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Overnight Mayhem Follows Peaceful Rallies
There were widespread reports of looting and confrontations with the
police in cities across the United States. The White House went dark as
fires burned outside its gates.

RIGHT NOW Attorney General William P. Barr has summoned riot control
teams from the federal Bureau of Prisons to Washington, according to
Justice Department officials.

Hereʼs what you need to know:

A sixth day of protest gives way to a night of unrest.

The National Guard was involved in a fatal shooting in Louisville.

George Floyd would have rejected the destructive turn some protests have taken, his brother says.

Clashes with the police and looting in New York after tens of thousands protest peacefully.

Minneapolis, known as a progressive city, still has wide racial gaps.

The White House goes dark, and Trump blames antifa for violence.

A new morning ritual: Cleaning up after a night of turbulence.

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Protesters were detained by police in Minneapolis on Sunday. Victor J. Blue for The New York Times

A sixth day of protest gives way to a night of unrest.

Fires burned outside the White House, the streets of New York City were gripped by mayhem and stores in Santa Monica, Calif., were
looted after another day of peaceful protests descended into lawlessness in major cities across the United States.

On the sixth day of unrest since the death of George Floyd last week in Minneapolis, hundreds were arrested as streets seethed with
unrest. Even as businesses braced for looting, stores were ransacked. In Manhattan, the owners of the upscale Chanel store had boarded
up its windows, only to wake on Monday to find that thieves had found their way inside.

The National Guard was deployed in more than two dozen states to assist overwhelmed police departments, and dozens of mayors
extended curfews.

The chaos overshadowed what had been a largely peaceful day, with hundreds of thousands across the country joining together in
expressions of heartbreak and frustration. From police officers kneeling with protesters to communities coming together to stop looters,
many expressed a determination not to let the violence define the narrative.

As the smoke cleared on Monday morning, here is where things stand.

In Minneapolis, the epicenter of the demonstrations, about 200 protesters were arrested after trying to march along an interstate after a
curfew began at 8 p.m. The arrests capped a relatively quiet night compared with the chaos of the past several days.

In Louisville, Ky., one man was killed when shots broke out as the authorities cleared a large crowd. The Louisville police chief said that
law enforcement was fired upon, and both the police and the National Guard returned fire. Gov. Andy Beshear instructed the Kentucky
State Police to investigate.

In California, all state buildings “with offices in downtown city areas” were ordered to close on Monday. There were widespread reports
of looting in Santa Monica and Long Beach. One police officer suffered a gunshot wound while on duty in Venice. A news helicopter in
Los Angeles recorded a police S.U.V. driving into a group of protesters, knocking two people to the ground.

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In Birmingham, Ala., protesters started to tear down a Confederate monument that the city had covered with a tarp amid a lawsuit
between the state attorney general and the city.

In Boston, a police S.U.V. was set ablaze near the State House. As reports of more lawlessness came in overnight, Mayor Marty Walsh
said he was angered “by the people who came into our city and chose to engage in acts of destruction and violence.” He added, “If we
are to achieve change and if we are to lead the change, our efforts must be rooted in peace and regard for our community.”

In Philadelphia, police officers in riot gear and an armored vehicle used pepper spray to repel rioters and looters. A wall of officers
blocked an entrance ramp to Interstate 676 in the city, where public transit was suspended starting at 6 p.m. as part of a curfew. In the
morning, many business owners were sifting through ransacked stores.

In New York City, demonstrators marched across the Brooklyn and Williamsburg Bridges. The Manhattan Bridge was briefly shut down
to car traffic. Sporadic looting was reported across Lower Manhattan. The night before in Union Square, the mayor’s daughter, Chiara
de Blasio, 25, was among the protesters arrested, according to a police official.

In Chicago, the police superintendent, David Brown, excoriated looters on Sunday. Gov. J.B. Pritzker said he had called up the National
Guard after a request from Mayor Lori Lightfoot.

In Portland, Ore., the police clashed with protesters who smashed windows at the federal courthouse. The police deployed tear gas
while demonstrators hurled fireworks at officers.

In Iowa, the police said riots had broken out in Davenport, and at least two people were killed and one police officer injured in a series of
shootings.

The National Guard was involved in a fatal shooting in Louisville.

An Airman with the Air National Guard stands guard during a protest against the deaths
of Breonna Taylor by Louisville police and George Floyd by Minneapolis police, in
Louisville on May 31. Bryan Woolston/Reuters

A man was killed early Monday in Louisville, Ky., when police officers and National Guard troops were breaking up a group of protesters.
Someone in the crowd fired at them, and the troops and officers fired back, the authorities said.

The shooting happened just after midnight, the authorities said, when officers from the Louisville Metro Police Department and the
National Guard soldiers were enforcing the city’s curfew. The group of protesters had gathered outside a market in a neighborhood west of
downtown.

Police officials said it was unclear whether the man, whose name has not been released, had fired a weapon.

Gov. Andy Beshear of Kentucky said on Monday that he was starting an investigation into the fatal encounter. “Given the seriousness of
the situation, I have authorized the Kentucky State Police to independently investigate the event,” Mr. Beshear, a Democrat, said in a
statement.

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As anger and anguish over the killing of George Floyd in Minneapolis boiled over into unrest in cities across the country last week, the
tense demonstrations in Louisville were also fueled by a local death — that of Breonna Taylor, a 26-year-old African-American woman who
was killed March 13. Police officers executing a search warrant crashed into her apartment with a battering ram and shot her at least eight
times.

According to The Louisville Courier Journal, the police were investigating two men who they believed were selling drugs out of a house
that was far from Ms. Taylor’s home. A judge had signed a search warrant for her residence because the police said they believed that one
of the two men had used the apartment to receive packages. The judge’s order was a so-called “no-knock” warrant, authorizing the police
to enter without warning and without identifying themselves as law enforcement officers.

George Floyd would have rejected the destructive turn some protests have taken, his brother says.
George Floyd was a “peaceful motivator” who would have rejected the violence and destruction that has accompanied some
demonstrations nationwide, Mr. Floyd’s brother said on Monday.

Terrence Floyd expressed concern in an interview with the ABC program “Good Morning America” that the violence would overshadow
calls for justice concerning his brother’s death.

“He was about unity,” Mr. Floyd said. “The things that are transpiring now, they may call it unity, but it’s destructive unity. It’s not what he
was about. It’s not what my brother was about.”

Mr. Floyd said he felt numb after hearing about his brother’s death, and that he traveled to Minneapolis from Brooklyn to try to feel his
brother’s spirit.

His brother would have sought accountability, Mr. Floyd said. But he encouraged protesters to channel their anger “to do something
positive, or make a change another way.”

“The anger, ripping up your — damaging your hometown — it’s not the way he would want it,” Mr. Floyd said.

Clashes with the police and looting in New York after tens of thousands protest peacefully.
Flames nearly two stories high leapt from trash cans and piles of street debris, sending acrid smoke into the air around Union Square in
New York City. Stores in the trendy SoHo neighborhood were targeted for the second night in a row. And across the city, the police clashed
with protesters in a city on edge.

More than two months of social distancing and lockdowns amid the coronavirus pandemic ended for many with defiant protests. And in
what has become a pattern across the nation, peaceful demonstrations gave way to destruction.

On Sunday night, thousands of demonstrators fanned across the city. One group crossed the Brooklyn Bridge, and another briefly shut
down the Manhattan Bridge.

In Union Square, protesters threw bottles and other objects at police officers armed with batons who pushed into crowds on Broadway and
nearby side streets.

“You are creating a disturbance,” an officer said over a megaphone as protesters shouted and sirens blared nearby. “If you do not disperse,
you will be subject to arrest.”

And all night, sirens screamed across the city, with multiple reports of lootings in Lower Manhattan.

“Unemployment is gasoline, and then abuse of power is the match,” one protester said after looters smashed the windows of a Duane
Reade drugstore in Lower Manhattan.

“In the right circumstances, ka-boom. People don’t have anything to lose,” he said. “ʻIf a guy can get away with murdering a guy, I’m
pretty sure I can get away with stealing an iPhone’ is the attitude.”

Minneapolis, known as a progressive city, still has wide racial gaps.

Residents of Minneapolis take enormous pride in their city: its sparkling lakes, glassy downtown, beautifully kept green spaces and
bicycle-friendliness that draw comparisons to Copenhagen.

And they tend to be especially proud of the city’s multiculturalism and progressive reputation, inspired by the city’s liberal icons like
Hubert Humphrey, Walter Mondale and Paul Wellstone.

But there remains an extraordinary racial gap for Minnesotans when it comes to education outcomes and health care. Black families own
homes at far lower rates than white families, among the largest such disparities in the country. And the city’s predominantly white police
force, which has been accused of racist practices for decades, rarely disciplines officers with troubled records.

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“Minneapolis has ridden this reputation of being progressive,” said Robert Lilligren, who in 2001 became the first Native American elected
to the City Council. “That’s the vibe: Do something superficial and feel like you did something big. Create a civil rights commission, create
a civilian review board for the police, but don’t give them the authority to change the policies and change the system.”

As demonstrations continue to erupt in Minneapolis, the city has been contending with its own history concerning race, and whether its
identity as a liberal haven matches the reality for people of color, John Eligon and Julie Bosman report.

“The things that are great about it are great,” Betsy Hodges, a former mayor of Minneapolis, said of the city. “And it is also a city that has
deep challenges, especially regarding race.”

The White House goes dark, and Trump blames antifa for violence.
Tweeting from a White House that had been darkened amid protests in the nation’s capital the evening before, President Trump emerged
on Monday morning to blame the anti-fascist movement antifa for protests across the country and urged his supporters to look forward to
the November election.

On Sunday night, the police fired tear gas and unleashed flash grenades near the White House to disperse protesters who had smashed
the windows of prominent buildings, overturned cars and set fires, with smoke seen rising from close to the Washington Monument.

The White House went dark, turning off almost all of its external lights, as protesters seethed outside.

A curfew, intended to last from 11 p.m. until 6 a.m., did little to dissuade the crowds from clashing violently with riot police officers in
Lafayette Square, a small park beside the White House. In addition to a car fire, another blaze occurred in the basement of St. John’s
Church, known as the “church of presidents,” where every chief executive going back to James Madison has worshiped.

The darkened White House added to an image of a president under siege. On Friday, Secret Service agents rushed President Trump to an
underground bunker that has previously been used during terrorist attacks.

“Sleepy Joe Biden’s people are so Radical Left that they are working to get the Anarchists out of jail, and probably more,” Mr. Trump said
on Monday, referring to reports that members of Mr. Biden’s staff had donated money to an organization that pays bail fees in
Minneapolis.

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In Washington, Mr. Trump, who has not listed a public event on his schedule in two days, spent his time glued to television news reports as
protests roiled across the country, including one just beyond his front lawn.

He tweeted a quote from Brian Kilmeade, a host on “Fox & Friends,” that immediately ruled out the role of white supremacy groups in the
protests, leveling blame against groups like antifa, an organization that reporters on the ground have said does not have a formalized
presence.

The president also said his administration would “be designating ANTIFA as a Terrorist Organization,” employing a shorthand for “anti-
fascist.” But antifa is a movement of activists who share a philosophy and tactics, not an organization with a clear structure that can be
penalized under law. Moreover, U.S. law applies terrorist designations to foreign entities, not domestic groups.

The president, who has not formally addressed the nation’s protests, also encouraged his supporters to look forward to the presidential
election, which is five months away. “NOVEMBER 3RD,” he wrote just before 9 a.m. on Monday.

A new morning ritual: Cleaning up after a night of turbulence.

Days of protest and nights of unrest are giving way each dawn to a new ritual in America, as residents of the nation’s biggest cities awake
to assess the damage and begin the sometimes heartbreaking and healing work of cleaning up.

Business owners in Minneapolis began a new week sifting through the remnants of their livelihoods, disintegrated in flames.
Philadelphians turned out to sweep and scrub the previous night’s damage away. And in Boston, where commercial districts were
peppered with shattered glass on Monday morning, a radio announcer’s voice echoed out like a collective sigh of relief and exhaustion:
“It’s June 1st, and Boston made it through the night.”

On Commonwealth Avenue in Boston, looters had circled retail areas in cars until about 5 a.m., according to José Penaranda, a building
manager who tried to protect merchandise from being stolen from the Back Bay Bicycles store. By the time the sun rose, the store’s door
had been smashed and looters had left bicycles scattered in the street.

“I talked to the police — they said, ʻWe can’t even keep up with the calls,’” Mr. Penaranda said. “They couldn’t do much.”

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Not far away, Bryan Ramey, a manager at a Diesel store, was sweeping up broken glass Monday morning. He said the looters had been
selective and methodical in their choice of targets: A driver would remain in a vehicle outside while others brought out “armfuls of stuff.”
They returned late at night and cleared the office of equipment, including a modem, a safe and a security system, in an act of looting that
he said seemed unrelated to the protests.

“I’m all for protesting, even rioting when you feel you should fight the power,” he said. “But theft for theft’s sake is just taking advantage of
a situation that’s already bad.”

Anita Harrison, who is from the predominantly black neighborhood of Roxbury, went to an upscale commercial strip on Newbury Street in
Boston on Monday, offering to clean up. Standing in front of a shattered North Face store, she said she felt sad.

“This is not the answer,” she said. “It’s just people coming out looking for trouble. Like we’re not in enough trouble already.”

Officer charged in Floydʼs death is moved to a secure prison while awaiting arraignment.

A still image taken from a video, courtesy of Darnella Frazier via Facebook,
showed Derek Chauvin during the arrest of George Floyd.
Darnella Frazier, via Agence France-Presse — Getty Images

Derek Chauvin, the fired police officer charged with murdering George Floyd, was transferred on Sunday to Minnesota’s most secure
prison, where he is expected to await his arraignment in a 7-by 10-foot concrete cell and be under near constant surveillance.

Mr. Chauvin, a veteran officer of the Minneapolis City Police, was seen on video pressing his knee to Mr. Floyd’s neck for nearly nine
minutes during an arrest on Memorial Day.

Mr. Floyd’s death has set off a week of protests over police brutality across the country. Mr. Chauvin was charged on Friday with third-
degree murder, a crime that carries a penalty of up to 25 years in prison.

Mr. Chauvin is s scheduled to appear in court for a hearing on June 8, according to the Hennepin County website.

Gov. Tim Walz of Minnesota said the state’s attorney general, Keith Ellison, would take the lead in prosecuting Mr. Chauvin.

Chief Medaria Arradondo of the Minneapolis Police Department said in an interview with CNN on Sunday that the three other former
officers who were present when Mr. Chauvin kneeled on Mr. Floyd’s neck — and did not intervene — were complicit in his death. He said if
any one of them had intervened, Mr. Floyd may not have died.

“Mr. Floyd died in our hands and I see that as being complicit,” he said.

He said that decisions on charges for those officers would be made by the county attorney.

Violence broke out in Davenport, Iowa, where and officer was shot and two were killed by gunfire.
A weekend of large and peaceful demonstrations in Davenport, Iowa, turned violent overnight Sunday, when four people were shot, two of
them fatally, by unknown assailants. The two who were injured include a police officer whose cruiser was shot at in an exchange of
gunfire.

In an early morning news conference, Paul Sikorksi, the city’ police chief, said that police began getting numerous serious disturbance
calls starting around 10 p.m. on Sunday.

He described a group of “some hundred plus vehicles” that was causing the disturbances around the city, and said the department had
received dozens of reports of shots fired. When the police responded to one of the shooting injuries, in the parking lot of a jewelry store,
they found more than 30 shell casings, the chief said.

The chief said that “numerous arrests” had been made related to the incidents but did not elaborate further. The wounded officer, who was
shot around 3 a.m. when gunfire erupted between the police and the people in the vehicles, is in the hospital but “doing well,” the chief said.

Because of the violence, the entirety of Scott County is under a curfew beginning at 9 p.m. on Monday evening.

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Whoʼs behind the violence breaking out at protests?

Protesters threw fireworks at the police in Ferguson, Mo., on Sunday. Whitney Curtis for The New York Times

Amid the rush to assign blame for the violence and vandalism breaking out in U.S. cities, accusations that extremists or other outside
agitators are behind the destruction continue to ricochet online and on the airwaves.

Political leaders including President Trump have accused various groups, saying that a radical agenda is transforming once peaceful
protests over the death of George Floyd in Minneapolis police custody.

“We have reason to believe that bad actors continue to infiltrate the rightful protests of George Floyd’s murder, which is why we are
extending the curfew by one day,” Gov. Tim Walz of Minnesota tweeted on Sunday, after previously suggesting that white supremacists or
people from outside the state were fomenting the unrest.

In New York City, a senior police official said anarchists had planned to cause mayhem in the city even before the protests started, using
encrypted communication to raise bail money and recruit medics.

Still, few of those pointing the finger at extremists presented much detailed evidence to support the accusations, and some officials
conceded the lack of solid information.

Keith Ellison, Minnesota’s attorney general and a former Democratic congressman from Minneapolis, told NBC’s “Meet the Press” that it
would all have to be investigated.

“The truth is, nobody really knows,” he said.

8 minutes and 46 seconds. Hereʼs how George Floyd died in police custody.
The Times has reconstructed the death of George Floyd on May 25. Security footage, witness videos and official documents show how a
series of actions by police officers turned fatal.
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Reporting was contributed by Ellen Barry, Julie Bosman, John Eligon, Richard Fausset, Tess Felder, Matt Furber, Russell Goldman, Jack Healy, Javier C. Hernández, Neil
MacFarquhar, Sarah Mervosh, Benjamin Mueller, Jack Nicas, Elian Peltier, Katie Rogers, Rick Rojas, Marc Santora, Dionne Searcey and Mihir Zaveri.

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