{"id":14886,"date":"2020-06-01T11:55:01","date_gmt":"2020-06-01T06:55:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.vosa.tv\/?p=14886"},"modified":"2020-06-01T11:55:01","modified_gmt":"2020-06-01T06:55:01","slug":"us-capital-marks-third-day-of-george-floyd-protests","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.vosa.tv\/eng\/archives\/14886","title":{"rendered":"US capital marks third day of George Floyd protests"},"content":{"rendered":"

WASHINGTON<\/strong><\/p>\n

Lafayette Park across from the White House became the focal point Sunday of protests over the murder of George Floyd as the nation\u2019s capital saw a third day of demonstrations.<\/p>\n

Protestors began flocking to the scene earlier in the day and numbered over a thousand by nightfall.<\/p>\n

The demonstrators, including White, Black and Hispanic Americans and Muslims, chanted “I can’t breathe,” “Hands up, Don’t shoot!,” “No Justice, No Peace” and “Black Lives Matter.”<\/p>\n

At some moments, police behind a security barricade stepped back and protestors cheered, while other times, they approached the barricade to push back the demonstrators using pepper spray, raising a furor.<\/p>\n

Despite being mostly peaceful protests, by late evening, police used flash bangs to disperse the demonstrators and block them from marching towards the White House.<\/p>\n

On Saturday, protestors clashed with police, damaged three police SUVs and burned a civilian SUV in the vicinity of Lafayette Park. The first protests erupted on Friday.<\/p>\n

They demanded an end to police brutality and justice for Floyd as violent demonstrations gripped the country, with reported looting, arsons and fierce clashes with law enforcement officers.<\/p>\n

The death of the unarmed black man in Minneapolis police custody prompted tens of thousands of people to take to the streets of major cities from Seattle to New York.<\/p>\n

In the hope of quelling the protests, Washington, D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser has imposed a citywide nighttime curfew, saying it will go into effect at 11 p.m. Sunday and will last through 6 a.m. Monday.<\/p>\n

Chacajua James, a DC resident, told Anadolu Agency that she has been witnessing police violence in her neighborhood every day.<\/p>\n

“I am tired of it. I am tired,” she said, breaking into tears. “They are killing us. I want change, change of the system. I don’t want riots.”<\/p>\n

She said she was proud of the nationwide protests and pleased to see people from all walks of life joining them.<\/p>\n

“I am here for justice,” Kaila Park, 20, another DC resident, told Anadolu Agency.<\/p>\n

Floyd, 46, died after police officer Derek Chauvin knelt on his neck for nearly nine minutes. His last words were “I can’t breathe,” which became the slogan of the nationwide protests.<\/p>\n

His death has strong parallels to that of Eric Garner, who died during a 2014 arrest in New York, also repeatedly pleading with officers, “I can’t breathe.”<\/p>\n

The phrase became a rallying point for protesters demonstrating against the killings of unarmed black men and women by police. It has continued to resonate nearly six years later.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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