Latest on nationwide protests: — Independent autopsy says George Floyd died from asphyxia. — Seattle instituting another curfew. — NYC curfew to begin at 11 p.m. — One dead from police shooting in Louisville, police chief fired.
4 p.m.: NYC curfew to begin at 11 p.m.
More than 250 people were arrested during protests overnight Sunday in New York City, which included significant looting, vandalism and theft of luxury stores in the Soho neighborhood.A ransacked Coach store is shown in the SoHo neighborhood of New York City, June 1, 2020.A passerby photographs a smashed Dolce and Gabbana store window in the SoHo neighborhood of New York City, June 1, 2020.
A looted and destroyed shop is seen after a night of protest over the death of African-American man George Floyd in Minneapolis on June 1, 2020 in Lower Manhattan in New York City."We're seeing a lot of outside and independent agitators connected with anarchist groups who are deliberately trying to provoke acts of violence," Deputy Police Commissioner John Miller said on Sunday.
The NYPD overall"showed restraint" as they worked to keep the peace and allow demonstrators to continue to protest on Sunday, the mayor said. "Not acceptable," the mayor said, stressing that there's "no situation where a police vehicle should drive into a crowd of protesters or New Yorkers."De Blasio also called for the officer who pulled a gun on a group of protesters to be fired.
Denver Police Chief Paul Pazen bumps elbows with a protester during a "Justice 4 Floyd" march, May 31, 2020, in Denver, Colorado."[I told him] I would stand with him and I would do the hard work with him moving forward," Pazen said."This is not acceptable. We cannot continue down this path. And if it means coming together and having those hard conversations, getting into some heavy lifts, then our commitment is to do that.
Floyd's family is calling for the arrest of the three other officers at the scene and for a first-degree murder charge for Derek Chauvin, the since-fired officer who pinned Floyd to the ground. Most of the injuries came from projectiles being thrown at officers; they were hit with bricks, urine bottles and petroleum-based substances, Sgt. Eduardo Delgado, spokesman for the Park Service, told ABC News.Police arrested 88 people related to the violent demonstrations Sunday night, Metropolitan Police Chief Peter Newsham said. Of those, 44 were charged with felony rioting.
The additional forces will be unarmed and in a support role to U.S. Park police and that they will be equipped in protective riot gear, Clapper said. Police arrest people amid demonstrations and some ransacking in the aftermath of George Floyds death, May 31, 2020 in Santa Monica, California.Charges included looting, violating curfew, burglary and assault with a deadly weapon, officials said.
A U.S. National Guard soldier walks on patrol in the aftermath of George Floyds death after looting occurred in the area amid demonstrations, May 31, 2020, in Santa Monica, California. A mourner cries as she visits a makeshift memorial for George Floyd on the corner of Chicago Avenue and East 38th Street, May 31, 2020, in Minneapolis.
A crowd marches to protest the death of George Ford on the I-35W bridge over the Mississippi River, May 31, 2020 in Minneapolis, Minnesota. It does not appear that the truck driver headed toward the protesters intentionally, Harrington said. A demonstrator sits by her sign reading "Silence Promotes Violence" outside of the state capital building guarded by National Guards and State Patrol, May 31, 2020 in Saint Paul, Minnesota.
Demonstrators march on I- 35 while participating in a protest against police brutality and the death of George Floyd, May 31, 2020, in St. Paul, Minnesota. People attend a protest amid nationwide unrest following the death in Minneapolis police custody of George Floyd, in Miami, May 31, 2020. Derek Chauvin, the officer accused of killing George Floyd, is now in custody at the state prison in Oak Park Heights, Minnesota, said Minnesota Department of Corrections Commissioner Paul Schnell.
Video showed a Florida Highway Patrol trooper in Miami detach himself from a security line to offer a hug to a woman sitting on a motor scooter, who said,"I appreciate your patience" after troopers remained calm when protesters approached them.In New York City's Foley Square, a cheer went up among protesters when a group of NYPD officers took a knee in a show of solidarity.
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