After hours of peaceful protest in Atlanta following the killing of George Floyd, some demonstrators suddenly turned violent, injuring 3 officers. An initially peaceful demonstration in NYC spiraled into chaos as protesters also skirmished with police.
Protesters gathered outside the White House, with President Donald Trump inside, and some tried to push through barriers set up by the U.S. Secret Service along Pennsylvania Avenue.
In Brooklyn, activists who had marched from Manhattan chanted insults at officers lined up outside the Barclays Center and pelted them with water bottles. Police sprayed an eye-irritating chemical into the largely diverse crowd multiple times, then cleared the plaza. The police department said numerous officers were injured, including one who had a tooth knocked out.
In Houston, where George Floyd grew up, several thousand people rallied in front of City Hall. Among them was 19-year-old Jimmy Ohaz, who came from the nearby city of Richmond, Texas. About 1,000 protesters gathered in Oakland at a demonstration billed on social media as a rally to “F the police.” They smashed windows, sprayed buildings with “Kill Cops” graffiti and were met with chemical spray from police. Oakland Police were notifying a crowd that the demonstrationwas an unlawful assembly. Authorities said officers were injured when projectiles were thrown and that they were asking people to leave the area.
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