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#JusticeForGeorgeFloyd : Police Declared The Gathering “UNLAWFUL” And Ordered Everyone To Leave Lafayette Square.

Crowds had been gathered outside the Presidential residence for many hours. Earlier there were reports of some protesters hurling missiles at police, the police replying with pepper spray.

Police later declared the gathering “unlawful” and ordered everyone to leave Lafayette Square, a seven-acre public park located directly north of the White House.

Rodier has just brought his live stream to an end, as the protesters dissipated. “For everyone that was on when the live stream cut out I’m good”, he wrote on Twitter. “I didn’t get arrested all the protesters left so I did as well. Just got pepper sprayed a lot but that is a regular occurrence if you cover protests.”

I’m handing over to my colleague Paul MacInnes now. I’ll leave you with some images from the past few hours:

A medic supervises demonstrations from the roof of a makeshift medic van outside the fifth police precinct in Minneapolis
A medic supervises demonstrations from the roof of a makeshift medic van outside the fifth police precinct in MinneapolisPhotograph: Nicholas Pfosi/Reuters
A woman falls off her bicycle as police officers prevent protesters from entering a street in Los Angeles
A woman falls off her bicycle as police officers prevent protesters from entering a street in Los Angeles Photograph: Étienne Laurent/EPA
A protester shields himself from tear gas with his skateboard in Phoenix, Arizona
A protester shields himself from tear gas with his skateboard in Phoenix, ArizonaPhotograph: Nicole Neri/Reuters

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