Глава Пентагона Марк Эспер выступил против желания президента Дональда Трампа ввести войска в бунтующие города. По мнению главы военного ведомства, опция использования сил внутри страны должна применяться только в качестве крайней меры в самых тяжелых ситуациях. «Сейчас мы не находимся в такой ситуации», — сказал он.
Около трети пособий по безработице в США еще не выплачено, поскольку страну захлестнула беспрецедентная волна увольнений. Миллионы людей не могут получить деньги, а экономисты обвиняют страну в «щедрости на бумаге». Казначейство страны выплатило 146 миллиардов долларов пособий за три месяца.
Secretary of Defense Mark Esper said Wednesday that he does not support using active duty troops to quell the large-scale protests across the United States triggered by the death of George Floyd and those forces should only be used in a law enforcement role as a last resort, directly contradicting President Donald Trump.
The Minnesota Attorney General's office has finished its initial review of evidence in the investigation of four former Minneapolis Police officers involved in the killing of George Floyd and has rendered a decision regarding additional charges, two law enforcement officials briefed on the state's investigation told CNN.
As protests following George Floyd's death in police custody continued for an eighth night across America, Roxie Washington, the mother of his six-year-old daughter, sat down with CNN's Omar Jimenez in Minneapolis.
Pope Francis has called the death of George Floyd at the hands of US police officers "tragic" and said he is praying for him and "all those others who have lost their lives as a result of the sin of racism."
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