Policing

Health experts are concerned that protests erupting across the nation and the law enforcement response to them will upend efforts to track and contain the spread of COVID-19.

Advocates are questioning whether tough police tactics against demonstrators are actually making the violence worse rather than quelling it.

"We are a nation in pain, but we must not allow this pain to destroy us," Biden wrote. "We are a nation enraged, but we cannot allow our rage to consume us."

In Minneapolis, a semitractor-trailer plowed through a crowd of protesters marching on an interstate highway near downtown which had been closed to traffic.

WHYY education reporter Avi Wolfman-Arent said he identified himself to police as a journalist, but was arrested anyway and cited for failure to disperse.

George Floyd's death is one of a litany of racial tragedies that have thrown the country into chaos amid the coronavirus pandemic that has killed more than 100,000 Americans.

Overnight curfews were enacted in several cities nationwide as authorities sought to stem any violence.

As the night dragged on, fires erupted across the city's south side, including at a Japanese restaurant, a Wells Fargo bank and an Office Depot.

Protesters torched a Minneapolis police station that the department abandoned as three days of violent protests spread to nearby St. Paul and across the country.

The video has been shared widely on social media and the death of the African American man in police custody has sparked outrage.

A man was shot to death as violent protests over the death of George Floyd in police custody rocked Minneapolis for a second straight night.

The death Monday night after a struggle with officers was under investigation by the FBI and state law enforcement authorities.

Absent probable cause or a court-issued warrant, police generally aren’t allowed to search a parked car without permission.

For those affected by the bombing, including MOVE members, neighbors, political leaders and city residents, there is still no clear path to healing.

“Apology without action is meaningless,” a MOVE family member responds.