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Miami, May 31 (EFE/EPA).- Thousands of people gathered in Miami on Sunday to protest police brutality after the death last week of a black man arrested by white cops in Minneapolis. Local authorities imposed curfews in 25 cities in 16 states and some 5,000 National Guard troops were deployed at various sites in 15 states and the District of Columbia, with their prospective efforts to maintain order being praised by President Donald Trump. According to CNN, among the cities imposing nighttime curfews on Sunday are Los Angeles, Denver, Miami, Atlanta, Chicago, Louisville, Rochester, Cleveland, Portland, Philadelphia, Pittsburgh, Charleston, Nashville, Salt Lake City and Seattle. (Camera: CRISTOBAL HERRERA). SHOT LIST: PROTESTS AND MARCH OVER THE DEATH OF GEORGE FLOYD IN MIAMI, FLORIDA, US.
Thousands of protesters flooded the streets of London on Friday to protest against police brutality under the Black Lives Matter slogan following the deadly shootings of Alton Sterling and Philando Castile in the United States last week. Demonstrators blocked traffic at the capital's Oxford Circus high street, before marching to the BBC headquarters and the American embassy.
Loud chants of Black Lives Matter rang through the air in New York City on Sunday as thousands came out in protest againt police brutality and unjust killings of black males in the United States. Protests erupted across the US after two amateur videos emerged showing police fatally shooting two different black men in the span of 48 hours.
Protesters march against police brutality in Minneapolis, after the police officer charged with killing George Floyd, the African American whose death sparked a mass protest movement, was released from a Minnesota jail on Wednesday on a $1 million bail.
At least tens of thousands and possibly more Belarusian protesters stage a peaceful march in the capital Minsk, keeping the pressure on strongman Alexander Lukashenko who has refused to quit after his disputed re-election, turning instead to Russia for help to stay in power. IMAGES
Protesters and relatives of people who died as a result of police violence chant slogans in the streets of New York as part of the 'Take Your Knee Off Our Necks' March, which will end up at Trump Tower. IMAGES