George Floyd death: More National Guard troops sent in as US protests grow
Sunday 31 May 2020 09:59, UK
MINNEAPOLISMINNESOTAUNITED STATES


Shops looted, cars set alight, tear gas and rubber bullets fired



Why you can trust Sky News
Police and protesters across the US are clashing again on the fifth straight day of unrest as anger intensifies over the death of George Floyd.

The protests marked by chants of "I can't breathe" - a rallying cry echoing the dying words of Mr Floyd - have spread to more than 30 cities, with cars and buildings burned, shops looted, and at least two people dead.


Governors in several states have called in National Guard troops after President Donald Trump warned state authorities they needed to adopt tougher tactics, or federal government would step in.

A protester gestures during a rally near the White House
A protester gestures during a rally near the White House
A demonstrator raises her arms in front of security forces in Minneapolis
A demonstrator raises her arms in front of security forces in Minneapolis
Curfews have been imposed in several cities, including Atlanta, Los Angeles, Philadelphia and Denver, but they have largely gone ignored, with tens of thousands of people spilling on to the streets.

In Washington DC, hundreds of demonstrators assembled near the Justice Department headquarters and later moved to the White House, where they faced off with shield-carrying police, some mounted on horseback.

President Trump tweeted that if protesters who gathered the night before in Lafayette Square, across from the White House, had breached the fence, "they would have been greeted with the most vicious dogs, and most ominous weapons, I have ever seen".


He also vowed that "radical left criminals, thugs and others" would not be allowed to set communities ablaze.