Clashes between protesters and police shook Saturday night several major cities in the United States, under curfew to try to calm the anger that has gripped the country since the death of George Floyd.
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President Donald Trump has promised to " stop collective violence " after several nights of riots in Minneapolis, where the 46-year-old African American died on Monday of the police. In this northern Minnesota town, riot police officers charged protesters who defied the curfew, repelling them with smoke bombs and stun grenades.
The police used tear gas in Detroit. Matthew Hatcher / AFP
Shortly before, the demonstrators announced their determination to stay put. " They don't give us a choice, there is so much anger, " said Deka Jama, a 24-year-old woman who came to " demand justice " for George Floyd.
Clashes have also taken place in New York, Philadelphia, Los Angeles and Atlanta, leading officials from the latter two cities, as well as officials from Miami and Chicago, to announce a curfew.
The police arrest two demonstrators in Detroit. Matthew Hatcher / AFP
In Minneapolis, as elsewhere, the tension quickly increased. Crowds of protesters gathered in Dallas, Las Vegas, Seattle, Memphis, etc.
Las Vegas. BRIDGET BENNETT / AFP
The demonstration in Las Vegas. BRIDGET BENNETT / AFP
And even in Washington under President Trump's windows, where tear gas and fires have clouded the horizon.
A firecracker launched by protesters explodes before police eyes one block from the White House. ANDREW CABALLERO-REYNOLDS / AFP
A burned car near the White House. ERIC BARADAT / AFP
The demonstrators faced the police. ERIC BARADAT / AFP
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In New York, more than 200 people were arrested after scuffles that injured several people in the police force. A Molotov cocktail was launched inside an occupied police car. " It is a miracle that no police officer was killed, " said police chief Dermot Shea.
A police car burned down while it was occupied. JEENAH MOON / REUTERS
Police near an explosion probably caused by a firecracker. EDUARDO MUNOZ / REUTERS
Many Americans have been arrested in New York. JEENAH MOON / REUTERS
In Atlanta, or Miami, police patrol vehicles were burned.
Atlanta. Elijah Nouvelage / AFP
Miami. ADAM DELGIUDICE / AFP
In Los Angeles, five police officers were wounded and several hundred people arrested when a peaceful demonstration degenerated with, there too, businesses burned and lootings, especially in the luxury stores of Beverly Hills.
Ransacked and looted businesses in Los Angeles. KYLE GRILLOT / REUTERS
Los Angeles MARIO TAMA / AFP
Los Angeles. PATRICK T. FALLON / REUTERS
Protesters everywhere denounced the police blunders that hit blacks disproportionately. In Houston, George Floyd's hometown where he is to be buried, Chavon Allen said he was " tired, disgusted " to see his " brothers and sisters die at the hands of the police ". " My brother was shot, by mistake, by the Houston police and justice has never been done, " said the mother.
Houston. MARK FELIX / AFP
Protesters want the police to be held accountable for the deadly arrest of George Floyd, whose distressing images have been seen around the world. White policeman Derek Chauvin who, on this video, keeps his knee for long minutes on the neck of the forties, was arrested Friday and charged with " manslaughter ". But for many Americans, it is not enough: they are demanding his indictment for intentional homicide and the arrest of the three other agents involved in the drama.
Even in Berlin, a demonstration was organized. CHRISTIAN MANG / REUTERS