NYPD officer plows into crowd of George Floyd protesters in Brooklyn https://t.co/V2Y8VHNqht pic.twitter.com/cDKSA4rvLs
— New York Post (@nypost) May 31, 2020
Reminder: We found out years after the Freddie Gray riots that the looting of pharmacies was in part done by a roving gang of police who then re-sold the drugs on the streets of Baltimore. https://t.co/ZLXYvnPUrx
— nick wright (@getnickwright) May 30, 2020
In a video, plainclothes officers in Louisville are seen taking cases of water and destroying gallons of milk used to dampen the effects of tear gas https://t.co/YjARg30MDC
— The Washington Post (@washingtonpost) May 31, 2020
BREAKING: A veteran WCCO photographer is under arrest, taken into custody by the State Patrol. Award-winning photographer Tom Aviles was struck by a rubber bullet. | https://t.co/ni1IFuZ5ZG pic.twitter.com/FYhb54mCAZ
— WCCO - CBS Minnesota (@WCCO) May 31, 2020
Remember when Police commissioners denounced #Trump message to police officers encouraging misconduct? https://t.co/McrXcGnKBu https://t.co/S0SxNGCcsg
— Maya Wiley (@mayawiley) May 31, 2020
Among the curfews in effect on Saturday night in the US:
• Minneapolis
• Chicago
• Los Angeles
• Atlanta
• Denver
• Philadelphia
• Pittsburgh
• Seattle
• Cleveland
• Columbus
• Portland
• Miami
• Milwaukee
• Salt Lake City
• Rochesterhttps://t.co/M7SJ4bKC8l— NBC News (@NBCNews) May 31, 2020
Pressure is mounting inside the White House for Trump to make a formal address to the nation from the White House amid the chaos and unrest erupting across the United States-just what we don’t need, a teleprompter speech written by Miller read by a racist. https://t.co/VhfWfBYZQ4
— Barbara Malmet (@B52Malmet) May 31, 2020
The mayor of Nashville, Tennessee, has declared a state of civil emergency after protesters set a fire inside the Metro Courthouse in the state’s capital city, @AP reports https://t.co/KSIOfsRWfo
— Bloomberg (@business) May 31, 2020
“What you should see when you see black protesters in the age of Trump and coronavirus, is people pushed to the edge, not because they want bars and nail salons open, but because they want to live. To breathe,” writes Kareem Abdul-Jabbar https://t.co/UeGCJUupLf
— Los Angeles Times (@latimes) May 31, 2020
This is honestly crazy. A Minnesota Guard member told @kenklippenstein that they and others are scared they’ll hurt someone, they aren’t trained to deal with civilians this way https://t.co/9m338OiOfV
— Emily Manna (@EmilyManna) May 31, 2020