Cop is shot dead in California: Donald Trump puts Army on notice to deploy to streets for first time since 1992 LA riots as Minneapolis erupts for fourth night
- Soldiers in North Carolina and New York ready to move in to Minneapolis within four hours
- It's the first time powers have been evoked since LA 1992 riots
- Violent protests spread across US last night including to Detroit
- Man, 19, shot dead in Detroit by suspects who pulled up in a vehicle - police were not involved in shooting
- Looting breaks out in Minneapolis as protesters defy curfew and the National Guard fails to keep control
- CNN headquarters in Atlanta are under siege and protesters throw a smoke bomb at police defending it
- Protesters surrounded a police precinct in Brooklyn
- White House in Washington forced to go into temporary lockdown as demonstrators try to scale the walls
Two Federal Protective Service officers were shot - one fatally - during Friday night protests in Oakland, California, as violent protests across the US intensified
At least 7,500 demonstrators took to the streets in Oakland last night, clashing with police and sparking arson attacks and vandalism across the city. two officers with the Federal Protective Service - a part of Homeland Security created to protect government facilities - were shot.
'Two Federal Protective Services officers stationed at the Oakland Downtown Federal Building suffered gunshot wounds. Unfortunately, one succumbed to his injury,' the police department told CNN.
soldiers in North Carolina and in New York were ordered to be ready to move in within four hours and troops in Colorado and Kansas within 24 hours.
Minneapolis: Looting and fires broke out again in Minneapolis as protesters defied the state curfew and the National Guard failed to keep the city under control
Portland: Policemen walk enveloped by teargas in Portland, Oregon, yesterday as violence escalated in the downtown area
In Detroit last night, officers - many in riot gear - confronted the protesters in the Michigan city and formed lines across streets. Dozens of arrests were made and police said many were not Detroit residents.
By midnight, the crowd had thinned considerably as police shot canisters of gas toward the protesters.
'We know that the individuals from outside the city of Detroit who converged at the protest location don't represent this city,' Police Chief James Craig said.
The move to put the Army on a short-term notice comes after President Donald Trump asked Defense Secretary Mark Esper for military options in tackling the escalating civil unrest spreading across America, according to sources.
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Violent protests spread across the US last night, with the CNN headquarters under siege in Atlanta, New York police officers fending off rioters from a police precinct in Brooklyn and the White House forced to go into lockdown as demonstrators tried to scale the walls.
Looting and fires broke out again in Minneapolis as protesters defied the state curfew and the National Guard failed to keep the city under control.
Chaos exploded in Atlanta as demonstrators stormed and destroyed the CNN headquarters and fired a smoke bomb at cops trying to form a barrier to keep them out.
The White House was forced to go into temporary lockdown as protesters tried to scale the walls, battled with Secret Service agents and burned American flags outside the executive residence.
Minneapolis: A check-cashing business burns to the ground during protests Friday, as the Pentagon puts the military police on alert to send to the ravaged city
Oakland: Protesters smash the window of a Chase bank during protests in Oakland, California, yesterday
Los Angeles: Protesters light a fire in the middle of the street during a protest in downtown Los Angeles last night
Atlanta: The CNN headquarters bore some of the brunt of the outrage as demonstrators vandalized the media firm's logo, scrawled profanities on the building and smashed up its windows
Atlanta:
Brooklyn, New York: A burning police vehicle near the Barclays Center in the Brooklyn borough
Brooklyn, New York: Thousands of cops took to the streets of Brooklyn in violent clashes with protesters
Washington DC: US Secret Service form a line outside the White House as protesters attempt to breach their barricade
Washington DC: The White House was forced to go into temporary lockdown as protesters tried to scale the walls, battled with Secret Service agents and burned American flags outside the seat of the government
As unrest spread across dozens of American cities Friday, Trump gave the order to ready the Army for deployment to Minneapolis.
The get-ready orders were sent verbally Friday, after Trump asked Esper to come up with rapid deployment options if the Minneapolis protests continued to spiral out of control, according to a senior Pentagon official who was on the call.
The National Guard was activated in Georgia late Friday night with as many as 500 troops deployed to Atlanta and a state of emergency issued after rioters destroyed the CNN HQ and looted a luxury shopping mall.
The National Guard was activated in Georgia late Friday night with as many as 500 troops deployed to Atlanta and a state of emergency issued after rioters destroyed the CNN HQ and looted a luxury shopping mall.
The CNN headquarters bore much of the brunt of the outrage as demonstrators vandalized the media firm's logo, scrawled profanities on the building and smashed up its windows.
A protester reacts standing in front of a burning building set on fire during a demonstration in Minneapolis last night
Detroit police clash with protesters into early this morning
A fire burns at a gas station in Minneapolis, Minnesota, yesterday with protests ongoing in the state and around the country
A vandalised car is flipped upside down as protesters face off against police in Oakland, California, yesterday
Members of the National Guard hold a perimeter as a fire crew works to put out a fire at a gas station in Minneapolis last night
A protester breaks a window of a business during a protest in Los Angeles last night
Police officers move forward to clear the street during a protest in Los Angeles last night
A protester breaks a window with a chair during a protest in downtown Los Angeles last night
Protesters light a fire in the middle of the street during a protest in downtown Los Angeles yesterday
Protesters face off with police outside the White House in Washington in the early hours of this morning
Police officers rush past a burning police vehicle to disperse protesters during a protest in Los Angeles last night
Police walk through fire and smoke in Portland last night
A protester kicks a stone into a burning building set on fire during a demonstration in Minneapolis, Minnesota, last night
Protesters flee after police fired tear gas during a demonstration in Minneapolis, Minnesota, yesterday evening
A protester throws a fire extinguisher in a burning building during a demonstration in Minneapolis last night
Firecrakers explodes as police fire tear gas at protesters from a rooftop during a demonstration in Minneapolis yesterday
Demonstrators burn items in Oakland, California, yesterday
Minneapolis: Protesters pose for photos in front of a burning building near the fifth police precinct in Minneapolis yesterday
A protester scrambles to escape a cloud of tear gas in Detroit, Michigan, during the demonstrations last night
A Stop N Shop convenience store is destroyed and on fire as the protests continue last night in Minneapolis, Minnesota
Atlanta: A man wearing a 'Purge' mask runs in front of a burning police car
Atlanta: Police cruisers were set on fire as hundreds of protesters took to the streets of Atlanta
Atlanta: A police cruiser is engulfed in flames outside the CNN HQ while protesters watch
Atlanta: Protesters burn an American flag outside the CNN Center on Friday
Atlanta: A police car burns after protesters marched to the Georgia State Capitol and returned to the area around the Centennial Olympic Park and CNN center
Atlanta: A man hurls rocks through the windows of the CNN HQ in Georgia
Atlanta: Police form a barricade inside the building as a rioter hurls a firecracker at them
Atlanta: A man holds a Black Lives Matter banner as the air fills with smoke
Atlanta: A man is detained by police during the protest. Tensions have mounted in the state after Floyd's death which comes less than a month after footage of Ahmaud Arbery being killed by a white cop in Georgia also sent shockwaves
Atlanta: After a march to the Georgia State Capitol, protesters confront police officers after returning to the area around the CNN center in Atlanta
The Atlanta protest descended into chaos when some demonstrators hurled bricks, bottles and milk cartons at police cruisers.
Atlanta Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms slammed their actions at a press conference Friday, saying: 'If you care about this city then go home.'
A luxury shopping mall was also targeted by looters late into the night when some moved on from downtown Atlanta and headed north to Lenox Square Mall in Buckhead.
Governor Brian Kemp activated the National Guard to the state capital late Friday as the rioting escalated.
Brooklyn, New York: An NYPD van was vandalized and engulfed in flames
Brooklyn, New York: An NYPD officer walks past a burning van vandalized and engulfed in flames
Brooklyn, New York: Police officers block off DeKalb Avenue as a police vehicle burn
Brooklyn, New York: In New York, the NYPD clashed fiercely with protesters Friday night as thousands of cops took to the streets and hundreds of protesters descended on the 88 precinct in Brooklyn as night fell
Brooklyn, New York: New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio traveled across the city to the protest as he tweeted saying there would be a 'full review' of the night's events
We don't ever want to see another night like this,' de Blasio tweeted.
Outside the Barclays Center stadium in Brooklyn, a protest turned violent while demonstrators set fire to banners and pushed to break through metal barricades.
The crowds moved toward the 88th precinct with officers forced to defend the station for fear of similar scenes to those seen at the precinct in Minneapolis Thursday - where cops were forced to flee when protesters stormed the building, set it alight and cut off the gas lines.
Minneapolis: Heavy machinery is seen on fire during a demonstration
Minneapolis: Residents defied the curfew and came out for the fourth night and torched buildings
Minneapolis:
Minneapolis: People loot a Wells Fargo ATM despite the curfew and National Guard presence
Minneapolis: A convenience store is looted and a building is on fire as chaos continues into the fourth night
Minneapolis: Boarded up doors and windows have been ripped down as people emerge from stores damaged other nights with snacks
Minneapolis: A convenience store is left ransacked by looters overnight Friday
Minneapolis: A looter smashes up a burning liquor store with a bat as Governor Walz urged residents to comply with the curfew
Minneapolis: Looting and fires broke out again in Minneapolis as protesters defied the state curfew and the National Guard failed to keep the city under control
Violent clashes broke out in Union Square in Manhattan between cops and protesters during the day.
Washington DC: The protests have reached the seat of the US government, with protesters marching to the White House, sending it into lockdown for a brief time Friday night
Washington DC: Secret Service agents form a line outside the White House and push protesters back with their shields
Washington DC: Violence has erupted across the US for a fourth night Friday, with protesters gathering at the home of US democracy Washington DC
Washington DC:
Washington DC: The White House went into lockdown as one protester above tried to scale the walls
The protests reached the seat of the US government Friday night, with demonstrators marching to the White House, sending it into lockdown for a brief time Friday night.
Secret Service officers stopped anyone entering the White House grounds, where President Trump is currently in residence, after a demonstrator tried to scale the fence in Lafayette Park to get inside.
Secret Service agents were also seen physically pushing demonstrators back after some pushed down metal railings while a police cruiser was seen burning in the road after it was torched by rioters.
Louisville, Kentucky: Police in riot gear form a wall against protesters
Louisville, Kentucky: Officials said the groups were larger than the previous night
Over in Minneapolis, protesters have been running rampant for the past three nights in a show of outrage that has seen a suspected looter shot dead in the street, a Minneapolis police precinct stormed and set alight, and the city up in flames as businesses and stores were looted and torched.
Amid fears that the chaos was entering a fourth night, Minnesota Governor Tim Walz signed an emergency order mandating that residents stay home from the hours of 8pm to 6am and giving cops the power to arrest anyone who refused to comply.
Mr Walz said it was an 'incredibly dangerous, fluid and dynamic' situation
The state order came after the twin cities imposed curfews starting at 8p.m. Friday in efforts to bring the rioting and destruction under control.
Los Angeles: A protester is seen - wearing a face mask to protect against COVID-19 - while smashing up a police car
Los Angeles: As night fell, protesters and police continued to clash on a highay
Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey announced a nighttime curfew barring anyone other than essential workers and public safety personnel from being in public places across the city from 8p.m. through to 6 a.m. local time and lasting for the weekend.
This was quickly followed by the neighboring cities of Roseville and St. Paul which declared their own emergency orders and curfews.
But this failed to keep Minneapolis under control with protesters defying the curfew and convenience stores looted.
With law enforcement nowhere to be seen, around 350 troops were finally sent in after midnight - hours after chaos ensued once again despite both the city and state insisting that the response would be ramped up Friday.
Las Vegas: Over in Sin City, hundreds of protesters took over parts of the Las Vegas Strip Friday night
Las Vegas: Demonstrators and police officers were seen in a standoff at multiple intersections of the strip where casinos continue to stay shuttered amid the coronavirus pandemic
The Minneapolis Department of Public Safety said 350 troopers had been deployed to the city's 5th precinct to disperse protesters and enforce the curfew late Friday.
This came after Walz on Friday admitted an 'abject failure' by law enforcement in trying to control crowds Thursday night.
On Thursday, as tensions in the city boiled all day, the National Guard started putting in motion plans to intervene to help local law enforcement agencies that were struggling to cope with the mounting threat.
Meanwhile, in Sin City, hundreds of protesters took over parts of the Las Vegas Strip Friday night with police confirming several arrests had been made.
The Hall of Justice was targeted with an attempted fire while graffiti and flag-burning was widespread across the city.
Charlotte: Protesters clash with police and the Charlotte Mecklenburg Police Department deemed the gathering 'unlawful' and had ordered the demonstrators to disperse
Charlotte: CMPD officers deploy tear gas canisters against protestors in front of Charlotte Mecklenburg Police Department Metro Division 2
Brooklyn: A fire is started in the street and objects are hurled as protests ramp up in New York
Minneapolis: A protester yells at a member of the Minnesota National Guard earlier Friday
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