PROTESTS SPREAD ACROSS US

FURY ON THE STREETS AS OBJECTIONS WIDEN ACROSS UNITED STATES-

Cities across the United States soldered on Sunday morning after a largely peaceful day of protests collapsed into a night of chaos, destruction, and sporadic violence. The fear and fury that seized Minneapolis, where the death of yet another black man at the hands of the police set off protracted unrest last week, swept well beyond Minnesota. Parts of Los Angeles were ablaze, squad cars and stores were damaged or destroyed in Chicago, gunfire has seen protests echoed through downtown Indianapolis and one American city after another was filled with the smoke, gagging, and vomiting that follows tear gas. Hundreds of people were apprehended across the country as clashes erupted between the police and protesters. In some cities, the officials appeared to fire rubber bullets and other projectiles with small or no provocation. In New York City, two police vehicles surged ahead into a crowd of demonstrators, some of whom were blocking the way and pelting the cars with debris. At least 75 cities have seen objections in current days, and mayors in more than two dozen cities imposed curfews. Saturday upheaval was the fifth day of outrage since George Floyd died while in police custody in Minneapolis on Monday. Coming after months of limitations to limit the coronavirus pandemic and the deep economic slowdown they have caused, with 40 million people out of work, the video of Mr. Floyd's passing brought a renewed outpouring of pain over imbalance and maltreatment. Despite images of fires lighting up the night sky and lawlessness that frightened to overwhelm many of the nation's police forces, many protesters were not seeking physical confrontation, but rather venting deep frustration and calling for change. Just exterior the White House's fence line, fumes filled the air for a second night after President Trump continued to send conflicting and often divisive messages.

PROTESTS SPREAD BEYOND UNITED STATES-

Hundreds of protesters gathered in Trafalgar Square in central London on Sunday afternoon and marched toward the US Embassy, the most visible sign so far of popular support overseas for the protests across the US against police killings of black people. Holdings signs and clapping their hands, the protesters gathered in the square in defiance of stay at home restrictions in effect across Britain to fight the coronavirus pandemic.