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Bogota mayor Claudia Lopez denounces "the indiscriminate use of force" and the use of firearms by police during violent protests in the Colombian capital and other cities that broke out following the death of a man repeatedly tasered by police, in which seven people were killed and hundreds wounded. SOUNDBITE
Minneapolis, May 29 (EFE/EPA).- Thousands gathered in cities across the United States Friday to protest the death of George Floyd in police custody, after days of vandalism and looting in Minneapolis, where the curfew has now been imposed.In downtown Atlanta, near the headquarters of the CNN television network, groups of protesters smashed store windows, to which the riot police responded with tear gas, according to television broadcasts.Some of the protesters threw rocks at the CNN building and several police vehicles parked outside the premises were also targeted with projectiles, with at least two of them set on fire.Curfew has been imposed until Sunday in the twin cities of Minneapolis and St Paul – separated by the Mississippi river – by their respective mayors in an attempt to control the protests and violence that the region has witnessed during the last three days.The curfew was imposed on Friday after another night of disturbances, with incidents of looting and a police station being set on fire in Minneapolis.(Camera: ALBERT TRAVER)FOOTAGE SHOWS RIOTS IN MINNEAPOLIS, US.
New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio calls on the public to put politics aside while families mourn the deaths of two police officers who were killed by a gunman. Rough Cut (no reporter narration).
New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio calls on the public to put politics aside while families mourn the deaths of two police officers who were killed by a gunman. Rough Cut (no reporter narration).
Trial resumes for Benoit Feuillu and four other alleged organisers of two banned demonstrations in western rural France. The activists argue they fight to preserve water and are opposing large artificials reservoirs or "bassines" which they see as a way to monopolise water resources for the farming industry. in October 2022 and specially, in March 2023, the protests turned into violent clashes with police with many protesters injured. SOUNDBITE
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