WASHINGTON/MINNEAPOLIS (Reuters) – Tens of thousands of individuals required to the streets of U.S. cities on Tuesday for a 8th consecutive night of demonstrations over the death of a black man in police custody, clashing with police and robbery stores in New york city City.
Big marches and rallies likewise took place in Los Angeles, Philadelphia, Atlanta and Seattle. In Washington, D.C., demonstrations were held near the park where demonstrators were cleaned out by authorities on Monday to make a course for President Donald Trump so he could stroll from the White House to a historical church for a photo.
Although rallies on behalf of Floyd and other victims of police cruelty have been largely tranquil throughout the day, after dark each night crowds have relied on rioting, vandalism, arson and looting. On Monday night, 5 law enforcement officers were struck by shooting in 2 cities.
Outside the U.S. Capitol developing on Tuesday afternoon a throng took to one knee, chanting “silence is violence” and “no justice, no peace,” as officers faced them right before the government-imposed curfew.
The crowd remained in Lafayette park and elsewhere in the capitol after dark, despite the curfew and vows by Trump to crack down on what he has actually called lawlessness by “thugs” and “thugs,” utilizing National Guard or even the U.S. military if necessary.
Lots of National Guard soldiers lined up on the steps of the Lincoln Memorial behind black crowd-control barriers.
PROTESTS COAST TO COAST
In New York City City, countless chanting and cheering protesters disregarded an 8 p.m. curfew to march from the Barclays Center in Flatbush toward the Brooklyn Bridge as cops heli