Five US police officers shot and wounded as Trump deepens outrage by threatening to bring in military to quell protests, and posing at church holding a Bible
A man gets on his knees in front of police officers during a protest against the death in Minneapolis police custody of African-American man George Floyd, in St Louis, Missouri, US, June 1, 2020.
The US Secret Service, charged with protecting the president, on Tuesday closed down until further notice the streets around the White House, media reports said. A police officer was shot during protests in Las Vegas, police there said in a statement. Another officer was "involved in a shooting" in the same area, the police said.
But, with marches and rallies for racial equality and against police brutality having turned violent late each day in the last week, he said rightful protests could not be drowned out by an "angry mob." Democratic Illinois Governor J B Pritzker on Tuesday urged patience, saying Americans could work through these tough issues. He pledged to take legal action if Trump carried out his military threat.
"In so doing, he used a church building and the Holy Bible for partisan political purposes," he said on Twitter. The church suffered minor fire damage during protests on Sunday night.In New York, TV images showed crowds smashing windows and looting luxury stores along Fifth Avenue in Manhattan before the city's 11 pm [local time] curfew. Mayor Bill de Blasio said the curfew would be moved to 8 pm on Tuesday.
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