Sunday, May 31, 2020
White House News (白宮消息) | May 31, 2020
George Floyd protests – live: Police cars and buildings torched as violent clashes reach Trump Tower and White House on fifth night of unrestNational Guard marches through a quiet residential neighborhood in #Minneapolis, screaming at citizens to get inside.— Chad Loder (@chadloder) May 31, 2020
Soldiers stop to point their guns at residents on their balcony.
They yell “LIGHT THEM UP” as they fire riot control rounds at them.pic.twitter.com/NAsCxmeBlp
May 31 - Tense protests over the death of George Floyd raged for a fifth consecutive night on Saturday in cities across the US, from Philadelphia to Los Angeles, with police cars set ablaze and reports of injuries mounting on all sides.
The demonstrations, which began in Minneapolis following Floyd’s death on Monday when a police officer pressed a knee onto his neck until he stopped breathing, have become a national phenomenon as protesters decry years of police brutality against African Americans.
The violent clashes between activists and law enforcement reached the White House and the doors of Trump Towers in New York and Chicago on Saturday night after Donald Trump inflamed the situation with tweets threatening “vicious” retribution... more
May 31 - Authorities in Minneapolis deployed the National Guard on Saturday to deal with protests and riots in the city, determined to avoid the scenes of looting and destruction from the night before. Their tactics were aggressive, as this video below shows, with guardsmen marching through residential neighbourhoods ordering people to go inside their homes – and firing non-lethal rounds at them if they failed to comply. This footage, not usually the kind associated with American cities, is being widely shared. more coming up!
Saturday, May 30, 2020
White House News (白宮消息) | May 30, 2020
May 30 - ..."Chauvin and three other police officers involved in Floyd's arrest have been fired as protests rage across the United States.
Chauvin was charged with third-degree murder and manslaughter after enough evidence was gathered to prove the case beyond a reasonable doubt, Hennepin County Attorney Mike Freeman said today." source
Chauvin was charged with third-degree murder and manslaughter after enough evidence was gathered to prove the case beyond a reasonable doubt, Hennepin County Attorney Mike Freeman said today." source
George Floyd death: Arrested Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin's wife announces she is leaving him, via @nzherald https://t.co/3tXa4mXY8T— Yaolee Chen (@yaoleechen) May 30, 2020
May 29, 2020
President Trump News Conference
President Trump delivered a statement in the White House Rose Garden announcing that the U.S. is terminating its relationship with the World Health Organization and redirecting funds for public health needs. He took no questions from reporters.
Friday, May 29, 2020
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