Almost 40 cities and Washington D.C. across the face of United States have imposed curfews on Sunday amid the relentless protests against the death of George Floyd, an African-American man, in police custody. According to the latest reposts of CNN, 40 cities have decided to impose curfews with almost 5,000 National Guard members have been deployed in 15 states and Washington, DC with another 2,000 prepared to act if needed indeed. Robert O'Brien, the US National security adviser, had earlier claimed that systemic racism exists across the American police forces. Soon after Floyd's death in police custody last Monday, the twin cities of Minneapolis and St. Paul erupted in massive protests. Protesters also torched the 3rd Precinct station, the focus of many of the protests, which was abandoned before the angry crowd surrounded the building.

Source: dna June 01, 2020 04:30 UTC