Undeterred by the curfews, protesters returned to the streets of the United States on Tuesday, hours after President Donald Trump pressured governors to end the violence caused by the death of George Floyd and demanded that New York call the National Guard to curb the “malvivientes y fracasados.”
As more protests began to take shape across the country, and cities like Washington were preparing for the possibility of more violence, the president amplified the hard-line calls he made yesterday, in which he threatened to send the army to restore order if the governors did not.
New York City: “Call the National Guard,” the president tweeted. “The poor and the unsuccessful are tearing you apart. Act fast! ”He wrote.
A day after peaceful protesters were dispersed near the White House, thousands of people gathered a block away from the presidential residence, confronting security forces who were standing behind a black metal fence, which was posted overnight to block access to Lafayette Park, located across from the White House.
The “last night took me to the limit,” said Jessica DeMaio, 40, who attended a protest at Floyd’s death on Tuesday for the first time. “Being here is better than being at home feeling helpless.”
The crowd remained at the site after the city’s curfew took effect at 7 p.m., defying warnings that law enforcement response might be even more forceful. But the protest did not have the tension seen in the demonstrations of previous nights. The crowd was peaceful, even polite. At one point, given the crowd, he started booing when a protester got on a light pole and removed a sign from the street. They began to shout: “Peaceful protest!”
There were protests across the United States, including in New York City; The Angels; Houston; St.Paul, Minnesota; Columbia, South Carolina, and Orlando, Florida, where more than 1,000 people gathered in the afternoon to condemn the killings of African-Americans.
More than 20,000 National Guard members have been called in 29 states to deal with violence. New York is not one of them, and Mayor Bill de Blasio has said he doesn’t want the guard.
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