Demonstrators marched in Berlin on Sunday to protest the death of George Floyd at the hands of police in Minneapolis.
"A week after George Floyd died in police custody in Minneapolis, daytime demonstrations focused on racism and police brutality are increasingly giving way to violence and chaos by night, fueling tensions over the direction of a protest movement that has unfurled in sprawling fashion in dozens of cities across the United States. Several people have been killed or wounded in shootings linked to the unrest, and looters have raided neighborhood shops and upscale commercial districts from Santa Monica, Calif., to Boston, as a sixth day of largely peaceful protests descended into lawlessness. President Trump, who has been besieged by protests and fires outside the White House, took a hard line on Monday in a call with state governors. ..."
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