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Curfews set at U.S. cities for increasing unrest

2020-05-31 09:02:03       source:CGTN

May 31, 2020 


A certain number of cities in the United States have set curfews amid the ongoing protests following the death of unarmed black man George Floyd.


Governors in Georgia, Kentucky, Ohio and Texas activated the National Guard after protests there turned violent overnight, while nighttime curfews were put in place in Portland, Oregon and Cincinnati.


Meanwhile, Minnesota's National Guard was fully activated for the first time since World War Two after four nights of civil unrest that has spread to other cities. The protest wave came following the death of a black man shown on video gasping for breath as a white Minneapolis police officer was seen kneeing on the neck of the African American pinned down to the ground handcuffed.


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