The protests, largely peaceful during the day before turning violent at night, erupted over the death of George Floyd, a 46-year-old African American who died in Minneapolis police custody after being pinned beneath a white officer's knee for nearly nine minutes.
"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," he said.Dozens of cities across the United States remain under curfews, and the National Guard has been deployed in 23 states, and Washington D.C. Police in Chicago, the country's third-largest city, fielded more than 10,000 calls for looting, Mayor Lori Lightfoot told a briefing.
Derek Chauvin, a since-fired 44-year-old police officer, has been charged with third-degree murder and second-degree manslaughter.Dozens of people quietly paid their respects to Mr Floyd at the scene where he lost his life. Visitors left flowers and signs honouring Mr Floyd on the pavement.Terrence Floyd, the victim's brother, told the gathering he wanted people to get educated, vote and not destroy their own communities. "Let's do this another way," he said.
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.New York City Police Commissioner Dermot Shea told a news briefing with Mayor Bill de Blasio that police are seeing "outside agitators coming and trying to rally people to do bad things.
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Riots not protests.. this barbanic people should be sorted out by military.
Where is Bono?. He would sort it no bother
This is absolutely delinquent journalism by RTE, as usual. Just incredibly misleading. Trump pressed the governors to crackdown on rioting thugs who are attacking people, smashing businesses, looting and setting buildings on fire.
Your biased coverage and failure to condemn let alone point out the fact that these slacktivists broke the social distancing rules shows what an absolute joke you are. You have zero credibility.
The message is the 'Forgotten Generation' who's been enforced into slavery demands also change of their Commanding In Chief & his entire comrades including those closest to him. America yearns for the 'Wisdom of Abraham Lincoln & Dr. M Luther K. Not any capitalist who dictates.
SyrianLivesDontMatter 😞
Protesters? Dont yous mean rioting thugs?
NO no, I was explicitly told that burning down local business and looting Nikey stores WOULD end racism.
America is burning
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