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San Francisco, May 31 (EFE/EPA).- Thousands of people gathered in San Francisco on Sunday to protest police brutality after the death last week of a black man arrested by white cops in Minneapolis. Local authorities imposed curfews in 25 cities in 16 states and some 5,000 National Guard troops were deployed at various sites in 15 states and the District of Columbia, with their prospective efforts to maintain order being praised by President Donald Trump. According to CNN, among the cities imposing nighttime curfews on Sunday are Los Angeles, Denver, Miami, Atlanta, Chicago, Louisville, Rochester, Cleveland, Portland, Philadelphia, Pittsburgh, Charleston, Nashville, Salt Lake City and Seattle. (Camera: JOHN MABANGLO). SHOT LIST: PROTEST OVER THE DEATH OF GEORGE FLOYD IN SAN FRANCISCO, CALIFORNIA, US.
Chicago, Jun 8 (EFE/EPA).-Businesses and stores in Chicago on Monday remained boarded up days after protests and looting over the May 25 killing in Minneapolis of African American George Floyd by a white policeman. (Camera: TANNEN MAURY).)SHOT LIST: BOARDED UP STORES ON MICHIGAN AVENUE, CHICAGO.
Boston, Jun 7 (EFE/EPA).- Thousands of people took to the streets of Boston on Sunday as part of the continuing response to the May 25 killing in Minneapolis of African American George Floyd by a white policeman.During the march, the protesters also observed a moment of silence outside the Ruggles T Station and across from Boston Police Headquarters as a tribute to victims of police violence and racism in the country. (Camera: CJ GUNTHER). SHOT LIST: A PROTEST OVER THE DEATH OF GEORGE FLOYD AND OTHER AFRICAN AMERICANS WHO FELL VICTIMS TO POLICE VIOLENCE AND RACISM IN BOSTON, MASSACHUESETTS, US.
Miami, Jun 7 (EFE/EPA).- Hundreds of people took to the streets of the Wynwood neighborhood in Miami on Monday to protest the May 25 killing in Minneapolis of African American George Floyd by a white policeman. (Camera: CRISTOBAL HERRERA). SHOT LIST: A PROTEST OVER THE DEATH OF GEORGE FLOYD AND OTHER AFRICAN AMERICANS WHO FELL VICTIMS TO POLICE VIOLENCE AND RACISM IN THE WYNWOOD NEIGHBORHOOD IN MIAMI, US.
Los Angeles, Jun 6 (EFE/EPA).- Protests sparked by the alleged police killing of African-American man George Floyd appeared to have turned into a nationwide movement on Saturday as cities and towns across the United States saw an unprecedented outpouring of demonstrators demanding an end to racism.Thousands of supporters of the “Black Lives Matter” movement, denouncing the alleged systemic racism in the US law enforcement, filled the streets of the big US cities of New York, Seattle, Washington, Philadelphia, San Francisco, Los Angeles, Miami, and other smaller towns of Vidor in Texas, Havre in Montana, and Marion in Ohio.In Los Angeles, thousands took to the streets, including the one in Highland Park, calling for justice on the 12th consecutive day of a mobilization against police violence that has now extended to 650 cities in all 50 US states. (Camera: ETIENNE LAURENT). SHOT LIST: BLACK LIVES MATTER PROTESTERS PARTY IN FRONT OF THE LOS ANGELES CITY HALL IN LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA, US.
U.S. President Barack Obama attends an outdoor arrival ceremony in heavy rain, as the first sitting U.S. president to visit Laos. Rough Cut (no reporter narration).