MOSCOW (Sputnik) – Atlanta and Chicago in the United States extended night curfews on Sunday to stem rioting that broke out after the in-custody death of George Floyd.<\/b>
\nThe curfew in the city of Atlanta has been extended starting tonight, May 31,2020 at 9 P. M. and continuing through sunrise tomorrow June 1,2020. Please stay home. pic.twitter.com\/V6AWCSiD0A
Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot said that, in addition to indefinitely extending the curfew, she had asked Illinois Governor JB Pritzker to send in National Guard forces to help city police.
„In addition to our 9pm-6am curfew that will remain in place until further notice, Governor Pritzker\u2014at my request\u2014has ordered a small contingent of the National Guard to maintain a limited presence and support our police in order to ensure we don\u2019t have a repeat of last night.“
Multiple cities across the US saw the fifth night of protests on Saturday sparked by Floyd’s death at the hands of a police officer in the city of Minneapolis. Thousands defied curfews, smashing windows, looting stores, and burning cars.
Video outside the Governors mansion in #Atlanta. #AtlantaRiots#AtlantaProtestspic.twitter.com\/2UeI5kUph5
Tak wygl\u0105da\u0142 dzisiaj protest w Chicago. Nic wi\u0119cej nie mam do dodania. #BLACK_LIVES_MATTERpic.twitter.com\/ulHhZfPzI9
Pol\u00edce cars destroyed by the protesters in Chicago, Yesterday in Chicago. Carros de pol\u00edcia destru\u00eddos pelos manifestantes. Ontem em Chicago #chicagoprotestspic.twitter.com\/DFnsFCnpip
The National Guard has been activated in Minnesota, Georgia, Kentucky, Wisconsin, Colorado, Ohio, Tennessee, and Utah, and other US states.<\/p>\n