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June 07, 2020 Thousands of peaceful demonstrators flocked to the streets of Washington on a hot and humid Saturday afternoon to protest police brutality and racial inequality. The crowd erupted in applause when Mayor Muriel Bowser was seen walking right along the portion of 16th Street which she herself renamed 'Black Lives Matter Plaza'.

Many groups moved to the White House, where President Donald Trump spent the day standing behind closed doors with the sound of protesters audible in the distance. In the evening the President broke hours of silence with a tweet: 'law and order!', Order and legality '.

In the streets, however, the most shouted slogans were: "When a policeman kills someone, we all die" and "White silence is violence". With their hands raised, many also sang "Hands up, don't shoot."

Demonstrations of George Floyd's death have continued in many cities. In New York City, thousands of people took to the streets and parks to protest the police brutality. Protesters crossed the Brooklyn Bridge in lower Manhattan, where other groups marched or gathered in places such as Foley Square, home to federal and state court buildings, and Washington Square Park in Greenwich Village. Police erected barriers to stem demonstrators, but closed Times Square to vehicular and pedestrian traffic and continued to enforce the curfew at 8 PM.

In Seattle thousands of doctors and nurses - many in lab coats - marched to the city hall. A sign read: "The nurses kneel with you, not you." Another said: "Police violence and racism are a public health emergency." The demonstrations in Seattle have been among the largest in the city for years.

After police were severely criticized for using tear gas and pepper spray to disperse largely peaceful crowds, the mayor and chief of police from Seattle imposed a 30-day moratorium on the use of the department of a type of tear gas. In general, many police departments across the country are now being checked for excessive force.

Jesse Jackson has asked Congress to pass an anti-lynching law and eliminate protections for police officers from lawsuits. County Hoke Sheriff Hubert Peterkin, where a memorial service was held for George Floyd, said police officers across the country must be able to admit to themselves, "They are part of the problem."