The competing messages came as the U.S. braced for another round of violence at a time when the country is already buckling because of the coronavirus outbreak.
About 1,000 protesters had gathered near Lafayette Park, across from the White House, which was completely barricaded. Lines of law enforcement officers stood between the barricades and protesters. Protesters at the park perimeter chanted at officers: “You are the threat.” They also told them: “Take a knee.”
Spurred in part by Floyd’s death, protesters have taken to the streets to decry the killings of black people by police. He added: “You’ve got to arrest people, you have to track people, you have to put them in jail for 10 years and you’ll never see this stuff again.” The second autopsy was done by a doctor who also examined the body of Eric Garner, a New York man who died in an officer’s chokehold six years ago.
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