1 person is killed when police, National Guard troops return fire, trying to disperse a crowd. FMTNews
June 1, 2020 11:40 PM
Police and fire departments fought into the night to quell the chaos of fires burning near the White House and shops looted in New York City and Southern California.One person was killed in Louisville, Kentucky, overnight where police and National Guard troops returned fire while trying to disperse a crowd.
Dozens of cities across the United States remain under curfews at a level not seen since riots following the 1968 assassination of civil rights activist Martin Luther King Jr. Trump has made no major public statement to address the growing crisis but has issued a flurry of tweets, describing protesters as “thugs” and urging mayors and governors to “get tough”. He has threatened to utilise the US military.
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