In the area of Washington has deployed military
About 1, 6 thousand soldiers deployed in the vicinity of the US capital, where protests erupted in connection with the death of the African-American George Floyd, reports Reuters referring to the official envoy of the Pentagon, Jonathan Hoffman.
According to the envoy of the Pentagon, the Soldiers are "in a state of high alert," but does not provide assistance to civil authorities.
first journalist Last news said that on Tuesday evening, despite the curfew, the White house there were protesters, who chanted various slogans, and among them calling for the resignation of the President of the United States Donald trump.
The head of the White house called to his Twitter Washington " the safest place on earth." According to the police of the American capital, as a result of riots during the first evening of the week, was burned one police car was damaged two guards, the Rioting got busted About 300 people.
The riots in American cities erupted after the death in Minneapolis of the African-American George Floyd during the arrest by law enforcement. In the Internet appeared the footage, which shows that the man was handcuffed, knocked him down, one of the guards stepped on his knee on the neck.
in the video, the detainee several times says that he can not breathe, then fades. He later died in intensive care. The official forensic results have confirmed that Floyd died of strangulation.
Four law enforcement officers fired, one of them was charged with involuntary manslaughter. In the US capital and other cities said curfew.
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