The underground command center, known as the Presidential Emergency Operations Center, serves as a secure shelter that presidents have used in the past during terrorist attacks. The detail was first reported by the New York Times. 9:51 p.m.: Trump was briefly in bunker Friday, say sourcesĪs protesters pushed toward the White House Friday evening, President Donald Trump was briefly moved into White House's so-called "bunker," multiple senior level sources familiar with the matter tell ABC News. The Confederate Soldiers & Sailors monument in Linn Park has been the subject of a legal fight between Birmingham and the Alabama Attorney General’s Office, with the city wanting it removed. In Birmingham, Alabama, a Confederate monument in a downtown park has been taken down after a speaker at a rally called for its removal earlier in the afternoon.
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The perpetrators are seen breaking second-story windows from inside the store, then jumping back onto the street with stolen goods.ĭemonstrators protest the death of George Floyd, May 31, 2020, near the White House in Washington. Looting has been reported in Long Beach, California, where video appears to show looters inside a boarded up business. Protests are also ongoing in Boston and Philadelphia, among other cities. 10:08 p.m.: More cities placed under curfewĭenver, Orlando, Chicago, Milwaukee, Salt Lake City and Columbus, Ohio, are under curfew as of 10 p.m. Washington, D.C., entered a citywide curfew at 11 p.m., as did San Francisco and Portland, Oregon. Photos showed smoke from what appeared to be several fires burning near the White House and the Washington Monument. Police used flash bangs to prevent another group of protesters from reaching the park. Up to 1,000 protesters have been demonstrating in Lafayette Park, across from the White House, Sunday night. People gather outside the White House during a protest over the death of George Floyd, who died in police custody, in Washington, May 31, 2020. Video of the incident appeared to show officers Tase the two students as they sat in their vehicle, and then forcefully drag them out of the car. In Atlanta, two police officers were fired for using excessive force during an arrest of two college students during Saturday night's protests. Marshals Service and DEA agents were called in to assist National Guard troops responding to protests near the White House, a Department of Justice official said. In Boston, an SUV drove through a crowd of protesters but officials said no one appeared to be seriously hurt. 12:41 a.m.: Clashes continue in some cities, while others are more calmĪrrests during Sunday's protests have driven the total number of demonstrator arrests to 4,100 since protests began early in the week, according to the Associated Press.Ĭonfrontations between police and protesters continued for another night in Brooklyn, where demonstrators clashed with officers outside Barclay's Center. In Oklahoma City, cameras also captured sheriff's deputies taking a knee, with some hugging protesters near the Oklahoma County Jail.Īnd in Flint, Michigan, video showed Genesee County Sheriff Chris Swanson telling a crowd of protesters that he'd ordered his deputies to lower their batons and that he wanted to make the event "a parade, not a protest." The crowd then applauded the sheriff and invited him to join the march. In New York City's Foley Square, a cheer went up among protesters when a group of NYPD officers took a knee in a show of solidarity. A video on Twitter showed a Florida Highway Patrol trooper in Miami detach himself from a security line to offer a hug to a woman sitting on a motor scooter, who said, "I appreciate your patience" after troopers remained calm when protesters approached them.Įlsewhere in Miami, video showed a group of protesters shattering the glass door of a CVS as they prepared to loot the store - only to be stopped by a group of peaceful protesters who formed a line to prevent them from entering until the police arrived and dispersed the crowd. In Orlando, Florida, photos on social media showed two police officers holding hands with protesters through a barricade. Although Sunday's protests included much of the looting and violence of the previous week's demonstrations, there were signs throughout the country that relations between protesters and police were warming.
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