Popular protests continued in front of the White House in Washington, and in several other American cities, while the guards strengthened security measures around the presidential residence, Senate Democrats introduced a new bill limiting the president's authority, and tens of thousands of demonstrators in Vienna denounced Floyd’s death.
The White House guards erected concrete barriers and built a fence around the park entrances opposite the US presidential residence. A spokesman for the Presidential Security Service announced the closure of some entrances leading to the headquarters, while affirming that protesters were allowed to demonstrate.
The protesters chanted the name Floyd and the slogan "No peace without justice." The federal security forces have reduced the scope of the security belt that they imposed around the White House at the request of the mayor of the capital, and the Washington authorities decided to suspend the curfew, indicating that the protests are peaceful.
Authority of the President
On the other hand, Senate Democrats presented a bill limiting the president's authority in the insurgency law that President Donald Trump has signaled activating to deploy military forces in American cities and quell protests.
The bill, prepared by Democrat Senator Richard Blumenthal, stipulates that the President must consult with Congress before it is enforced and that it be no more than fourteen days in duration unless legislators issue a decision to extend it.
The bill allows individuals and state governors to quickly review the judiciary if the president abuses his authority, and bars the US military from participating in "search or arrest" operations or similar activities unless specified by law.
Denouncing in Vienna and
in the Austrian capital Vienna, tens of thousands, most of them youth, demonstrated Thursday as part of an international mobilization against racism and condemned the death of George Floyd.
Several participants said this is one of the largest gatherings in the Austrian capital in recent years. The police said that the participation was significant, and estimated the number of participants at fifty thousand.
Participants carried banners reading "Silence means consent" and "Silence of the whites means violence of the whites" and other signs denouncing the police violence saying "Life of the blacks is important".
It was not possible to respect the social spacing, given the large numbers of participants, but many protesters wore masks.
Quiet but stronger,
The Associated Press said the explosive outrage that marked popular protests is now turning into quiet but more vigorous grassroots calls for more work toward tackling racial injustice.
Despite this shift, the demonstrators showed no indication that they would leave the streets or give up pressure to reform the police.
In New York City, actor Miguel Fernandez said that there are many possible protests in the coming days, because the protesters have not got what they want. Terence's brother, Terence, appeared in Brooklyn to continue the struggle for change, declaring "power to the people .. we all."
Abandon the police
The agency added that an increasing number of cities are rethinking the police presence in their schools in response to the concerns of thousands of demonstrators - many of them young men - who filled the streets to protest the death of George Floyd and demanded the police be removed from schools.
A memorial service for George Floyd was held in the US city of Minneapolis yesterday, where civil rights activist pastor Al Sharpton stressed at the memorial service that the time has come to hold the police accountable.
"I changed the world, George," said the Baptist "65 years" during the memorial ceremony held at North Central University in Minneapolis, where Floyd died last May 25, and added, "This is the time to deal with accountability in the criminal justice system." .
"Everyone wants justice, we want justice for George and he will get it," said his other brother, Philones Floyd, at a memorial service at a church at North Central University in Minnesota.
On Wednesday, the prosecution brought new charges against four former Minneapolis police officers involved in Floyd's death.
And yesterday, Thursday, three officers were accused of participating and complicity in killing Floyd before the court for the first time, and a bond worth one million dollars was set for their release, but it will be reduced to 750 thousand dollars if they agree to specific conditions that include the abandonment of any personal weapons. In New York City - which witnessed looting during the protests - thousands participated in a memorial service for Floyd at Brooklyn Park.
Many knelt at the grass in a symbolic expression to protest the police behavior, and chanted, "No peace without justice."
Foreign groups and extremists accused:
US Attorney General William Barr confirmed foreign groups and extremists have intervened to fuel division in the protests in the United States.
In a press conference yesterday, Barr accused foreign interests and extremist agitators affiliated with groups such as Antiva, of being behind these moves.
"We saw evidence that Antiva and other similar extremist groups, as well as parties from a variety of different political backgrounds, were involved in inciting and participating in violent activity," Barr added, without elaborating.
In the aftermath of the current protests, the mayor of the American capital, Washington, called Morr Bawzer for the withdrawal of all military units from the capital.
Bowser added at a press conference that the soldiers can exercise the role of the police in federal gardens, such as Lafayette Park, which is located opposite the White House, noting that the progress of the soldiers towards any of the city's streets is rejected by the local government.
And the Al-Jazeera correspondent quoted a senior official in the US Defense Department that the Pentagon decided to return a number of regular soldiers who have deployed in the vicinity of Washington, DC, to their previous bases.
Concerned about the increase in the military presence and
within the repercussions of the deployment of military units in cities, US House Speaker Nancy Pelosi said that she sent a message to President Donald Trump expressing concern to him about the increased military presence in Washington.
Pelosi told a news conference that there were soldiers at the memorial of President Abraham Lincoln, and that the states had sent National Guard troops to the capital.
She added that she wanted to know according to which authority those forces were sent from the states to the capital, and what her mission was, and who is responsible for that?
Pelosi expressed concern about the work of elements from various security forces, who said they were undercover, because this might allow violations in her eyes and suggest the possibility of impunity.