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Minneapolis, May 31(EFE/EPA).- Hundreds of people held a demonstration in front of the state capitol in St. Paul 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. (Camera: TANNEN MAURY).FOOTAGE SHOWS MEMBERS OF THE NATIONAL GUARD CIRCLING THE STATE CAPITOL AS PROTESTERS RALLY ON THE GROUNDS DURING THE SIXTH DAY OF PROTESTS OVER THE ARREST OF GEORGE FLOYD, WHO LATER DIED IN POLICE CUSTODY, IN ST. PAUL, MINNESOTA, USA.
Minneapolis, May 28 (EFE / EPA).- The protest continued for a third day in Minneapolis over the arrest of George Floyd, 46, who died in police custody.A bystander's video posted online on May 25 shows George Floyd, unarmed, pleading with police officers that he couldn't breathe as an officer knelt on his neck and later appearing motionless. Floyd later died in police custody. (Camera: TANNEN MAURY). FOOTAGE SHOWS AN AERIAL VIEW OF THE PROPERTY DAMAGES DONE BY PROTESTERS (NO AUDIO); THE CONFRONTATION BETWEEN PROTESTERS AND POLICE OFFICERS NEAR THE MINNEAPOLIS POLICE 3RD PRECINCT; AND PROTESTERS LOOTING A NEARBY TARGET STORE IN MINNEAPOLIS, MINNESOTA, US.
Tunisia, June 18 (EFE / EPA). (CAMERA: Mohamed Messara) Hundreds of people gathered in Tunisia to protest the death of the young Ahmed Ben Amara, who allegedly died after being beaten by law enforcement officers while in custody.
Atlanta (USA), Jun 13 (EFE / EPA) .- (Camera: Erik Lesser) A group of people gathered around a restaurant in Atlanta on Saturday (Georgia, USA) to protest against the death of a black man in an incident with the police that is being investigated.The Georgia Bureau of Investigation (GBI) has investigated nearly fifty similar cases so far this year.FOOTAGE OF THE PROTEST.
Images shot from a building show hundreds of Black Lives Matter activists protest in London in solidarity with US movements and rallies after African American George Floyd died when a Minneapolis police officer knelt on his neck during arrest. Thousands of National Guard troops patrol major US cities after five consecutive nights of protests over racism and police brutality boiled over into arson and looting, sending shock waves through the country. IMAGES
Protesters march through Pasadena, California hours after a black man, who was reportedly suffering from mental health problems, died after being Tasered by police. Diane Hodges reports.