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Protests nationwide continued in the wake of the death of George Floyd, and Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey declared a local emergency on Thursday.Hundreds of protesters flooded Minneapolis streets Thursday evening for a march through downtown. Traffic was halted as a crowd of people stretched for up to four blocks. Protesters shouted “I can’t breathe” and “no justice, no peace; prosecute the police” as volunteer marshals in highlighter-colored vests directed traffic.
Protests nationwide continued in the wake of the death of George Floyd, and Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey declared a local emergency on Thursday.Hundreds of protesters flooded Minneapolis streets Thursday evening for a march through downtown. Traffic was halted as a crowd of people stretched for up to four blocks. Protesters shouted “I can’t breathe” and “no justice, no peace; prosecute the police” as volunteer marshals in highlighter-colored vests directed traffic. Home USA News. Trends: George Floyd ’s killing news. Mixi.Media News.
George Floyd , who died on May 25 after being pinned to the ground by an officer who pressed a knee into his neck.Credit Offices of Ben Crump Law.
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© Reuters / LINDSEY WASSON USA: VIGIL IN MINNEAPOLIS IN TRIBUTE TO GEORGE FLOYD MINNEAPOLIS, Minnesota ( Reuters) - Several hundred people gathered for a vigil Wednesday in Minneapolis, Minnesota, on the street where George Floyd was arrested last week by city police, an intervention after which the 46-year-old black man died.
Some people raised their hands in tribute to Floyd, who had become the new symbol of police violence against the African-American community, while other participants in the vigil were in tears.
The demonstrations organized across the United States during the day took place generally in calm, the clashes between protesters and law enforcement being more rare, whereas Tuesday evening had again given rise to incidents .
28 people arrested in Nashville during Saturday protests against police violence
Following Saturday's "I Will Breathe" rally in Nashville to protest police brutality, 28 people were arrested when police and demonstrators clashed. © Larry McCormack / The Tennessean Protesters run away from tear gas outside the Metro Courthouse in Nashville, Tenn., Saturday, May 30, 2020 after the “I Will Breathe” rally to protest the death of George Floyd, an unarmed black man who died after being pinned down by a white Minneapolis police officer on Memorial Day. Protests erupt in Minneapolis after George Floyd 's death. Smoke filled the air for a few minutes after Minneapolis Police Department officers fired noise devices and "I don't need them to be suspended and able to work in another state or another county. Their licenses should be taken away; their jobs
Hundreds of people attended a vigil on Sunday at the intersection of Chicago Avenue and 38th Street, in Minneapolis , the place where a police officer was filmed holding a knee against George Floyd 's Since Floyd 's death on Monday, mourners have been going to the site to lay flowers and pay tribute .
In the eyes of the authorities and certain organizers of the protest movement, most of the outbursts are the work of external agitators and criminal elements seeking to take advantage of the situation.
The charges against the now ex-police officer responsible for the death of Floyd were redefined Wednesday by the American courts, which charged Derek Chauvin with second degree murder.
In the federal capital Washington, demonstrators again marched through the city center, chanting "no justice, no peace" and "black lives matter".
(Brendan O'Brien, with Nathan Layne, Rich McKay, Lisa Lambert; French version Jean Terzian)
‘We got you.’ A Collier deputy worried about walking with George Floyd protesters. Two women stepped up to escort him. .
At a protest last week, a deputy turned to Lisa Martinez and Cherry Estelomme in a heated moment: “If you guys make sure I don’t get jumped, I’ll walk with you.” The two women did not hesitate. They moved to either side of McCoy. Lisa asked, “You walking or you talkin’?” “Let’s go,” Cherry said. “Let’s go walk. Let’s go walk, man, let’s go walk.” She repeated the refrain as they linked arms and led McCoy from the crowd to the clear road.
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