Nine Minneapolis city council members announce plans to disband police department
Clashes between protesters and police broke out again in Portland, Ore., early Sunday, as late-night demonstrations continued to devolve in the city’s downtown.
The Multnomah County Sheriff said an officer was injured “after a commercial grade firework” was shot over a fence that police have erected to try to protect a county justice center and its employees inside. The justice center has become a flash point for protests and was briefly set on fire last week.
Mayor Ted Wheeler instructed officers earlier Saturday to use tear gas only as a last resort, declining to go as far as Seattle in virtually banning the deployment of gas but reining a practice that has become increasingly controversial. It did not immediately appear that officers had used tear gas Saturday night after having done so the night before.that police apparently started making arrests shortly after 11:30 p.m.
“It is undoubtedly a risk,” British Health Secretary Matt Hancock told Sky News when asked whether massive turnouts in London and other cities raised the prospect of a surge in coronavirus cases. “I think it is incredibly selfish,” Cormann said in an interview with Sky News, Reuters reported. “It’s incredibly self-indulgent.”
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