Photo: Washington National Guard / facebook.com
Washington, June 2, 2020
Photo: Washington National Guard / facebook.com
The President of the United States Donald trump ordered to withdraw from the capital, national guard troops entered to restore order in the city during mass protests in connection with the death of the fault of the police African American, George Floyd, reports “Interfax”.
“I just ordered our national guard to begin a process of withdrawal of troops from Washington, D.C., because now everything is under complete control,” he wrote in his Twitter.
Trump said that fighters of national guard “going home, but if necessary, can quickly come back.” According to him, “last night the protesters were much smaller than expected!”.
I have just given an order for our National Guard to start the process of withdrawing from Washington, D.C., now that everything is under perfect control. They will be going home, but can quickly return, if needed. Far fewer protesters showed up last night than anticipated!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) June 7, 2020
At the same time in connection with the normalization of the situation the new York city mayor bill de Blasio announced the cancellation of curfew in the city a day earlier than planned.
Last night the protests in new York were calm. De Blasio noted that citizens have expressed their good side.
During the campaign in new York, according to CNN, the activists on Saturday were allowed to stay out after curfew. At some point, the peaceful procession was joined by a police officer. He thanked the participants for their willingness to cooperate, and one of them ran out of the crowd to shake the policeman’s hand.
A curfew was introduced in new York last Monday, amid riots after police officers shot African American George Floyd in Minneapolis on may 25. The first regime was in place from 11 PM to 5 am, and then was postponed to between 8 PM to 5 am.
3 hours after curfew, Inspector Nikas of @NYPDnews offers to walk with the last few hardcore Manhattan marchers.
Check out what happened next. pic.twitter.com/qwHAZy6fnb
— Bill Weir (@BillWeirCNN) June 7, 2020
We will note, on Monday in new York launched the first phase of the lifting of restrictions imposed on the background of the spread of coronavirus. USA ranks first in the world in the number of cases COVID-19 (1 061 920 people).
It was reported that governors from 33 us States and the district of Columbia involved a total of 41,5 thousand reservists of the national guard to assist local law enforcement authorities in connection with mass riots related to the death of Floyd.
In several American cities, including Washington, the protests turned into riots, vandalism, arson and looting of shops, violent clashes with security forces.
Against racism was organized by activists in other countries, including the UK, Germany and France.