Washington: Multiple demonstrations are planned nationwide and in Washington, D.C., this weekend as the strong national movement against police brutality in the aftermath of George Floyd’s death nears its third week.
A demonstration event scheduled for D.C. on Saturday “may be one of the largest that we’ve had in the city,” said Washington Metro Police Chief Peter Newsham.
“We have a lot of public, open-source information to suggest that,” he said.
“We expect that Saturday’s demonstration will, like I said, be more of the same peaceful demonstrators coming to exercise their First Amendment right in Washington.”
Tens of thousands of demonstrators are expected in the nation’s capital this weekend.
The Minnesota National Guard has been activated in preparation for a planned protest Friday after officials said they received credible threats of violence.
Similar rallies are scheduled in other major U.S. cities, including Kansas City, Los Angeles, New York City, Detroit, and in Maine, where President Donald Trump will travel Friday to visit a medical production facility.
In Buffalo, N.Y., two officers have been suspended without pay after video showed them pushing a 75-year-old man protesting police brutality to the ground, causing him to be hospitalized with a serious head injury, authorities said.
Buffalo Mayor Byron Brown said late Thursday the man was in serious but stable condition at the Erie County Medical Center.
