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| George Floyd protests: anti-racism demonstrations enter second week – live | George Floyd protests: anti-racism demonstrations enter second week – live |
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| Peaceful protests sweep US as calls for racial justice reach new heights | Peaceful protests sweep US as calls for racial justice reach new heights |
| “They were 48 minutes of mayhem that shook the republic,” writes my colleague David Smith of US president Donald Trump’s photo-op at St John’s church in Washington DC, in a piece published today. | |
| You can read the full story here: | |
| Hello, welcome to our live coverage of the ongoing protests against racism and police brutality in the US and around the world, now into their second week since the killing of George Floyd in Minneapolis on 25 May. | Hello, welcome to our live coverage of the ongoing protests against racism and police brutality in the US and around the world, now into their second week since the killing of George Floyd in Minneapolis on 25 May. |
| On Saturday, hundreds of thousands of Americans took to the streets, in big cities and small towns, from coast to coast, marking one of the the largest and widest mobilisations yet. | On Saturday, hundreds of thousands of Americans took to the streets, in big cities and small towns, from coast to coast, marking one of the the largest and widest mobilisations yet. |
| You can read our wrap of the day here: | You can read our wrap of the day here: |
| The demonstrations have continued into the early morning in some places on the west coast including in Seattle, one of the few cities to witness clashes between police and protesters on Saturday. Officers are reported to have fired stun grenades to disperse protesters and say they were targeted with rocks, bottles and improvised explosives. Journalists at the scene say there is an uneasy standoff between the two lines now but no violent flare ups. | The demonstrations have continued into the early morning in some places on the west coast including in Seattle, one of the few cities to witness clashes between police and protesters on Saturday. Officers are reported to have fired stun grenades to disperse protesters and say they were targeted with rocks, bottles and improvised explosives. Journalists at the scene say there is an uneasy standoff between the two lines now but no violent flare ups. |