Demonstration in the United States against police brutality
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New York saw moments of great tension on Monday, with looting and property vandalized, with which the city’s mayor, Bill de Blasio, justified his decision to advance the curfew by three hours from Monday. . . In addition, it will be valid all week
Protesters resumed on Tuesday, for the eighth night in a row, demonstrations against police brutality in American cities like Los Angeles, New York or Washington, defying the curfews imposed to stop the concentrations, unleashed after the death of the Afro citizen – American George Floyd. in the hands of the police.
In Los Angeles, where protesters have marched peacefully so far, and in New York City, curfews began at 9:00 p.m. and 8:00 p.m. local time, respectively.
Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti thanked the protesters for speaking out peacefully and said he was “proud” of them. “I accept our right to do this and I’m glad it’s peaceful,” he said, making sure he wants them to know he can hear them “loud and clear”.
Likewise, he thanked the police for their work and pointed out that the episodes of looting are decreasing in the city and that they have been resolved quickly. Currently, 1,000 members of the National Guard are deployed on the streets of Los Angeles, he reported.
For its part, in New York City, where protesters march through Manhattan, Brooklyn, and other parts of the city, tension began to mount when the curfew began, although protests have proceeded peacefully throughout. Tuesday. .
Specifically, as of 8:00 p.m., people began looting and raiding stores in Manhattan, smashing the windows of those facilities with stones, CNN reported. In addition, protesters and police clashed in the Chelsea neighborhood, also in Manhattan, when violent protesters joined the peacemakers.
Additionally, a crowd was trapped on the Manhattan Bridge because there were police on both sides. However, people have already started to be able to leave the area.
So far, around 40 people have been arrested in New York on Tuesday, according to the city’s police department, which said it expects the number to increase. Up to 700 people were arrested the night before.
New York saw moments of great tension on Monday, with looting and property vandalized, with which the city’s mayor, Bill de Blasio, justified his decision to advance the curfew by three hours from Monday. . . In addition, it will be valid all week.
According to De Blasio, who insisted that “coordinated criminal activity” had been recorded in New York, he said the situation had started to “change” on Sunday evening, as reported by CNN television. “We have now made the adjustment (…) that will help us lead this moment and come back to a more normal place,” he added.
However, the mayor of the city also pointed out that an “infinitesimal” number of people carried out the looting in question and that the vast majority of the demonstrators New Yorkers were peaceful.
De Blasio, who has rejected the possibility of deploying the National Guard, reported that the police presence in the city on Tuesday is “vast” and said it is “the most police force” that New York has. eu “in the last five days.
In this context, the President of the United States, Donald Trump, raised via the social network Twitter when the governor of the State of New York, Andrew Cuomo, will ask for help from the central government. He did so by describing “the chaos and disorder and destruction” in New York City which was picked up by Fox News.
CLAIMS ALSO IN WASHINGTON
As for Washington, the registered protests are also developing peacefully. The curfew began at 7:00 p.m. local time, but protesters remained in the streets, also near the White House, despite the order.
However, there were some tense moments. On the outskirts of Lafayette Park, where police fired tear gas and rubber bullets on Monday to disperse a crowd, protesters threw fireworks and other objects at police, who responded with gas pepper.
The US Department of Defense confirmed on Tuesday that 1,600 active-duty military personnel moved from Fort Bragg and Fort Drum to the Washington area to work with authorities if necessary, according to a statement from Pentagon spokesman Jonathan Hoffman , picked up by CNN.
Crowds of people also came to protest in the cities of Chicago, Houston, Orlando, Charlotte, Portland, Atlanta and Milwakee, among others. In the latter two, according to the aforementioned media, the police used tear gas against the crowd.
On May 25, Floyd, a 46-year-old African-American citizen, died in custody for using an allegedly counterfeit $ 20 bill.
Chauvin reduced Floyd, who at no time offered resistance, according to images of the arrest, exerting pressure for nearly ten minutes with one of his knees on the victim’s neck. , despite the fact that he reported that he had not. he could breathe shortly before he died. Chauvin was arrested and sent to jail after being charged with third degree murder.
Floyd’s death sparked a wave of outrage accompanied by massive protests across the United States. According to CNN’s tally, 26 states in total, more than half of the country’s total, have mobilized the National Guard to contain protests and riots.
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