The demonstrations convulsing U.S. cities have forced Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden to strike a careful balance between validating anger over police mistreatment of minorities while condemning violence as a response.
An independent autopsy that found George Floyd died solely from asphyxiation could actually bolster the defense of the former Minneapolis police officer charged with killing him, legal experts said.
In November 2015, the shooting death of Jamar Clark by Minneapolis police touched off a debate on race and economic inequality that challenged the city's progressive image and led local corporate leaders to back efforts at better sharing the spoils of a booming Midwestern state.
by Eric Martyn6/2/2020 10:15:19 AM
A man stands in front of a police car during the protest in Louisville, Kentucky, June 1, 2020. 📷 REUTERS/Bryan Woolston
In his first major address in weeks, former Vice President Joe Biden on Tuesday will vow not to "fan the flames of hate” if elected president and instead seek “to heal the racial wounds that have long plagued" the United States.
by Eric Martyn6/2/2020 2:30:06 PM
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President Trump deepened outrage yesterday by posing at a church across from the White House clutching a Bible after law enforcement officers used teargas and rubber bullets to clear protesters. More photos
by Canice Leung6/2/2020 2:43:53 PM
18,000 National Guard troops assisting law enforcement authorities in 29 states, head of National Guard says
by Christo Varghese6/2/2020 2:51:47 PM
New York City Mayor de Blasio holds a news conference after another night of protests
General Motors Co and Ford Motor Co condemned racial inequality in the United States following the death of George Floyd, an unarmed black man, at the hands of police in Minneapolis last week.
by Christo Varghese6/2/2020 3:45:43 PM
D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser speaks a day after peaceful protesters were fired upon with tear gas, rubber bullets by police
Canada’s Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, when asked about U.S. President Donald Trump’s possibly calling in the military to quell protests, paused for more than 20 seconds before answering that Canadians were watching in horror what was happening in the United States.
H&M, the world’s second-biggest fashion retailer, said on Tuesday it had temporarily closed 95 of its stores in the United States because of the violent protests following the death of George Floyd in police custody.
by Christo Varghese6/2/2020 3:49:50 PM
New York Governor Cuomo gives an update on the COVID-19 fight and widespread protests
World soccer’s governing body FIFA has joined sports leagues, teams and players around the globe to express solidarity amid outrage over the death of George Floyd, an unarmed black man killed in police custody in the United States.
The United States saw decreasing levels of violence in protests across the United States on Monday night, the head of the National Guard bureau said on Tuesday, even as protest activity was sustained or increased.
New York Governor Andrew Cuomo said on Tuesday that New York City's police failed in their duty to protect the public from looting and other criminal activity during protests the previous night, and that the city's mayor had refused help from the National Guard.
by Christo Varghese6/2/2020 4:45:21 PM
REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque
Sister Quincy Howard of the Dominican order of nuns in Washington protests with a sign reading "This is Evil #BLM" as President Donald Trump's motorcade passes on the way to the nearby Saint John Paul II National Shrine. Crowds booed, chanted and made obscene gestures at Trump's motorcade as it sped through Washington. More photos
by Christo Varghese edited by Canice Leung6/2/2020 4:50:41 PM
Bodycam video footage from Atlanta police officer Ivory Streeter, one of two officers who was fired Sunday, shows driver Messiah Young being shot by a taser, May 30, 2020.
Six Atlanta police officers face charges for 'excessive force' during protest, CNN reports. They have been given until the end of the day to turn themselves in.
by Derek Caney edited by Canice Leung6/2/2020 4:55:30 PM
REUTERS/Ken Cedeno
There will be even greater law enforcement resources and support in the region tonight.
U.S. Attorney General Bill Barr said of Washington
by Derek Caney6/2/2020 5:54:41 PM
REUTERS/Ken Cedeno
Rep. Bennie Thompson (D-Miss.), head of the House Homeland Security Committee, called on U.S. Secret Service director James Murray to brief him on the incident Monday night by Friday, writing in a letter that he was "stunned, disturbed, and furious" at the tear-gassing of peaceful protesters and that Trump's use of such power for photo opportunity was "shameful."
by Derek Caney6/2/2020 6:03:26 PM
REUTERS/Lawrence BryantSt. Louis Police Chief John Hayden said no suspects have yet been arrested in the shooting that wounded the four officers, who were grouped together and all hit in the same incident.
Hayden said the shots that hit the officers apparently came from a rooftop in downtown St. Louis around 1:45 a.m. The chief said that the violence and destruction that swept that area of the city last night was caused by a few hundred people.
"We've never seen anything like what happened last night in our lifetime," Hayden said. "We were caught off guard by the length of time it took to get things under control."
The chief said 25 arrests were made last night. St. Louis Mayor Lyda Krewson announced a curfew that would begin at 9 p.m. Tuesday and run until 6 a.m. for several days.
(Reporting by Brad Brooks)
by Derek Caney6/2/2020 6:09:49 PM
REUTERS/Lucas Jackson
When you see people crying and traumatized over the death of George Floyd, it's because every single African American lawyer, doctor, accountant, painter, musician and every single African-American mayor in this country knows that we are George. When I go running through a community without my security detail, without my suit and tie on, I am George. We are all George.
This pattern has gone on through our country for far too long. I think we should expect rage. I think we should expect frustration. We should not ask people ... to stop demonstrating. We should focus on stopping the causes for the protests in the first place.
With violent clashes between protesters and authorities raging in the United States, anti-police-brutality activists gathered by the thousands in support of the “Black Lives Matter” movement in the Netherlands, Britain, Germany and in African cities.
The hashtag #BlackOutTuesday became the top trending item on Twitter as hundreds of thousands of businesses and individuals, including TV channels and celebrities, posted black screen shots to signal support for racial justice as street protests over the police killing of George Floyd entered a second week.
New York City will remain under curfew through Sunday after another night of looting that marred largely peaceful protests over an African-American man’s death in police custody in Minneapolis.
They had come out by the hundreds on the streets of the U.S. capital to protest racism and police brutality. With a curfew fast approaching, they had only a few hours to make their voices heard.
A Democratic U.S. senator said on Tuesday he would try to make it illegal for President Donald Trump to use the military against protesters, after days of demonstrations over the killing of George Floyd, a black man who died as a white policeman kneeled on his neck.
The state of Minnesota filed a civil rights charge against the Minneapolis Police Department over the death of George Floyd and said it would investigate the department to see if it engaged in systemic discriminatory practices.
by jenna.zucker edited by Ben Kellerman6/2/2020 8:08:25 PM
by jenna.zucker6/2/2020 8:14:53 PM
New York protesters call for an end to police brutality
Six Atlanta police officers will face charges for an incident in which they tased two college students and removed them from their car during protests over the death of George Floyd, an unarmed African American in police custody.
U.S. Senate Republicans blocked a Democratic resolution on Tuesday that would have condemned President Donald Trump for the use of gas and rubber bullets against peaceful protesters near the White House.
by jenna.zucker edited by Christo Varghese6/2/2020 8:58:43 PM
MOSCOW Russian President Vladimir Putin said on Wednesday that Russia would send ideas to Washington within a week to follow up his talks with U.S. President Joe Biden on the Ukraine crisis.
