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In tweets he has described protesters as "thugs" and threatened to use the U.S. Trump has condemned the killing of Floyd and promised justice but has made no major public statement to address the crisis. Many cities affected by the unrest are restarting some normal economic activity after more than two months of stay-at-home orders to stem a pandemic that has killed more than 104,000 people and plunged more than 40 million people into joblessness. The US Justice Department has directed the Bureau of Prisons to send riot-control teams to Miami and Washington, D.C., to help manage the protests, a senior department official told reporters.ĭepartment investigators are interviewing people arrested during protests who might face federal charges for such offenses as crossing state lines to incite violence, the official said. It reignited outrage across a politically and racially divided country that has been hit hard by the coronavirus pandemic, with African Americans accounting for a disproportionately high number of coronavirus cases.
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presidents have worshipped, suffered minor damage while the nearby headquarters of the AFL-CIO labor group was vandalized.įloyd's death was the latest to prompt an outcry over racism in law enforcement. John's Episcopal Church, a historic place near the White House where many U.S. Terrence Floyd, the victim's brother, told the gathering he wanted people to get educated, vote and not destroy their own communities. "This right here let's me know that things are going to be ok." My heart was real heavy this morning so I came down extra early and when I got here, the heaviness lifted," said Diana Jones, 40, the mother of four children. A little girl wrote, "I'll fight with you," in aqua blue chalk in the road. Visitors left flowers and signs honoring Floyd on the pavement. On Monday, dozens of people quietly paid their respects to Floyd at the scene outside the Cup Foods where he lost his life. He was released on $500,000 bail and is due to appear in court on June 8, according to jail records.
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The unrest, which erupted as the country was easing lengthy lockdowns to stop the spread of the coronavirus, began with peaceful protests over Floyd's death.ĭerek Chauvin, a since-fired 44-year-old officer, has been charged with third-degree murder and second-degree manslaughter. Police in Chicago, the country's third-largest city, fielded more than 10,000 calls for looting, Mayor Lori Lightfoot told a briefing. One person was killed in Louisville, Kentucky, overnight where police and National Guard troops returned fire while trying to disperse a crowd. The National Guard deployed in 23 states and Washington, D.C.Ĭurfews were extended in Washington, D.C., where authorities fought to put out fires near the White House overnight in Minnesota, which has experienced some of the worst violence, and in Los Angeles. Trump said the federal government was going to clamp down "very strong" on the violence.ĭozens 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. "If you don't dominate, you're wasting your time - they're going to run over you, you're going to look like a bunch of jerks." "You have to dominate," he told them in a private call obtained by media including Reuters. The new findings emerged after Trump spoke to the governors. Those results contradicted preliminary findings by the Hennepin County Medical Examiner's Office that Floyd, 46, died from a combination of factors, including possible substances in his system and underlying medical conditions.