BREAKING: Minnesota Governor Tim Walz announced that an additional thousand members of the National Guard will be deployed to 'support civil authorities' during protests over the murder of George Floyd.
This story will be updated as protests continue throughout the country. Please check back for updates. All times Eastern.Demonstrations throughout New York City Friday night resulted in the arrest of over 200, including one person in Brooklyn who had a loaded gun and a woman who was armed with a lit Molotov cocktail.
What's happening in the city is in"no way about the murder of George Floyd it's about attacking civil society and installing fear," said Walz. "Law enforcement officers have indispensable and often dangerous jobs, but that doesn't diminish the crucial, overarching role we play in society – to protect and serve all citizens no matter their race, creed, orientation, or station in life. This, of course, includes those citizens who are in law enforcement custody," Wray said.
"They were not only totally professional, but very cool," he president tweeted."They let the"protesters" scream & rant as much as they wanted..." he wrote. "The FBI has deployed investigators and the Evidence Response Team to the crime scene. We will continue to work this investigation alongside the Oakland Police Department," the statement continued.Portland Mayor Ted Wheeler announced Saturday morning that he's declaring a State of Emergency in the city following the destructive unrest in the wake of the death of Floyd.
Police said large sections of downtown were closed and that protesters should"disperse now or you will be subject to gas, projectiles, and other means necessary for dispersal."One person is dead in Detroit after a vehicle drove up on people protesting the death of Floyd and opened fire, according to authorities.
A Detroit Police officer uses tear-gas during a protest in the city of Detroit, Michigan, on May 29, 2020, over the death of George Floyd, a black man who died after a white policeman kneeled on his neck for several minutes. - Violent protests erupted across the United States late on May 29, over the death of a handcuffed black man in police custody, with murder charges laid against the arresting Minneapolis officer failing to quell boiling anger.
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