Trump withdraws National Guard from Washington D.C.; Europe sees Black Lives Matter protests over weekend
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A collective passion for justice continues to fill the streets, much more peacefully, not only across the United States, but around the world.
From Washington, D.C., to Bristol and Budapest, our Jang Tae-hyun has a wrap up.
U.S. President Trump announced on Sunday that he will be withdrawing the National Guard from Washington D.C., after a weekend of peaceful protests.
CNN reported that around five thousand National Guard troops had been called to patrol Washington D.C.
Trump didn't clearly say if all National Guard forces have been withdrawn,... but the Secretary of the Army Ryan McCarthy said that out-of-state Guard forces, which makeup the majority of those deployed in the capital, started going home on Sunday.
Meanwhile, the protests against racism and police brutality that began in the U.S. are spreading around the globe.
"We need to bring it domestically, we need to remember that the UK is not innocent, everything you see around you is built off the backs of black and brown bodies."
At a protest in Bristol, people tore down a statue of slave trader Edward Colston and threw it into Bristol Harbour.
Amid reports of several injuries to police officers in the UK protests, Prime Minister Boris Johnson said that while people have the right to protest, they have no right to attack the police.
Demonstrators also gathered in Liberty Square in Budapest on Sunday... and knelt in silence for eight minutes and 46 seconds the length of time Floyd was lying on the ground with a police officer's knee pressed down on his neck.
"It is really sad what is happening in America and I am glad that we are all taking a stand all over the world because enough is enough."
Protests against racism also took place in Spain, Italy, Germany and other countries over the weekend.
Jang Tae-hyun, Arirang News
A collective passion for justice continues to fill the streets, much more peacefully, not only across the United States, but around the world.
From Washington, D.C., to Bristol and Budapest, our Jang Tae-hyun has a wrap up.
U.S. President Trump announced on Sunday that he will be withdrawing the National Guard from Washington D.C., after a weekend of peaceful protests.
CNN reported that around five thousand National Guard troops had been called to patrol Washington D.C.
Trump didn't clearly say if all National Guard forces have been withdrawn,... but the Secretary of the Army Ryan McCarthy said that out-of-state Guard forces, which makeup the majority of those deployed in the capital, started going home on Sunday.
Meanwhile, the protests against racism and police brutality that began in the U.S. are spreading around the globe.
"We need to bring it domestically, we need to remember that the UK is not innocent, everything you see around you is built off the backs of black and brown bodies."
At a protest in Bristol, people tore down a statue of slave trader Edward Colston and threw it into Bristol Harbour.
Amid reports of several injuries to police officers in the UK protests, Prime Minister Boris Johnson said that while people have the right to protest, they have no right to attack the police.
Demonstrators also gathered in Liberty Square in Budapest on Sunday... and knelt in silence for eight minutes and 46 seconds the length of time Floyd was lying on the ground with a police officer's knee pressed down on his neck.
"It is really sad what is happening in America and I am glad that we are all taking a stand all over the world because enough is enough."
Protests against racism also took place in Spain, Italy, Germany and other countries over the weekend.
Jang Tae-hyun, Arirang News