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Protests rock cities across US as anger over killing spreads
Atlanta police chief: ‘black lives being diminished’
Officer in George Floyd killing charged with murder
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1.47pm BST
Shimon Prokupecz of CNN has obtained an email sent to FBI employees on Friday night by director Christopher Wray.
The president may be using Twitter to make political points around the rioting, against Democrats ahead of the November election, but the man he appointed to replace James Comey at the head of the FBI is insisting US law enforcement must “protect and serve all citizens who are in custody”.
FBI Director Christopher Wray sent an email to employees Friday night saying people's trust in law enforcement is eroded when officers fail to protect and serve everybody. pic.twitter.com/3VgE2euTM1
1.28pm BST
As Chris McGreal and Kenya Evelyn reported yesterday, “Derek Chauvin, the Minneapolis police officer captured on video kneeling on the neck of 46-year-old George Floyd as he begged for his life, was charged on Friday afternoon with third-degree murder and manslaughter. The state’s bureau of criminal apprehension took Chauvin, a 19-year veteran, into custody.
One person was killed in downtown Detroit after someone in an SUV fired shots into a crowd of people protesting George Floyd’s death in Minneapolis custody, a Detroit police spokeswoman said Saturday.
The shooting occurred about 11.30pm on Friday near Detroit’s Greektown entertainment district as officers were confronted with dozens of protesters, said Sgt Nicole Kirkwood, a police department spokeswoman. She said an officer wasn’t involved in the shooting. Continue reading...