By Sam Levin in Los Angeles (now), and Tom Lutz and Martin Pengelly in New York (earlier)
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11.40pm BST
Most of the people arrested and taken to Hennepin county jail in Minnesota in connection to last night’s riots were residents of the local metro area, according to records reviewed by KARE 11, a local station:
KARE 11 Investigates: Records show arrests so far are mostly in-state https://t.co/5O7WdpQeAJ via @KARE11 @b_stahl
Minnesota’s governor gave the 80%-outsider number this morning too, and so far there is zero publicly available evidence to support it. https://t.co/kGEFwOrC4X
St. Paul police say they arrested 18 people between Thursday and this morning at 6 a.m. Here’s where they’re from:
– 5 St. Paul
– 3 Woodbury
– 2 Minneapolis
– 1 St. Louis Park
– 1 Mankato
– 1 La Crosse, Wis.
– 1 Grand Forks, N.D.
– 1 Fargo, N.D.
– 1 Fort Worth, Texas
– 2 unknown.
11.27pm BST
The mayor of Columbus, Ohio has just announced a citywide curfew from 10pm to 6am.
Minneapolis, Portland and Louisville have also implemented curfews. Columbus has further closed downtown “indefinitely”:
HAPPENING NOW 5/30/20 5:50pm:
-All city streets in downtown are closed indefinitely.
-If you have to work downtown be sure to show an ID.
-The city curfew begins run from 10pm – 6am.
We want everyone to be safe.#ColumbusOhio #columbusprotest #columbuspolice #Curfew
I’m ok. Was just trying my best to deescalate the situation. https://t.co/7HtXR2os0y
Just want to let folks know that when @RepBeatty @VoteBoyce and I were down at the protest we did get sprayed with mace or pepper spray. We are all ok, and we want to encourage folks, both police and protestors, to stay calm. pic.twitter.com/RDQ1p4YDRY
Source: George Floyd protests: Minnesota governor orders full mobilisation of national guard – live
