The United States President, Donald Trump, has announced plan to deploy soldiers to US streets to restore peace in Minneapolis.
This was disclosed on Friday May 29, 2020, following eruption violent protests demanding justice for the killing of George Floyd.
Meanwhile, it was reported that a 19-year-old protester was shot dead in Detroit after shots were fired at a crowd of people near Detroit’s Greektown entertainment district.
“The suspect pulled up to the crowd in a Dodge Durango and fired shots at around 11.30pm, and the man was pronounced dead in hospital.
“No details about who fired the shots were immediately available,” police said.
Crowds took to the streets in the city after former officer Derek Chauvin was charged with murder over the death of Mr Floyd, a black man who was handcuffed and pleaded for air as an officer pressed his knee on his neck.
In Detroit last night, officers fronted the protesters in the Michigan city and formed lines across streets. Dozens of arrests were made and police said many were not Detroit residents.
“We know that the individuals from outside the city of Detroit who converged at the protest location don’t represent this city,” Police Chief James Craig said.
Looting and fires broke out again in Minneapolis as protesters defied the state curfew and the National Guard failed to keep the city under control.
The protests have now reached all corners of America with break-off demonstrations springing up across states including New York, Kentucky, Texas, Georgia as the arrest of the white cop who knelt on Mr Floyd’s neck has done little to quell the anger over the black man’s death.
