NEW: Most of the fencing and barriers around the White House expected to be taken down today, reopening parts of Lafayette Park and most of the walkways near the White House.
9:45 a.m.: Most fencing, barriers around White House expected to come down
Crosses with the names of people killed by police are hung on a fence erected at Lafayette Square near the White House, during ongoing protests against police brutality and racism, June 7, 2020 in Washington, D.C. And around 4 a.m. Tuesday, city crews in Jacksonville, Florida, started removing a Confederate statue that had been in the city park since 1898,A monument featuring a statue of a Confederate soldier is seen in Hemming Park, Aug. 20, 2017, in Jacksonville, Florida.
A man walks through a make shift cemetery near the intersection of 38th and Chicago in front of the Cup Foods, June 8, 2020. President Donald Trump and his allies have slammed progressive Democrats for supporting calls from protesters to defund police departments. TrumpHarris and other Democratic leaders, including presumptive Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden, have distanced themselves from the"defund the police" push in recent days.
A worker cleans the statue of Winston Churchill in Parliament Square in London on June 8, 2020, after it had been spray-painted with the words "was a racist" during protests over the weekend. The news comes on the same day that crews were called to inspect the statue, as part of Virginia Gov. Ralph Northam's plan to take it down as soon as possible and put it into storage.
San Jose police form a line as they prepare to advance on protesters in San Jose, California, on May 29, 2020.
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