Breathe after he was held down by a Police Officer with a knee on his neck for more than 8 minutes so what began as peaceful protests have exploded into riots in minneapolis dozens of people are arrested now after a night of protest as the National Guard moves in and a curfew enforced this following nights a fire and fury across the city leaving stores ravaged and looted right here in the Nations Capital a night of destruction after protesters clashed with police in front of the white house the city was ablaze buildings broken into and famed d. C. Monuments defaced there were similar scenes in more than 100 cities meanwhile the officer accused of killing floyd is facing 3rd degree murder and 2nd degree manslaughter all 4 officers involved in his death also fired from the department now you can see here protests in almost every major city and the highlighted states are those that have already called in their National Guards to help control the crowds that have been gathering every night
Following the death of george floyd an unarmed black man who said he couldnt breathe after he was held down by a Police Officer with a knee on his neck for more than a minute or so to a crowd of people on the street where his brother was killed listen. Of all not over. All want to. Go home out on where are. Known or oh. Were going to have our own. I dont. Know but were ready for him because. I thought some of the one. About i 8 voted for meto. The. Hope of all of the vote for the poet mother was everybody. Right in a statement is coming as many dozens of people arrested after night upon the rest of the National Guard moving in and forcing a curfew many nights ended with the city on fire while leaving stores ravaged and looted lets start our Team Coverage where these protests far off in minneapolis thats where well find actually banks. Im here in the exact spot where george will be with count by minneapolis Police Officer derek shubin exactly a week ago today and. We all saw the video a
5 major cities the 1st lets take a look at whats happening across the country the mayors of los angeles that land denver and portland have announced nighttime curfew is in an effort to stop more violent demonstrations minneapolis announced the measure on friday off the shots were looted and cars and buildings set on fire. But no protests have broken out in los angeles where a Police Cruiser was set on fire all the demonstrations have been held in miami and chicago and in minnesota where george floyd died the governor says hes fully mobilizing the National Guard for the 1st time in the States History but warns he still doesnt have enough troops. President trump says the oath already is then need to get tougher on his offer to send in the national military. Police officer derek sjodin has been charged with george. But there are other officers who were present to be charged over his death lets go 1st to new york and talk to Gabriel Elizondo youve been following these protests all day this
Without a doubt this is what happened in ferguson right it was a full nearly a military response you know local Police Forces around the country have been rewarded with military grade equipment the kinds of equipment you would normally see only in an International War context and there was extreme levels of containment and violence as if people exercising their civil rights to freedom of expression and to gather in public to protest were a threat to the nation rather than the very rights that the nation is designed to protect but thats the logic of what it means to face a state violence when youre a black Community Even if whites and others are participating its when its understood as a racial crime that you begin to see this kind of extreme violent response that said it is my understanding that there are also many instigators involved in minneapolis and perhaps in. Other cities around the country as well and more data on that may come up as the weeks bear out but what that means is th
We have reporters standing by in following you the major cities will go to the mill i but 1st lets take a look at whats been happening across the country the mass of Los Angeles Atlanta Denver Portland and announce nighttime curfew is in an effort to prevent more violence its a move that was announced by minneapolis on friday where the protests 1st started in that city shops were looted and cars and buildings set on fire. In los angeles a Police Cruiser was torched other demonstrations have been held in miami and chicago. And scuffles have broken out between police and protesters in new york where demonstrations are continuing into the night and earlier a police car was set on fire the day before thousands of people demonstrated outside the City Supreme Court on the Brooklyn Bridge and at the Barclays Center arena. But President Donald Trump has offered to send in the National Military to minneapolis and pledged to put an end to what he called mobile violence. But his comments havent s