Iran Press/ America: Curfews have been instituted around the country on Saturday as mass demonstrations broke out nationwide and cities braced for another night of protests, according to NBC News.
A curfew will go back in effect in Minneapolis on Saturday after the city braces for another night of unrest.
"By being out tonight & breaking the 8 pm curfew, you are helping the people using crowds as cover to prey on Minneapolis & destroy community," Mayor Jacob Frey wrote on twitter. The city was under curfew on Friday night.
According to Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti, a curfew will begin in Downtown LA on Saturday evening and will last until 5:30 a.m.
Protests in LA were already underway on Saturday as buses were overtaken and multiple police cars were set on fire in the city's 4th day of protests.
Atlanta will be under a curfew Saturday evening, Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms announced in an executive order.
After Denver was rocked by two days of protests, Mayor Michael Hancock announced he is enacting a curfew on Saturday “to help protect people and property.”
The mayor said 34 people have been arrested in the past two nights of protest and called the "destruction" in the city “reckless, inexcusable, and unacceptable.”
Philadelphia Mayor Jim Kenney announced he was placing Philadelphia under a curfew on Saturday.
On Saturday, thousands of people marched in Philadelphia in a protest that led to many fires.
Pittsburgh and Seattle joined the growing list of cities under curfew Saturday.
Both Cleveland and Columbus in Ohio state announced curfews as the governor has ordered the Ohio National Guard to respond to the growing unrest.
Portland will go back under curfew on Saturday night. Mayor Ted Wheeler declared a state of emergency early Saturday morning.
The demonstrations are underway to protest the death of George Floyd, an unarmed black man who died after being pinned down by a white police officer.
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