Been happening is during the day weve had peaceful protests in the evening after curfew things tend to get a little more raucous and it is after that last night that the presence of the National Guard was really felt now theyre not the frontline troops what what they do it with a fountain of them now added a total of 1700. 00 they troll the perimeter as they escort fire trucks that sort of thing that frees up the police to control the crowds and the police have been unable to do that for several nights so youve seen fires and looting late at night but last night an hour after curfew the police moved in heavy heavy use of tear gas and rubber bullets we got a whiff of that and saw some of those rubber pellets whiz past us as that happened took about 15 minutes for them to clear a space where thousands of protesters had gathered and then police pretty much held the night from there on there were no large gatherings that we could see or that we saw reported after that so the presence of th
With many people saying the poorest are suffering from lockdowns alexy obrien has more. In ecuador they marched in defiance of the lockdown angry over government cuts to jobs and salaries brought in to tackle the pandemic. The mayor of the capital quito had asked the crowds to stay home because of the risk of infection but these protesters believe the stakes are too high and there are more we have no fear of contagion on the contrary we were afraid of the hunger that our comrades and hundreds of family members who live jobless will go through. This anger too in chile where demonstrators have pleaded for help saying they dont have enough food. This is not legal but its the only way to make them listen to us to protest and to create barricades chiles president Sebastian Pinera has warned the Health System is reaching its limits theres been a rapid increase in infections in recent days with a new Field Hospital opened to help ease the strain on facilities. Hospitals in brazil are also ove
Prodemocracy slogans and insults at them emotional others not everyone is against them though. Im from china and i support the police screams this woman whos from the mainland the protest is intended target was hong kongs Legislative Assembly but a heavy security presence prevented their attempts to reach the building inside legislators were debating a bill that would punish those who disrespect the National Anthem. This is what supporters of the bill want to stop the booing that drowned out the march of the volunteers before a recent football match those convicted under the planned law would face a fine of more than 6 and a half 1000. 00 and up to 3 years in jail there were many arrests on wednesday with at least one as young as 14 years old detentions that could now Risk University and Career Prospects opponents of this National Anthem will call it another float on the funds freedom and he comes ahead of a move by Chinas Parliament to impose a new National Security law on this city.
A curfew was supposed to look like few people on the street few cars in relative quiet but it was a far cry from that just hours ago. Police and demonstrators faced off in an area they have been trading control of a night ago the police controlled an intersection behind me and then demonstrators took it over in the day well in the evening the police came back in force marching toward the protesters shooting pellets and firing tear gas it all took about 15 minutes to disperse the crowd we spoke to some of the protesters and this is what they had to say they treated state drawing gas so lets not go. As a ripple it got picked up in the. Right. You know we need our justice we need our justice the city would not rest until we get out just no justice no peace does that mean we are one officer has been arrested and charged with murder but there were 4 officers involved in the arrest of george floyd that ended in his death now the crowd says they want to stay out here in the streets of minneap
A counter protest by his own supporters john hendren spent the night among the protesters from where it all started in minneapolis. A crew few when a murder charge against a Police Officer failed to bring calm to minneapolis. The citys new curfew beginning 8 pm some protesters responded by setting buildings on fire hundreds of others continued to peacefully protest the death of a black man george floyd after his arrest by a white policeman. Also to gary children who was fired shortly after floyds arrest on monday has now been charged with his murder but its made little difference on the citys turbulent south sunne. To demonstrate who defied the curfew and a large deployment of the National Guard showed to go their anger on businesses such as the Department Store and occasionally journalists. Others lined up to challenge police who answered with tear gas but failed to control the rest these National Guard troops who have been blocking roads and theyve been protecting firefighters as the