Thousands of people have ignored a curfew imposed in Minneapolis to protest for the fourth night in a row, as citizens protest police brutality and the death of George Floyd erupt into violence across the country.
Most of the demonstrations began peacefully but most of them have now turned volatile as crowds overwhelm law enforcement, burning police station, smashing
In Atlanta, people set a police car ablaze and broke windows at CNN’s headquarters, an attack that prompted Georgia’s governor to declare a state of emergency.
In an apparent attack against the protesters, an unidentified assailant in Detroit fired shots from an SUV into a crowd of demonstrators, killing a 19-year-old man.
In a move to calm the demonstrators, the police released a video of Derek Chauvin, the Minneapolis officer captured on camera kneeling on Floyd being charged with third-degree murder and manslaughter.
However, the three other officers involved in Floyd’s arrest are yet to be charged, and the video did little to calm the demonstrators.
In the capital, a brief White House lockdown was imposed as protesters tussled with the Secret Service into the wee hours of the morning.
Demonstrators in Oakland, San Jose, and Los Angeles blocked highways prompting police officers to fire teargas. While in Louisville, Kentucky police aimed and fired projectiles at journalists during a live shot though the authorities later apologized for the incident.
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In a nutshell here is the list of some of the USÂ cities affected with the protests;
Colorado: Denver
Georgia: Atlanta
Illinois: Chicago
Iowa: Des Moines
Indiana: Indianapolis, Fort Wayne
Kentucky: Louisville (Related to the death of Breonna Taylor), Bowling Green
Louisiana: New Orleans
Nebraska: Lincoln
New York: New York City
Massachusetts: Boston
Michigan: Detroit
Minnesota: Minneapolis
Missouri: Kansas City
Nevada: Las Vegas
North Carolina: Charlotte
Ohio: Columbus, Cincinnati, Canton
Oregon: Portland
Texas: Dallas, Houston
Virginia: Richmond
Washington: Seattle
Wisconsin: Milwaukee
Washington, DC
