ABC News(NEW YORK) — BY: JACK ARNHOLZ Twenty-six states including the District of Colombia have activated their National Guards, with nearly 80 localities implementing curfews amid the nationwide protests following the death of George Floyd. The historic orders follow a weekend where protests erupted across dozens of U.S. cities. At least 4,400 people have been arrested as of Monday, according to The Associated Press. “As of Monday morning, a historic 66,700 National Guard soldiers and airmen were activated for domestic operations across the United States in support of their governors”…
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Journalists covering George Floyd protests face attacks from police, advocacy groups say
iStock/Adonis page(WASHINGTON) — BY: CATHERINE THORBECKE As protests over the killing of George Floyd roil the nation, journalists covering the news have been indiscriminately arrested, tear gassed or shot with rubber bullets by local law enforcement — at times even live on air. The U.S. Press Freedom Tracker, an advocacy and research group that records reported attacks on journalists, says it is investigating over 100 instances of attacks on members of the press from just the last three days. The majority of those aggressions have been from police. In the…
Independent autopsy finds George Floyd died of asphyxia
iStock/ThamKCBy: IVAN PEREIRA, ABC News (NEW YORK) — An independent autopsy ordered by George Floyd’s family found his death was a “homicide caused by asphyxia due to neck and back compression that led to a lack of blood flow to the brain,” according to early findings from the examination released Monday. Floyd was apprehended by police officers in Minneapolis, Minnesota, last Monday, and one of the officers pinned his knee to Floyd’s neck, as he called out that he couldn’t breathe. The independent examiners found that weight on the back,…
Independent autopsy finds George Floyd died of homicide by asphyxia
iStock/ThamKCBy: IVAN PEREIRA, ABC News (NEW YORK) — An independent autopsy ordered by George Floyd’s family found his death was a “homicide caused by asphyxia due to neck and back compression that led to a lack of blood flow to the brain,” according to early findings from the examination released Monday. Floyd was apprehended by police officers in Minneapolis, Minnesota, last Monday, and one of the officers pinned his knee to Floyd’s neck as Floyd called out that he couldn’t breathe. The independent examiners found that weight on Floyd’s back,…