MINNEAPOLIS: Dozens of US cities on Sunday (May 31) were bracing for another night of unrest after cleaning up streets strewn with broken glass ...
MINNEAPOLIS: Dozens of US cities on Sunday were bracing for another night of unrest after cleaning up streets strewn with broken glass and burned out cars as curfews failed to quell confrontations between protesters and police.
In one video from Minneapolis, a National Guard Humvee rolls down a residential street followed by what appear to be police officers wearing tactical gear. The closely packed crowds and many demonstrators not wearing masks sparked fears of a resurgence of COVID-19, which has killed more than 100,000 Americans.
The clashes in Minneapolis marked the fifth night of arson, looting and vandalism in parts of the state's largest city, and its adjacent capital, St. Paul. The state's governor said on Saturday that he was activating the full Minnesota National Guard for the first time since World War Two. "We are seeing in St. Paul and obviously around the country this level of rage and anger that frankly is legitimate, as we see this horrific video of George Floyd being just suffocated to death," Mayor Melvin Carter told CNN on Sunday."Unfortunately, it's being expressed right now, over the past week, in ways that are destructive and unacceptable."
Trump said on Sunday that the US government will designate anti-fascist group Antifa as a terrorist organisation. It was not clear how many, if any, of the protesters participating in demonstrations are from Antifa.In London, hundreds of protesters took to Trafalgar Square on Sunday chanting"no justice, no peace." A crowd descended on the US Embassy in Berlin calling for the police officers to face justice.
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