A significantly majority of Republicans and nearly half of Democrats are in favor of using troops.
Floyd repeatedly yelled"I can't breathe" while onlookers urged Chauvin to stop. Shortly afterward, Floyd was pronounced dead at a nearby hospital. Chauvin and three other officers involved in the incident have been fired, and Chauvin now faces murder and manslaughter charges.
While most demonstrations across the country have been peaceful, some individuals have resorted to vandalism and looting. Some police have responded with violence as well, beating demonstrators and teargassing crowds of peaceful protesters. President Donald Trump addressed the nation on Monday evening, warning that he could send in the military to quell the unrest."If the city or state refuses to take the actions that are necessary to defend the life and property of their residents, then I will deploy the United States military and quickly solve the problem for them," he said.
The president drew substantial criticism from activists, Democrats and some Republicans for the speech, as federal police were deployed to teargas about 1,000 peaceful protesters in front of the White House ahead of Trump's remarks. It appeared that the demonstration was cleared to allow Trump to walk to the nearby historic St. John's Episcopal Church and pose for a photo holding a Bible.
"There is a fundamental—a constitutional—right to protest, and I'm against clearing out a peaceful protest for a photo op that treats the word of God as a political prop," Republican Senator Ben Sasse of NebraskaPresumptive Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden also criticized the president's actions, and his threat to send in the military, in a Tuesday speech. Biden said that the U.S. was"not horses rising up on their hind legs to push back a peaceful protest.
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