State Attorney General Keith Ellison announced the new charges in an afternoon news conference. “I strongly believe that these developments are in the interest of justice for Mr. Floyd, his family, our community and our state,” he said.
A week of increasingly violent unrest gave way to largely peaceful protests Tuesday evening. Brutal clashes between police and the public seemed to subside, and although the scenes were often tense, there were only sporadic reports of looting and other mayhem across the nation.
Here are some significant developments:
- The Army was making plans to send home active-duty soldiers who were dispatched to the Washington, D.C., area to bolster security, but the plan was reversed on Wednesday after a meeting at the White House, defense officials said.
- Former President Obama, in first public remarks since protests erupted, offered an optimistic perspective on the civil unrest, urged mayors to enact policing reforms and reminded young people of color: “your lives matter.”
- President Trump disputed reports that he was rushed to an underground bunker during protests outside the White House on Friday night, asserting that he went down earlier in the day “more for an inspection.”
- Pope Francis urged people not to “tolerate or turn a blind eye to racism and exclusion in any form” and called for “national reconciliation and peace
- For the first time since his death,his son visited the intersection of E. 38th Street and S. Chicago Avenue in Minneapolis on Wednesday, kneeling at the spot where his father last gasped for air.
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