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Multiple police officers injured in protests hours after Floyd’s death ruled a homicide

 

(CNN)Hours after two autopsies revealed George Floyd was killed by police, officers came under fire overnight.

In St. Louis, four officers were struck by gunfire during protests. Their injuries are non-life-threatening, Chief John Hayden Jr. said.
Las Vegas police are investigating two officer-involved shootings overnight, one in which an officer was shot, police told CNN affiliate KVVU-TV.
And in New York City, a sergeant was hit by a car with such force that the officer flipped sideways in the air. The officer is in serious but stable condition with leg and head injuries, NYPD Lt. Thomas Antonetti said. The driver fled the scene.
The violence unfolded despite the Floyd family’s plea for protesters to abstain from violence.
Floyd, 46, died last week after after a now-fired Minneapolis officer pressed his knee on Floyd’s neck for more than 8 minutes, according to a prosecutor’s statement of probable cause. His final words included “Mama” and “I can’t breathe.”
Police officers join protesters in several US citiesA video of the incident shows two other officers helping to hold down Floyd, who was on his stomach and was handcuffed.
“Our cities are boiling over because people are in pain,” Louisville Urban League President Sadiqa Reynolds said.
“It’s about years and years and years of a lack of access to justice. It’s a lack of accountability on the part of the police departments. It’s about the good officers not calling out the bad ones.”

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