Donald Trump has put the Army on notice to be deployed to US streets for the first time since the 1992 LA riots as Minneapolis erupted for...
Donald Trump has put the Army on notice to be deployed to US streets for the first time since the 1992 LA riots as Minneapolis erupted for the fourth night and violent protests intensified over the killing of George Floyd.
A 19-year-old protester was shot dead in Detroit last night, while soldiers in North Carolina and in New York have been ordered to be ready to move in within four hours and troops in Colorado and Kansas within 24 hours.
Police said the man was killed after shots were fired at a crowd of people near Detroit's Greektown entertainment district last night with dozens of protesters out on the streets, but officers were not involved in the shooting.
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 - many in riot gear - confronted the protesters in the Michigan city and formed lines across streets. Dozens of arrests were made and police said many were not Detroit residents.
By midnight, the crowd had thinned considerably as police shot canisters of gas toward the protesters. The demonstration began earlier in the day and was peaceful as protesters marched by Detroit Police Headquarters.
'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. The number of arrests and injuries is not yet available.
The move to put the Army on a short-term notice comes after the US President asked Defense Secretary Mark Esper for military options in tackling the escalating civil unrest spreading across America, according to sources.
Overnight, Mr Trump also commented on a tweet by Former Democrats for Trump about how Minneapolis was ruled by Democrats, saying: 'Time for a change! #2020', which was retweeted more than 25,000 times.
It comes as violent protests demanding justice for Mr Floyd spread across the US last night, with the CNN headquarters under siege in Atlanta, New York police officers fending off rioters from a police precinct in Brooklyn and the White House forced to go into lockdown as demonstrators tried to scale the walls.
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.
Chaos exploded in Atlanta as demonstrators stormed and destroyed the CNN headquarters and fired a smoke bomb at cops trying to form a barrier to keep them out.
In New York City, shocking footage showed an NYPD officer hurling a female protester to the ground in Brooklyn, while officers defended a police precinct amid fears it would be torched.
The White House was forced to go into temporary lockdown as protesters tried to scale the walls, battled with Secret Service agents and burned American flags outside the seat of the government.
Minneapolis: 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
Minneapolis: A check-cashing business burns to the ground during protests Friday, as the Pentagon puts the military police on alert to send to the ravaged city
Oakland: Protesters smash the window of a Chase bank during protests in Oakland, California, yesterday
Portland: Policemen walk enveloped by teargas in Portland, Oregon, yesterday as violence escalated in the downtown area
Detroit: Police detain and arrest protesters during a series of confrontations in the Michigan city last night
Los Angeles: Protesters light a fire in the middle of the street during a protest in downtown Los Angeles last night
Atlanta: The CNN headquarters bore some of the brunt of the outrage as demonstrators vandalized the media firm's logo, scrawled profanities on the building and smashed up its windows
Atlanta: This came just hours after black CNN reporter Omar Jimenez was arrested on live on air Friday morning by Minnesota State Patrol while covering the Minneapolis protests
Brooklyn, New York: A burning police vehicle near the Barclays Center in the Brooklyn borough
Brooklyn, New York: Thousands of cops took to the streets of Brooklyn in violent clashes with protesters
Washington DC: US Secret Service form a line outside the White House as protesters attempt to breach their barricade
Washington DC: The White House was forced to go into temporary lockdown as protesters tried to scale the walls, battled with Secret Service agents and burned American flags outside the seat of the government
As unrest spread across dozens of American cities Friday, Trump gave the bold order to ready the Army for deployment to Minneapolis.
The get-ready orders were sent verbally Friday, after Trump asked Esper to come up with rapid deployment options if the Minneapolis protests continued to spiral out of control, according to a senior Pentagon official who was on the call.
The last time the White House evoked these powers was in 1992 during the riots in Los Angeles that followed the Rodney King trial.
The National Guard was activated in Georgia late Friday night with as many as 500 troops deployed to Atlanta and a state of emergency issued after rioters destroyed the CNN HQ and looted a luxury shopping mall.
The CNN headquarters bore much of the brunt of the outrage as demonstrators vandalized the media firm's logo, scrawled profanities on the building and smashed up its windows.
A protester reacts standing in front of a burning building set on fire during a demonstration in Minneapolis last night
Detroit police detain and arrest protesters during a series of confrontations in Michigan last night
Detroit police clash with protesters into early this morning during a rally calling for an end to police violence
A fire burns at a gas station in Minneapolis, Minnesota, yesterday with protests ongoing in the state and around the country
A vandalised car is flipped upside down as protesters face off against police in Oakland, California, yesterday
A protester restrains his friend following an incident with police in Detroit, Michigan, last night
Members of the National Guard hold a perimeter as a fire crew works to put out a fire at a gas station in Minneapolis last night
Detroit police detain and arrest protesters during a series of confrontations in Michigan last night
Protesters clash with police in Detroit early this morning during a rally calling for an end to police violence last night
A protester breaks a window of a business during a protest over the death of George Floyd in Los Angeles last night
Police officers move forward to clear the street during a protest over the death of George Floyd in Los Angeles last night
A protester breaks a window with a chair during a protest in downtown Los Angeles last night
Protesters light a fire in the middle of the street during a protest in downtown Los Angeles yesterday
Nathan Kinn gets milk poured in his eyes after being pepper sprayed while demonstrating in Phoenix, Arizona, last night
Protesters face off with police outside the White House in Washington in the early hours of this morning
A standoff between cops and protesters escalated into the night as dozens of cops in riot gear formed a barricade inside the doors while protesters hurled objects at the building.
A smoke bomb was thrown at police at one point and at least one officer was injured after they were struck by a missile of some sort.
This came just hours after black CNN reporter Omar Jimenez was arrested live on air Friday morning by Minnesota State Patrol while covering the Minneapolis protests.
Jimenez was put in handcuffs and led away from his team of producers this morning at 5.11am CT after the team was moved down the street by police in riot gear.
According to one of his colleagues, the crew was told he was being arrested for refusing to move when he'd been told to but he was heard live on air telling officers he was with CNN.
Police officers rush past a burning police vehicle to disperse protesters during a protest in Los Angeles last night
Police walk through fire and smoke as hundreds of people gathered to protest George Floyd's killing in Portland last night
A protester kicks a stone into a burning building set on fire during a demonstration in Minneapolis, Minnesota, last night
Protesters flee after police fired tear gas during a demonstration in Minneapolis, Minnesota, yesterday evening
A protester throws a fire extinguisher in a burning building during a demonstration in Minneapolis last night
Firecrakers explodes as police fire tear gas at protesters from a rooftop during a demonstration in Minneapolis yesterday
Demonstrators burn items in Oakland, California, yesterday while protesting the death of George Floyd
Minneapolis: Protesters pose for photos in front of a burning building near the fifth police precinct in Minneapolis yesterday
Detroit police detain and arrest protesters during a series of confrontations in the Michigan city last night
A protester scrambles to escape a cloud of tear gas in Detroit, Michigan, during the demonstrations last night
Protesters sit in front of a line of police officers in Detroit, Michigan, last night during demonstrations over the death
A Stop N Shop convenience store is destroyed and on fire as the protests continue last night in Minneapolis, Minnesota
Atlanta: A man wearing a 'Purge' mask runs in front of a burning police car
Atlanta: Police cruisers were set on fire as hundreds of protesters took to the streets of Atlanta
Atlanta: A police cruiser is engulfed in flames outside the CNN HQ while protesters watch
Atlanta: Rioters scrawl 'oink' on the windows of the CNN HQ which was under siege Friday night
Atlanta: Protesters burn an American flag outside the CNN Center on Friday
Atlanta: A police car burns after protesters marched to the Georgia State Capitol and returned to the area around the Centennial Olympic Park and CNN center
Atlanta: A man hurls rocks through the windows of the CNN HQ in Georgia
No comments