Dozens of National Guard troops lined up on the steps of the Lincoln Memorial behind black crowd-control barriers. PROTESTS COAST TO COASTIn New York City, thousands of chanting and cheering protesters ignored an 8 p.m. curfew to march from the Barclays Center in Flatbush toward the Brooklyn Bridge as police helicopters whirred overheard. Hundreds of protesters also gathered in Denver and Seattle but remained peaceful as darkness fell in the West. "I want everybody to know that this is what those officers took from me....," she said, sobbing. 'AMERICA IS NOT A BATTLEGROUND'Trump has threatened to use the military to battle violence that has erupted nightly, often after a day of peaceful protests.

Source: bd News24 June 03, 2020 03:00 UTC