Curbs prevailed in hundreds of American cities on Tuesday night, but that didn't stop residents from venturing into the streets, the AP News Agency reports.  

In the city of New York, thousands of people walked through the city in protest of racism and police brutality.

"Damn your curfew," it came from the crowd.

President Donald Trump has responded to the situation in the city on Twitter, urging the state to urgently deploy the National Guard to stop the "thieves and losers".

City Mayor Bill de Blasio disagrees with the president, but has announced that the curfew will be extended this week due to the destruction and looting of the city's stores, CNN writes.

Quiet outside the White House

The atmosphere outside the White House in Washington DC was relatively calm on Tuesday, compared to the previous day when police made attempts to disperse protesters with tear gas and rubber bullets.

The crowd was thinner and the protesters devoted themselves to writing messages from the protest movement with crayons on the tarmac outside St. John's Church, writes AP.

8,000 people arrested

Tuesday marks the eighth day of the protests, which began in Minneapolis after George Floyd was killed during a police raid.

More than a dozen deaths have been reported across the country and almost 8,000 people have been arrested for theft, despite the curfew and blocking of streets.

At the same time, the state of Minnesota is reporting to the Minneapolis Police Department for violating the nation's anti-discrimination laws. The state announces that it will also investigate whether the police have engaged in systematic discrimination.