Violence and confrontations with the security forces increased during demonstrations in American cities, where two people were killed during the unrest in Chicago as protests continued over George Floyd's death. p>
A spokesman for the town of Cicero, west of Chicago, Ray Hanania, said that 60 people had been arrested west of the city without providing additional information about the two dead or the circumstances of their deaths. >
The Illinois State Police and the Cook County Sheriff's Office were called in to assist the local police as people stormed the stores and carried out the looting.
In New York, a car collided with a group of police officers working to ensure security during the demonstrations, wounding at least two of them.
In Kentucky, riot police fired tear gas to disperse several hundred protesters, and police forces managed to disperse protesters heading to main streets.
In Atlanta, protesters continued to congregate in the city center as the curfew approached, and police and National Guard officers used tear gas from 9:00 p.m. local time Monday as they dispersed The protesters largely after that and the security forces rushed to arrest the violators of the ban.
The protests started after the death of Floyd, an African American man who died in Minneapolis on May 25 after a white police officer accused of murder called Derek Chauvin pressed his knee on the neck Floyd for several minutes even after Floyd stopped moving and begging for breathing.
The arrests come as protests in some cities have become more violent and confronted with security forces at a time when President Donald Trump urged the police and governors to take stronger measures to suppress the demonstrations.
