June 2 George Floyd protest news

In the years leading up to George Floyd's death with his neck beneath the knee of a Minneapolis policeman, at least 58 people lost consciousness after the city's officers put them in neck restraints, according to a CNN analysis of use of force data from the police department. 

Officers used neck restraints on 428 people since 2012, and 14% lost consciousness, the data showed. That means the procedure, which is restricted or banned in many large police departments around the country, was used an average of about once a week in the city over that time period.

About two-thirds of the people placed in neck restraints by Minneapolis officers were black -- in a city where black residents make up 19% of the population, according to Census data. 

Use of force experts told CNN that the procedure that officer Derek Chauvin used -- pressing his knee into the back of Floyd's neck for several minutes, as Floyd groaned that he couldn't breathe -- wouldn't qualify as a proper neck restraint under the city's policy and procedure manual. 

But the Minneapolis department does allow officers to compress "one or both sides of a person's neck with an arm or leg, without applying direct pressure to the trachea or airway," according to a section of the manual that is marked as last being updated in 2012. It calls the method a "non-deadly force option."

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Curfews have been issued across the country in the wake of protests, both peaceful and violent, against police brutality following the death of George Floyd in Minneapolis last week.

In Los Angeles: the curfew is the harshest since the riots in 1992 following the acquittal of the officer who beat Rodney King.

The county of Los Angeles, the nation's most populous county with approximately ten million residents, enacted a 12-hour overnight curfew from 6 p.m. to 6 a.m. starting Monday night. 

Officials said the highly restrictive curfew has been ordered because of "imminent danger to life and property during the hours of darkness," in the executive order.

In New York City: On the East Coast, New York City has enacted the strictest curfew since the race riots of 1943.

Governor Andrew Cuomo and Mayor Bill de Blasio ordered a curfew from 11 p.m. until 5 a.m. for the city that never sleeps, and an 8 p.m. curfew from Tuesday.

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The final words of George Floyd, the unarmed black man who died after being restrained by a Minneapolis police officer, have become powerful slogans for protesters in the US.

As demonstrations against police brutality have spread through the country and the world, Dallas-based artist Jammie Holmes found a new way to immortalize Floyd's pleas for help: sending them across the skies of five major cities.

Over the weekend, banners reading "Please I can't breathe" and "They're going to kill me" were seen trailing airplanes above Detroit and New York City respectively. The other three, flown across Los Angeles, Miami and Dallas, read "My stomach hurts," "My neck hurts" and "Everything hurts" -- words heard in a video filmed by a bystander and widely circulated on social media. 

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Four officers shot in St. Louis during protests over George Floyd’s death in Minneapolis have non-life-threatening injuries.  

Two of the officers were shot in the leg, one was shot in the foot and one was shot in the arm, St. Louis Police Chief John Hayden said in a press conference.  

The injured officers were standing near a police line and felt sudden pain, but they didn’t hear shots, the chief said.  

“Thank God they are alive,” Hayden said. 

He added that protesters also attempted to seize the police headquarters.

“Can we make some sense out of this? Can we make some sense out of this? That’s all I am trying to say. Mr. Floyd’s death is tragic," he said.

CNN political analyst and adviser to four US presidents, David Gergan, said President Trump's speech on Monday will be remembered for the "wrong reasons."

Gergan referenced Robert Kennedy's speech that he gave announcing the assassination of Martin Luther King, Jr., saying that in times of crisis leaders should bring people together, not divide them.

"He (Kennedy) was in a situation coming to the speech when he learned that Martin Luther King, Jr. had not only been shot but just died. It was left to him to go in front of the crowd of largely black citizens who didn't know King was dead," Gergan said.

"It stems from the proposition that in a moment of crisis it's the responsibility of the speaker to unify people and not divide them. To bring them together and comfort them. Give meaning to the occasion. That's what Kennedy did. He showed a lot of empathy and talked about the fact he too had lost someone really important to him — his brother to an assassination. He had the much the same anger and despair. He learned to deal with it."

Gergan said President Trump's speech on Monday was "the total opposite."

"I never heard a President, frankly, in a crisis incite people to violence," he said. "The speech today will be remembered in history as well. For the very wrong reasons."

In his speech, Trump called violent protests "domestic acts of terror" and threatened to deploy the military to put down the unrest.

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Protests erupted for a seventh day across the US over the death of George Floyd, an unarmed black man, at the hands of a police officer in Minneapolis, Minnesota.

Here are the latest developments:

Washington, DC: In a speech Monday, President Donald Trump declared himself "your President of law and order," and vowed to clear the streets using the military if necessary. Peaceful protesters just outside the White House gates were dispersed with tear gas, flash grenades and rubber bullets in advance of Trump's address.

Trump's photo op: Trump delivered his remarks in the White House Rose Garden, before walking a short distance to St. John's church to take a photo with a Bible. Bishop Mariann Edgar Budde of the Episcopal Diocese of Washington said that her community did not approve of Trump's visit to St. John's — one of the churches in her diocese — and distanced herself from his actions Monday afternoon.

Military helicopter over DC: Protesters defied curfews in the capital following Trump's remarks earlier in the day. At least one military helicopter was seen flying overhead and hovering in an attempt to disperse the crowds.The helicopter could be seen making slow low-level passes, using its propellers to kick up strong wind and debris.

Looting in Manhattan: Widespread looting erupted in upscale parts of Manhattan in New York on Monday evening in scenes described by CNN Senior Media Correspondent Brian Stelter as "anarchy." In Midtown Manhattan, there was looting along the eastern portion of the neighborhood, including on Fifth Avenue and Madison Avenue, close to Trump Tower.

Arrests: Atlanta police have made 350 arrests related to the George Floyd protests since Friday, the department said on Monday. In Saint Paul, Minnesota, police arrested 66 protesters Monday night during a peaceful protest outside the State Capitol, police said. And in In Oakland, California, more than 40 protesters were detained and arrested for being on the streets past the curfew.

Solidarity protests: From Amsterdam to Berlin to Rio de Janeiro, thousands around the world have taken to the streets to protest George Floyd's death in solidarity with Black Lives Matter activists in America.

Tiger Woods joins a growing list of athletes to express their thoughts on George Floyd's death and the protests that have followed. 

The star golfer released a statement on Twitter saying his heart goes out to Floyd's family and "all of us who are hurting right now."

He added that he has "always had the utmost respect for our law enforcement."

"They train so diligently to understand how, when and where to use force," Woods said. "This shocking tragedy clearly crossed that line."

Magic Johnson, Kareem Abdul-Jabbar and LeBron James also are among the athletes who have either released statements, made social media posts or written about the protests and why they have struck a nerve in America.

Boxing champion Floyd Mayweather will pay for George Floyd's funeral, a representative for the athlete told ESPN.

Floyd died at the hands of Minneapolis police last week as former officer Derek Chauvin kneeled on his neck and two other officers restrained him. A fourth officer stood by as it happened. The former officers have all been fired by the department but only Chauvin has been charged in the death.

A funeral for Floyd will be held in his hometown of Houston on June 9, family attorney Ben Crump said.

Leonard Ellerbe, the CEO of Mayweather Promotions, confirmed the boxer's involvement in a statement to ESPN.

"He'll probably get mad at me for saying that, but yes, (Mayweather) is definitely paying for the funeral," Ellerbe said.

Ellerbe also told ESPN that Mayweather did not want to talk about what he is doing.

Law enforcement in Saint Paul, Minnesota arrested 66 protesters Monday night during a peaceful protest outside the State Capitol, police said.

Demonstrators marched from the governor’s mansion to the Capitol to protest the death of George Floyd. Those who refused to leave after the 10 p.m. curfew went into effect were quietly taken away in restraints.

St. Paul Police Chief Todd Axtell told CNN earlier today that "our heart breaks for the Floyd family."

"Our community is hurting, our police officers are hurting," Axtell said. "All of the police leaders throughout the country and leaders throughout the country in general need to open our eyes, ears, and most importantly, our hearts to what is going on throughout the country."

He also suggested the other Minneapolis officers involved in Floyd's death held responsibility. "We have a strict policy in the St. Paul police department that you have an absolute duty to intervene," he said. "It was absolutely preventable."