Clashes outside White House, US cities under curfew
A protester raises a fist near a fire during a demonstration outside the White House over the death of George Floyd at the hands of Minneapolis police. – AFP pic, June 1, 2020.
POLICE fired tear gas outside the White House as major US cities were put under curfew to suppress rioting as anti-racism protestors again took to the streets to voice fury at police brutality. With the Trump administration branding instigators of six nights of rioting as domestic terrorists, there were more confrontations between protesters and police and fresh outbreaks of looting.
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