Our reporters and photographers are on the ground at protests in cities across the country. Here’s what they’re seeing.
Demonstrations are under way for the ninth straight day in the U. S., with large crowds already gathering in New York, Washington and Minneapolis to protest the death of George Floyd while in police custody.
Earlier in the day, three more of those officers were charged in Mr. Floyd’s death, and a higher charge was added to those already lodged against Derek Chauvin, who held his knee to Mr. Floyd’s neck for nearly nine minutes.
Our reporters and photographers are on the ground at protests in cities across the country. Here’s what they, and others, are seeing:
ByThe Associated Press
Police Chief Jami Resch appealed to Portland residents for help navigating the tension between the massive peaceful demonstrations and the violence and chaos that has followed the past few nights.
On Tuesday, more than 10,000 people demonstrated peacefully in Portland — one of the country’s largest protests — before violence broke out.
“We have to collectively come together to stop those who are holding our city with violence.… Every night, we are using all our resources and it is still not enough.”
The New York Times
Jim Mattis, the former secretary of defense during the first two years of the Trump administration, released an extraordinary statement condemning President Trump’s use of the military against peaceful protesters:
Never did I dream that troops taking that same oath would be ordered under any circumstance to violate the Constitutional rights of their fellow citizens — much less to provide a bizarre photo op for the elected commander-in-chief, with military leadership standing alongside.
