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An attorney for Kellie Chauvin, the wife of ex-Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin, has filed for a dissolution of marriage, according to a statement from the Sekula Family Law office.
Derek Chauvin was arrested Friday and charged with third-degree murder and second-degree manslaughter in the death of George Floyd.
A number of Houston police officers were hospitalized after protests over George Floyd’s death broke out in the city Friday, according to Houston Police Officer’s Union President Joe Gamaldi.
Gamaldi did not say how many officers had been sent to hospital, or what condition they were in.
CNN affiliate KTRK reported more than 60 people were arrested after the protests in Houston, according to Houston Police Chief Art Acevedo.
Acevedo also said there were reports of looting and buildings with broken glass.
Civil disobedience in Denver, Colorado, has prompted police to deploy pepper balls.
A large group pf people has gathered in the downtown area of the city, Denver Police Department public information officer Kurt Barnes said.
A Detroit police officer was taken to hospital after being struck by a rock thrown by protesters tonight, according to the city’s police chief, James Craig.
Another officer was on a bike when a protester in a car tried to run him over, Craig said. That person has been arrested.
So far, Detroit police have made nine arrests – seven of whom are from outside the city, according to Craig.
He added several police cars have been damaged.
Protesters took to the streets across America over the death of George Floyd on Friday night.
Some of the protests have been peaceful, while others have been destructive. Here are the cities where protesters gathered:
California: Los Angeles, Bakersfield, Sacramento, San Jose, Oakland, San Francisco
Colorado: Denver
Georgia: Atlanta
Illinois: Chicago
Iowa: Des Moines
Indiana: Indianapolis, Fort Wayne
Kentucky: Louisville (Related to the death of Breonna Taylor)
Louisiana: New Orleans
New York: New York City
Massachusetts: Boston
Michigan: Detroit
Minnesota: Minneapolis
Nevada: Las Vegas
North Carolina: Charlotte
Ohio: Columbus, Cincinnati
Texas: Dallas, Houston
Virginia: Richmond
Washington, DC
Georgia Gov. Brian P. Kemp called for the Atlanta protesters to head home in a post to his official Twitter account tonight.
In a second tweet, he said authorities and police in the city had been working with state law enforcement officials.
The College Football Hall of Fame near CNN Center in Atlanta, Georgia, was significantly damaged during protests downtown Friday.
Glass was shattered and littered all over the sidewalk, video from CNN shows.
Many display cases were toppled over and building windows were broken.
In an emotional speech, rapper Killer Mike addressed George Floyd protesters directly at Atlanta Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms’ news conference tonight.
Crying on camera, he continued: “I watched a white police officer assassinate a black man. And I know that tore your heart out.”
He concluded by thanking Mayor Lance Bottoms, saying he appreciated her telling the protesters to go home.
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Special Adviser Jessie Halladay with Louisville Metro Police Department said protests in the city are still escalating.
Halladay said while things started out peacefully this evening, the police department is anticipating property damage similar to what was seen during the protests in Louisville Thursday evening.
According to Halladay, there is a significantly larger number of people out protesting tonight, and the department believes a large portion of those out protesting are not from Louisville.
The police department has made two arrests, and several small fires have been set, including an attempt to set a fire at the Hall of Justice. Halladay said there was more graffiti and flag-burning happening Friday.
She said protesters are armed with sticks, bottles, bats, shields and guns, and have come well stocked with water and supplies.
No significant injuries have been reported, Halladay said.
Houston Mayor Sylvester Turner urged citizens to go home in a tweet Friday night after protests flared in downtown over George Floyd’s death.
“For the safety of everyone, I am asking you to go home,” Turner tweeted.
Houston shut down access to the downtown area amid the protests, according to a statement from the city. A city alert urged citizens to avoid the downtown area.
“All highway and street access into and out of downtown is currently closed,” the alert read. “Those outside of downtown are being asked to avoid traveling near the area through the night.”
Police are positioned but not enforcing a citywide curfew as protesters continue to demonstrate in Minneapolis, CNN’s Sara Sidner reported.
About the curfew: Minneapolis and St. Paul are under a curfew instituted after days of protests marked by looting and arson.
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Dallas police attempted to keep a protest peaceful in downtown on Friday night.
Police Chief Renee Hall joined officers in Dallas during the protest and spoke to one protester.
Tear gas was deployed after protesters confronted officers who arrived in force to try to keep the march moving.
Protesters have taken over portions of the Las Vegas Strip in Nevada on Friday night.
Aerials from CNN affiliate KTNV show a crowd of people peacefully walking down the middle of the street. There was no vehicle traffic.
The Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department says it is creating a media staging area. CNN has reached out for more detail.
Bail for ex-Minneapolis Police Officer Derek Chauvin has been set at $500,000, according to the criminal complaint filed in the 4th Judicial District Court of Minnesota.
According to the document, there have been no conditions set for his release.
The document doesn’t indicate that Chauvin is out on bail, but it does say that if he does bond out, bail is set for $500,000.
The order of detention box is not checked because Chauvin was not ordered detained or remanded.
A crew for CNN affiliate WAVE was reporting live from Louisville, Kentucky, this evening when they were directly fired upon with what the reporter described as pepper bullets.
“I guess we were behind their line, I guess a little too close for comfort,” WAVE reporter Kaitlin Rust can be heard saying afterward.
Protests have erupted in multiple cities across the US over the death of George Floyd.
Floyd’s death this week sparked protests across the country after video emerged that shows the 46-year-old black man handcuffed and on the ground saying, “I can’t breathe,” as a police officer holds him down with a knee on his neck.
CNN’s Nick Valencia said protesters are starting to clear the streets near the CNN Center.
The protests turned violent earlier Friday after demonstrators lit a car on fire and broke windows at the CNN Center.
FBI Director Christopher Wray sent an email to employees Friday night saying people’s trust in law enforcement is eroded when officers fail to protect and serve everybody.
“Like most of you, I’ve watched the video images this week that ended in the death of George Floyd while in the custody of Minneapolis police officers. These images are profoundly troubling, to say the very least. And it is difficult to see our communities across the country in such understandable pain,” Wray wrote.
Here’s a portion of the director’s email:
Civil rights leader Andrew Young says he empathizes with the protesters in Atlanta in a late-night tweet today.
Young, the former US ambassador to the United Nations, went on to say: “Tonight and tomorrow night, we have to round up the reasonable young people who are part of that group and let them know that they have made their point and now they hurt their cause.”
Several people have been arrested after protesters threw rocks at Charlotte-Mecklenburg police station and its officers earlier today, according to tweets from Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police Department.
Police issued a “dispersal order” after declaring the gathering of protesters “unlawful.”
Several windows of the police station were broken, police said.
Police said they are continuing efforts to de-escalate the protests over George Floyd’s death.
