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Updated June 1st, 2020 at 23:03 IST

Protests leave a trail of destruction near White House after night of unrest

Near the White House, damage could be seen following a night of unrest that damaged the basement of St. John's Episcopal church and the headquarters of the national union coalition, AFL-CIO.

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Near the White House, damage could be seen following a night of unrest that damaged the basement of St. John's Episcopal church and the headquarters of the national union coalition, AFL-CIO.

The American Federation of Labor and Congress of Industrial Organizations' buildings had wooden boards covering its windows where glass had been shattered. The rector of St. John's says a fire began in the basement in the church's nursery but was extinguished before causing any major damage to the chapel.

Demonstrators began to gather again Monday at Lafayette Square park near the White House. A Virgnia mother said she brought her 16-year-old son to Washington on Monday morning to learn more about the protests.

She also critcized Presidend Donald Trump's response to the unrest, saying that if she could give him a message she would say, "your job isn't to be a president to half the country, it's to be a president to all of the country.

Cities across the country are bracing for more trouble amid a coast-to-coast outpouring of rage over police killings of black people. Trump demanded the nation's governors crack down harder on the violence, telling them: “Most of you are weak.”

After six straight days of unrest, a new routine was developing: residents waking up to neighborhoods in shambles, shopkeepers sweeping up broken glass and taking stock of ransacked stores, and police and political leaders weighing how to address the boiling anger.

Despite an 11pm curfew Sunday night, fires were ignited around the White House and some buildings were damaged.

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Published June 1st, 2020 at 23:03 IST

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