to downtown Minneapolis, shutting down traffic on the interstate: By night’s end, police said 170 businesses in St. Paul had been damaged or looted. Despite the help of 75 state troopers and the National Guardsmen, police had trouble stopping the looters, the Star Tribune reports.
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