US antiracism rallies go on for eighth night and show no sign of stopping
Although protests have been largely peaceful during the day, at night crowds have turned to rioting, vandalism, arson and looting
Washington/Minneapolis — Tens of thousands of people defied curfews to take to the streets of US cities on Tuesday for an eighth night of protests over the death of George Floyd, a black man in police custody, as National Guard troops lined the steps of the Lincoln Memorial.
Clashes between protesters and police and looting of some stores in New York City gave way to relative quiet by night's end. In Los Angeles, numerous demonstrators who stayed out after the city's curfew were arrested. But by late evening, conditions were quiet enough that local television stations switched from wall-to-wall coverage back to regular programming...
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