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IN PHOTOS: When fury erupts across America

Four days of protests in honour of George Floyd and against police brutality have caused the United States to reel under large-scale riots, even in the midst of a pandemic

Jun 01, 2020, 17:40 IST4 min
 <p>BELLEVUE, WA - MAY 31: Bellevue Police Chief Steve Mylett kneels next to demonstrators during a gathering to protest the recent death of George Floyd on May 31, 2020 in Bellevue, Washington. Protests took place in Bellevue in addition to Seattle, with looting in Bellevue and at least one burned automobile there</p>
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BELLEVUE, WA - MAY 31: Bellevue Police Chief Steve Mylett kneels next to demonstrators during a gathering to protest the recent death of George Floyd on May 31, 2020 in Bellevue, Washington. Protests took place in Bellevue in addition to Seattle, with looting in Bellevue and at least one burned automobile there
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NEW YORK, NEW YORK - MAY 31: Protesters kneel in front of New York Police during a march to honour George Floyd in Manhattan on May 31, 2020 in New York City. Protesters demonstrated for the fourth straight night after a video emerged of a Minneapolis police officer, Derek Chauvin, pinning George Floyd"s neck to the ground. Floyd was later pronounced dead while in police custody after bei
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MINNEAPOLIS, MINNESOTA - MAY 31: A women who was hit with pepper spray had milk poured on her to ease the sting during a protest against police brutality and the death of George Floyd, on May 31, 2020 in Minneapolis, Minnesota. Protests continue to be held in cities throughout the country over the death of George Floyd, a black man who died while in police custody in Minneapolis on May 25
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BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS - MAY 31: A woman has her eyes rinsed with water during a protest, in response to the recent death of George Floyd on May 31, 2020 in Boston, Massachusetts. Protests spread across cities in the U.S., and in other parts of the world in response to the death of an African-American man called George Floyd while in police custody in Minneapolis, Minnesota
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NEW YORK, USA - MAY 30: Protesters clash with police officers in New York on May 30, 2020
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Protesters throw back smoke canisters during clashes with police during a demonstration over the death of George Floyd, in Boston, Massachusetts on May 31, 2020. Authorities imposed curfews in the capital Washington and other major US cities on May 31 to prevent fresh rioting after anti-racism protestors again took to the streets to voice their fury at police brutality
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DENVER, CO - MAY 31: A man fires a concussion grenade back at police officers after the officers threw tear gas during the fourth consecutive day of protests on May 31, 2020 in Denver, Colorado. The city of Denver enacted a curfew for Saturday and Sunday nights in hopes of curbing destructive protests that have wreaked havoc across the city
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BELLEVUE, WA - MAY 31: Law enforcement officers move toward demonstrators during a gathering to protest the recent death of George Floyd on May 31, 2020 in Bellevue, Washington
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NEW YORK, NEW YORK - MAY 31: Protesters face off with New York City Police during a march to honour George Floyd near Union Square on May 31, 2020 in New York City
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WASHINGTON, DC - MAY 31: Demonstrators gather around a fire during a protest near the White House in response to the killing of George Floyd in Washington, DC. Former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin was fired then arrested for Floyd"s death and is accused of killing Floyd by kneeling on his neck. Chauvin and three other officers, Tou Thao, J Alexander Kueng and Thomas K. Lane, we
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