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George Floyd protests - live: Attorney says three officers will be charged over killing, as bishops from church express outrage over Trump photo op
George Floyd's family is still expecting and waiting for the three other former police officers present during the death, while the Minneapolis Police Department is coming under scrutiny with a civil rights investigation by the Minnesota Department of Human Rights.
It comes as Donald Trump received widespread backlash "law and order" speech that led to riot police clearing out protesters before he posed for photos at St John's Church, which Washington clergy called "baffling and reprehensible".
Attorney General William Barr was said to have ordered the area cleared for the president, which prompted House Democrats to call the Secret Service to brief congress about the violent dispersal.
Good morning and welcome to The Independent's rolling coverage of the latest protests across the US following the death of George Floyd in police custody.
We will bring all the major developments throughout the day following a sixth consecutive night of chaotic demonstrations.
Donald Trump has vowed to end violent protests across the country, threatening to deploy “heavily armed” US military troops to cities even if mayors and governors object.
The president spoke at the White House with the sound of police firing tear gas at protesters in Washington audible behind him.
An independent post-mortem examination commissioned by Mr Floyd's family has concluded he died from asphyxiation caused by neck and back compression during his arrest by Minneapolis police officers on Memorial Day.
Medical examiners found pressure on Mr Floyd’s carotid artery impeded blood flow to his brain and weight on his back impeded his ability to breathe.
Two officers injured as car drives into police in New York
At least two police officers have been injured after a vehicle drove through a group of police and National Guard troops at a demonstration in support of George Floyd in upstate New York.
Video from the scene shows the vehicle accelerating through an intersection in Buffalo, almost 400 miles north-west of Manhattan, shortly after several officers apparently tackle a person on the street before handcuffing them.
Other officers are then seen tending to the injured officers on the sidewalk, while the vehicle drives off past a military vehicle on Buffalo's east side.
The officers were taken to Erie County Medical Centre, where authorities said their condition was stable.
Meanwhile, police made unrelated arrests inside iconic department store Macy's in Manhattan as violence and protests continued in streets across the country.
The incident in Buffalo comes after a live broadcast from protests in Boston captured the moment an SUV appeared to drive into a crowd in the late hours of Sunday.
Experts are warning the large gatherings being held across the US in protest of the death of George Floyd could be a massive setback for attempts to control the novel coronavirus across the country.
Police say four officers were hit by gunfire in St Louis, Missouri, after protests in the city which started peacefully on Monday became violent overnight, with demonstrators smashing windows and stealing items from businesses and fires burning in the central area.
The police department has tweeted that the officers were taken to hospital with injuries not believed to be life-threatening. It was unclear who fired the shots.
Police chief Colonel John Hayden said two of the officers were shot in the leg, one in the foot, and the other in the arm.
Two people have been killed during unrest in the Chicago suburb of Cicero as protests, according to a town official.
Spokesman Ray Hanania says 60 people were arrested in the town of about 84,000 located west of Chicago - but did not provide additional information about those killed or the circumstances of their deaths.
The Illinois State Police and Cook County Sheriff's Office were called in to help local police Monday as people broke into a liquor store and other businesses and stole items.
Terrence Floyd has called for an end to the violence - and urged people to vote - after visiting the scene where his brother George was detained by four police officers, resulting in his death.
Amsterdam anti-racism rally criticised for lack of social distancing (Piet Van der Meer/EPA)Amsterdam's mayor is facing criticism from politicians and health experts this morning after thousands of demonstrators ignored social distancing rules to gather in the city centre for an anti-racism rally in support of George Floyd.
Mayor Femke Halsema, of the Green Left party, said city authorities were caught off guard by the huge turnout, which was originally expected to be 200-300 people, and could not have intervened peacefully. She defended the public's right to demonstrate.
The Netherlands has recorded nearly 6,000 deaths from Covid-19. Authorities have issued fines of about £300 for violating rules not to hold public gatherings, but there were almost no police at Monday's event.
The demonstration, the largest in the Netherlands since lockdown measures were imposed in mid-March, sparked debate about whether the event could cause new infections.
"This is exactly what we don't want," Menno de Jong, a virologist at Amsterdam's UMC hospital and a member of the Dutch national coronavirus crisis team, told the Parool newspaper. "There is a reason we have been talking about social distancing for months. This could potentially be a so-called super spreading event."
Klaas Dijkhof, a member of parliament for the VVD party of Dutch prime minister Mark Rutte, said on Twitter he was "not only angry, but worried by the images out of Amsterdam". He called on demonstrators to voluntarily isolate themselves for two weeks.
Donald Trump’s brief appearance at a shuttered church outside the White House on Monday was motivated by his fury at news coverage saying he was rushed to the White House bunker for his safety on Friday, according to reports.
Hundreds in Sydney march in solidarity with Americans (Loren Elliott/Reuters)More than 1,000 protesters have marched through downtown Sydney in solidarity with Americans demonstrating against the death of George Floyd half a world away.
Police escorted a crowd carrying banners that said: "Black Lives Matter," "Aboriginal Lives Matter," "White Silence is Violence" and "We See You, We Hear You, We Stand With You."
The group marched from Hyde Park to New South Wales state parliament with plans to continue to the US Consulate.
The protest proceeded despite some organisers cancelling it Monday for fear of conflict with counter protesters. But no counter protest emerged.
About 2,000 demonstrators gathered in Australia's west coast city of Perth on Monday night to peacefully protest Floyd's death, and rallies are planned for other Australian cities this week.
Referring to the violence in US streets, Australian prime minister Scott Morrison said: "There's no need to import things ... happening in other countries here to Australia."
A police officer has been shot in Las Vegas and authorities are responding to another shooting as protests continue in Minneapolis.
One officer was shot on the Las Vegas Strip, while an officer was involved in a shooting in the downtown area, according to Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department.
Tory MP Kevin Hollinrake has faced severe backlash after suggesting people attending a Black Lives Matter protest in London could cause a second wave in the coronavirus pandemic.
These videos show a 7 News Australia TV crew being hit by police in riot gear while covering George Floyd protests in America.
A police officer can be seen hitting a cameraman, who is standing to one side filming protesters, in the stomach with a shield, while another strikes a female reporter on her rucksack with a baton despite the fact the pair are already running away.
The reporter can be heard shouting "media" during the incident as it airs live in Australia. Both were also shot with rubber bullets and struggled to breathe after tear gas was thrown into the crowds.
Australian prime minister Scott Morrison has reportedly called for an investigation into the incident.
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