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George Floyd killing: Tear gas, burning police cars and curfews as protests erupt in cities across United States
• 5 years agoTense protests over the death of George Floyd and other police killings of black men grew Saturday from New York to Tulsa to Los Angeles, with police cars set ablaze and reports of injuries mounting on all sides as the country lurched toward another night of unrest after months of coronavirus lockdowns.
George Floyd death: Ex-Minneapolis cop charged with murder, authorities impose curfews as protesters clash with police
Fp Staff • 5 years agoProtesters smashed windows at CNN headquarters in Atlanta, set a police car on fire and struck officers with bottles. Large protests in New York, Houston and other cities were largely peaceful — even in Minneapolis, where thousands marched downtown as the city's 8 p.m. curfew ticked past and encircled a police precinct station.
George Floyd death: Minnesota police arrest African-American CNN reporter on air covering Minneapolis protests
• 5 years agoThe Minnesota State Patrol arrested a CNN reporter reporting live on television early Friday morning while covering the Minneapolis protests, without giving any reason, and led him and three crew members away in handcuffs.
George Floyd death: Violent protests rock Minneapolis for second straight night, mayor appeals for calm
• 5 years agoViolent protests over the death of a black man in police custody rocked a Minneapolis neighborhood for a second straight night as angry crowds looted stores, set fires and left a path of damage that stretched for miles
Four Minneapolis policemen fired hours after viral video shows officer kneeling on neck of African-American man who died
• 5 years agoFour Minneapolis officers involved in the arrest of a black man who died in police custody were fired Tuesday, hours after a bystander’s video showed an officer kneeling on the handcuffed man’s neck, even after he pleaded that he could not breathe and stopped moving.