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Beverly Hills/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 PROTESTS IN LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA, US.
New York, May 31 (EFE/EPA).- Thousands of people gathered in New York 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: ALBA VIGARAY). SHOT LIST: PEACEFUL PROTEST OVER THE DEATH OF GEORGE FLOYD AT BARCLAYS CENTER IN NEW YORK, US.
Washington, Jun 6 (EFE/EPA).- Chanting "Black Lives Matter," thousands of people took to the streets of the US capital on Saturday to protest the May 25 killing in Minneapolis of African American George Floyd by a white policeman.Demonstrators gathered at several different points in Washington, including Capitol Hill and the Lincoln Memorial, before setting out on marches that converged near the vastly expanded security perimeter around the White House.The throng remained there for hours, singing and chanting the names of victims to demand structural change to end police violence against African Americans, who are three times more likely than whites to die at the hands of cops, according to the website Mapping Police Violence. (Camera: CARLOS VILAS). SHOT LIST: PEOPLE PROTEST THE POLICE KILLING OF GEORGE FLOYD IN WASHINGTON, DC, US, ON SATURDAY, 6 JUNE 2020.
Chicago, Jun 6 (EFE/EPA).- Chanting "Black Lives Matter," thousands of people took to the streets of the Chicago on Saturday to protest the May 25 killing in Minneapolis of African American George Floyd by a white policeman. People have gathered to support the Black Lives Matter movement in Australia, South Korea, Japan, the United Kingdom, Germany, Italy, Tunisia and Spain to demonstrate in the wake of the death of Floyd in police custody the United States. (Camera: TANNEN MAURY). SHOT LIST: AERIAL FOOTAGE TAKEN WITH A DRONE SHOWS BLACK LIVES MATTER PROTESTS IN CHICAGO, ILLINOIS, US.
Miami, Jun 6 (EFE/EPA).- Chanting "Black Lives Matter," thousands of people took to the streets of the Miami on Saturday to protest the May 25 killing in Minneapolis of African American George Floyd by a white policeman. (Camera: CRISTOBAL HERRERA). SHOT LIST: BLACK LIVES MATTER PROTESTS IN MIAMI, FLORIDA, US.