
Protesters started fires near the White House as tensions with police mounted during a third night of demonstrations in response to the killing of George Floyd by a white police officer in Minnesota. An hour before the 11pm curfew (4am UK time) police fired a major barrage of tear gas stun grenades into the crowd of more than 1,000 people across the street from the White House, scattering protesters into the street. Protesters piled up road signs and plastic barriers and lit a raging fire in the middle of H Street. Some pulled an American flag from a nearby building and threw it into the flames. Others added branches pulled from trees. An aerial picture posted to Twitter showed streets surrounding the White House ablaze. At least 4,100 people have been arrested over days of protests across the country since George Floyd’s death last Monday, according to a tally compiled by The Associated Press. Floyd’s death at the hands of police brutality sparked peaceful protests – some of which turned violent as demonstrators were targeted by police – across the US.
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