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Floyd is scheduled to be buried next Tuesday
10:35 p.m .: Floyd family lawyer Ben Crump has announced the date of George Floyd’s funeral. It is planned that Floyd will be buried in Houston, Texas next Tuesday, he said. There will be a commemorative event in Minneapolis – Floyd’s adopted home – this Thursday. Floyd had grown up in Houston.
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Houston’s chief of police to Trump: “Shut up”
10:31 p.m .: Houston’s chief of police, Art Acevedo, has sharply criticized President Donald Trump’s handling of the protests. “On behalf of the country’s police chiefs, let me just say one thing to the President of the United States: Please, if you have nothing constructive to say, shut up.” That is one of the basic principles of leadership and the United States now needs leadership more than ever.
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According to media reports, Trump is said to have called on governors to act harder in a conference call. The governors would have to “dominate”, Trump said at the switch, according to a report by the broadcaster CBS, which it said it had recorded the conversation. The governors were also encouraged to arrange for arrests and laws against burning flags.
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Acevedo accused Trump of endangering the protesters with his behavior. It’s not about dominating, it’s about winning people’s hearts and minds. “We don’t want people to confuse kindness with weakness. But we also don’t want ignorance to ruin what we have here in Houston.” The police chief called on the people at the Presidential election choose to go in the fall.
The US government has announced plans to send additional support across the country in response to the protests. There is evidence that the Antifa movement is behind the riots, it said.
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New York imposes curfew
10:22 p.m .: The city of New York imposes a curfew from 11 p.m. Governor Andrew Cuomo and Mayor Bill de Blasio announced that it should last until five in the morning. Previously had numerous US cities curfews due to ongoing protests.
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De Blasio wrote on Twitter to support and protect the peaceful protest in the city. The demonstrations are mostly peaceful. But one cannot allow violence to undermine the statements of the protests. The police presence will be increased.
George Floyd’s brother calls for violent protests to end
9.47 p.m.: George Floyd’s brother, Terrence Floyd, has called for an end to violence in the US protests. The demonstrations should be peaceful, Terrence Floyd said at a vigil for his brother in Minneapolis. George Floyd would not have wanted violence. Terrence Floyd called to vote. In the US stand in November Presidential election at.
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Floyd’s son Quincy Mason previously had Floyd the demonstrators askedto stay peaceful. Another brother of George Floyd, Philonise Floyd, said on Sunday CNN that the other three police officers who were involved and did not intervene had to be arrested. “I want justice – now.”
Washington extends and extends curfew
9.44 p.m .: In the face of renewed riots near the White House, the curfew in the US capital Washington has been extended and expanded. Mayor Muriel Bowser announced an exit ban on Monday from 7:00 p.m. to Tuesday morning. The lock will also apply on Wednesday night. Bowser said people have the right to peaceful protests. Looting and breaking windows should not be allowed.
On Sunday, demonstrators clashed with the police near the White House for the second consecutive evening. Rioters set fire to cars and smashed shop windows. Police chief Peter Newsham said at least 88 people were arrested.
Autopsy on behalf of Floyd’s family charges police officers
9:18 pm: The lawyer for George Floyd’s family makes serious allegations against the police officers, who died in the use of the 46-year-old. An autopsy on behalf of the family revealed that Floyd had died of “suffocation from neck and back compression,” said Benjamin Crump. The blood supply to the brain was interrupted and the weight on Floyd’s back made breathing difficult.
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Crump not only burdens the officer who knelt on Floyd’s neck for minutes, but also two other police officers. A total of four police officers were involved in the operation, two are said to have kneeled on Floyd’s back. Crump called for the arrest of all police officers involved. The four have already been released.
The results of the autopsy differ from the results of the official autopsy as they in an arrest warrant against a police officer involved have been described. There it is said that according to preliminary findings, Floyd has not suffocated. Instead, the 46-year-old suffered from health problems that, in connection with the fixing and possible intoxicants in the blood, would probably have led to death.
New York Mayor After Daughter Arrested: “Proud of Her”
8:58 pm: New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio has demonstratively backed his daughter, who was arrested in mass protests following the death of African American George Floyd. “I love my daughter very much, I adore her. She is such a good person, she only wants to do good in the world, she wants to see a better and more peaceful world,” said the mayor on Monday. “She believes that we need a lot of change. I am proud of her that it is so important to her that she was ready to go out and do something about it.”
The 25-year-old Chiara de Blasio, daughter of white de Blasio and his African-American wife Chirlane McCray, was temporarily arrested during a nightly Sunday protest in New York City for illegal gathering. His daughter told him that she thought that she had acted according to the instructions from the police, de Blasio said. “She made it very clear that she protested peacefully and did nothing to provoke a negative response.”
Is the curfew in New York?
8:53 p.m .: Once again after the death of African American George Floyd as a result of a brutal police operation, thousands of people in the United States demonstrated against police violence and racism – including in New York. A night curfew is now being considered in the metropolis. “We have to see this as an opportunity,” said Mayor Bill de Blasio. Governor Andrew Cuomo also said he wanted to talk to the mayor about it.
The protests were triggered by the death of 46-year-old Floyd during a police operation in Minneapolis, Minnesota on Monday last week. At least 40 cities in the U.S. already have nocturnal ones Curfews imposed.
Mass protests had already taken place in New York for the fourth consecutive night. Up to 6,000 people took part in the protests, particularly in the Manhattan and Brooklyn districts, according to local media, citing authorities. Most of the protests were peaceful. However, some demonstrators would have thrown glass bottles and rubbish on police officers, smashed window panes, looted shops, set cars on fire and set fire to trash cans. The Manhattan Bridge between Brooklyn and Manhattan has been temporarily closed.
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“Last night was not a good one,” said Governor Cuomo. “It was just negative. It didn’t advance a positive reform agenda, it was bad for the city and bad for the fight against Covid-19.” In the metropolis of millions affected by the coronavirus pandemic New York The first restrictions are to be relaxed on June 8, after the number of new infections has recently continued to fall. That shouldn’t be jeopardized by mass gatherings, Cuomo said. “Protest – but make it smart.”
He condemned the demonstrators ‘violence, but also said that some actions by police officers further fueled the demonstrators’ anger. This is now being investigated by the public prosecutor.
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