Large marches took place in many cities, including Los Angeles, Philadelphia, Atlanta and Seattle
This translation has been automatically generated and has not been verified for accuracy.Tens of thousands of people took to the streets of U.S. cities on Tuesday for an eighth consecutive night of protests over the death of a black man in police custody, clashing with police and looting stores in New York City.
Outside the U.S. Capitol building on Tuesday afternoon a throng took to one knee, chanting “silence is violence” and “no justice, no peace,” as officers faced them just before the government-imposed curfew. The crowd, halted at an entrance to the Manhattan Bridge roadway, chanted at riot police: “Walk with us! Walk with us.”
Hundreds of protesters also gathered in Denver and Seattle but remained peaceful as darkness fell in the West. A Reuters/Ipsos poll released on Tuesday found a majority of Americans sympathize with the protests. In Minneapolis, Roxie Washington, mother of Floyd’s 6-year-old daughter, Gianna, told a news conference he was a good man. “I want everybody to know that this is what those officers took from me….,” she said, sobbing. “Gianna does not have a father. He will never see her grow up, graduate.”
The head of the U.S. National Guard said on Tuesday 18,000 Guard members were assisting local law enforcement in 29 states.Trump’s militaristic rhetoric and the growing role of the U.S. armed forces has alarmed some current and former officials.
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