奥地利爆发抗议 美国多地爆发抗议活动

美国多地爆发抗议活动  

Protests erupted in cities across the United States on Friday and Saturday over the death in police custody of Gee Floyd.
The violence－which included looting
the setting of fires and at least five deaths－led governors to deploy National Guard troops in states including Minnesota
Geia
Ohio
Colorado
Wisconsin
Kentucky
Utah and Texas
as well as Washington
DC
as of Saturday evening.
The National Guard was activated in the nation's capital to assist police officers handling protests around the White House
according to a statement by the DC National Guard.
据华盛顿特区国民警卫队发表的一份声明，国民警卫队在美国首都华盛顿出动，协助警察处理白宫周围的抗议活动。
"The DCNG is always ready to assist district and federal agencies to protect human life and property
" Major General William Walker said in the statement.
More than 25 cities in 16 states had imposed curfews as of Saturday.
Floyd
who was black
died after police officer Derek Chauvin
who is white
pressed his knee against Floyd's neck for nearly nine minutes while Floyd was pinned to the ground following his arrest on May 25 in Minneapolis
Minnesota.
Chauvin was fired on Tuesday along with the three other officers involved in the incident. He was taken into custody on Friday and charged with third-degree murder and manslaughter.
Floyd's death fueled anger across the nation. Protests first turned violent in Minneapolis on Wednesday and Thursday
resulting in looting and burning.
Despite mobilization of the National Guard
Minneapolis saw more violence
clashes with police and destruction of property on Friday night.
Violent protests erupted in many other cities also and continued into the weekend.
In St. Louis
Missouri
one protester died after being caught beeen the o trailers of a truck as it drove away
the St. Louis Post-Dispatch reported.
In Oakland
California
an estimated 7
000 people gathered outside the City's police headquarters on Friday
and vandalism
looting and arson were reported across the city.
Also in Oakland
one federal security officer was fatally shot and another critically wounded a few blocks away from an anti-police protest on Friday night in what Department of Homeland Security officials described as an act of domestic terrorism
according to The Mercury News.
The officials said at a news conference on Saturday that the o federal protective officers were targeted by an "assassin" outside the Ronald V. Dellums Federal Building.
In Indianapolis
Indiana
authorities were investigating "multiple shootings"
including one that left a person dead
on Saturday amid protests
the Associated Press reported. Police later eeted that no officers were involved.
In Detroit
Michigan
a 21-year-old man died after being shot during protests late on Friday
the city's police department said
according to CNN. A police statement said an unknown suspect fired shots into a vehicle and the victim later died at a hospital.
On Wednesday
one person died in Minneapolis during a protest.
In Atlanta
the CNN building was among properties vandalized by protesters on Friday evening. Geia Governor Brian Kemp eeted on Friday night that he had declared a state of emergency and activated the Geia National Guard to "protect people and property" following a request from Atlanta Mayor Keisha Bottoms.
Mayor Ted Wheeler of Portland
Oregon
who was out of town to attend to his dying mother
had to return to the city on Friday to deal with the violence.
"Burning buildings with people inside
stealing from small and large businesses
threatening and harassing reporters. All in the middle of a pandemic where people have already lost everything. This isn't calling for meaningful change in our munities
this is disgusting
" Wheeler eeted.
In Philadelphia
13 police officers were injured by protesters and at least four police cars were set on fire. At least six people were arrested.
In New York City
trash was set on fire and a police van was attacked by people who sprayed paint on it and broke the windows. The New York Police Department had made more than o dozen arrests related to the protests by Saturday evening.
In Los Angeles
a police car was set on fire on Saturday afternoon. Police were seen swinging batons and firing rubber bullets at protesters as they tried to push back demonstrators.
In Houston
where Floyd grew up
protests also turned violent on Friday night. Police officers were injured and more than 100 people were arrested.
Houston Mayor Sylvester Turner activated the city's Office of Emergency Management to ensure that employees in various offices were prepared to respond. Texas Governor Greg Abbott deployed 1
500 Department of Public Safety officers to four Texas cities
including Houston.
Minnesota Governor Tim Walz urged residents to stay home during a briefing on Saturday. He activated the Minnesota National Guard and declared an 8 pm curfew.
Walz said a spike in COVID-19 cases is likely following the protests of the past few days.