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Seven Minneapolis police offers have quit and seven more on the way out

In the wake of George Floyd's killing and calls to reform the Minnesota city's police department (as well as those of other major cities around the country), it appears an exodus of officers is already underway. 

Current and former officers told The Minneapolis Star Tribune that officers are upset with city mayor Jacob Frey's decision to abandon the Third Precinct station during the protests.

Demonstrators set the building on fire after officers left. Protesters also have hurled bricks and insults at officers, numerous officers and protesters have been injured and the state has launched a civil rights investigation into the department.

Democratic congresswoman Ilhan Omar told CNN on Sunday that the department is "rotten to the root."

Mylan Masson, a retired Minneapolis officer and use-of-force expert, says officers don't feel appreciated.

Las Vegas police officer shot in George Floyd protests left paralysed

An officer who was shot in the head during a Las Vegas protest of the death of George Floyd in Minneapolis is paralysed from the neck down, on a ventilator and unable to speak.

Officer Shay Mikalonis was shot on 1 June at the height of the demonstrations two weeks ago. His family released a statement on Saturday through the police, saying the 29-year-old is expected to stay on the ventilator. He has been tentatively accepted at a spine rehabilitation centre.

Prosecutors have charged a 20-year-old man with deliberately shooting Mikalonis during the protest. A judge who reviewed evidence at 5 June court hearing said that police video shows Edgar Samaniego "walking by, taking out a gun and firing... at officers."

He is charged with attempted murder and is being held in lieu of $1m (£798,000) but an appointed public defender says Samaniego will plead not guilty.

Beyonce demands Breonna Taylor's police killers be charged

The pop superstar has added her considerable voice to the growing calls for justice to be done in the case of the young black woman shot dead in her own apartment by police using a "no-knock" warrant in Louisville, Kentucky, back in March, a killing revisited in light of the George Floyd protests.

Andrew Naughtie has this report on her open letter to the state's attorney general.

Police offer $10k reward to find white woman accused of setting fire to Wendy's during protests

From The Independent's James Crump:

Video has emerged that appears to show a white woman setting fire to a Wendy's in Atlanta, during protests over the death of Rayshard Brooks, as police offer a $10,000 (£7980) reward to find her and other suspected arsonists.

Mr Brooks was shot dead by police on Friday, after officers found him asleep in his car in the drive-thru lane of the restaurant.

Video of the incident was released to the public by authorities, which showed a struggle between Mr Brooks and officers, Garrett Rolfe and Devin Brosnan, as they attempted to arrest him for failing a sobriety test.

During the struggle, Mr Brooks managed to get hold one of the officer's tasers, and as he attempted to run away from the scene and the police he was shot at three times by Mr Rolfe and later died from his wounds after surgery.

In the aftermath of Mr Brooks's death, protests took place in the city, and the Wendy's where he was killed was set on fire.

Footage has now emerged that appears to show a white woman setting the fire.

In the footage, that has circulated on social media, some protesters can be heard shouting that they have nothing to do with the burning down of the fast food restaurant.

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Trump tweet reemerges criticising Obama's movements as president defends bizarre ramp walk

#rampgate is... ramping up.

"The way President Obama runs down the stairs of Air Force 1, hopping & bobbing all the way, is so inelegant and unpresidential. Do not fall!" Trump tweeted in April 2014, two years into Mr Obama's second term.

The tweet emerged as Trump defends criticism over his struggle to descend a ramp after delivering a commencement speech to West Point cadets on Saturday.

John T Bennet has the full story.

Kim Kardashian West joins dispute over suicide ruling

Investigators are reviewing the death of a black man found hanging from a tree in California after an outcry from his family.

The body of 24-year-old Robert Fuller was discovered in Poncitlan Square near Palmdale City Hall on 10 June and Sheriff's department was quick to rule the death as a suicide.

Kim Kardashian West and Viola Davis are among the celebrities calling for a thorough and proper investigation into Mr Fuller's death after an online petition colledted more than 200,000 signatures.

Oliver O'Connell has more on this.

BREAKING: FDA revokes emergency use of malaria drug Trump promoted as coronavirus cure

The US Food and Drug Administration has revoked emergency use authorisations for anti-malaria drugs which President Donald Trump claimed without evidence could be used to treat Covid-19 as new evidence reveals potentially deadly side effects.

Drugs like hydroxychloroquine and chloroquine flew off the shelves in recent months after they were touted by the US president to treat and even prevent the disease caused by the novel coronavirus, which triggered a global pandemic after an outbreak in Wuhan, China at the end of last year.

Mr Trump previously revealed he was taking hydroxychloroquine, a drug that can be used to treat malaria and, in some cases, rheumatoid arthritis and other ailments, as part of an apparent effort to prevent himself from contracting the coronavirus.

Follow the story as it unfolds.

'Huge risk factor': Tulsa health official raises alarms about Trump rally as team makes bizarre claims about event

From The Independent's John T Bennett.

A senior health official in Tulsa, Oklahoma, wants Donald Trump to delay a campaign rally scheduled for Saturday night there because he is concerned it will lead to a spike in coronavirus cases.

"A large indoor rally with 19-20,000 people is a huge risk factor today in Tulsa, Oklahoma," Tulsa City-County Health Department director Bruce Dart told the Tulsa World. "I want to make sure we can keep everyone in that building safe, including the president."

Mr Trump already delayed what will be his first official campaign rally since March by one day after an outcry of his original plan to hold the event on Friday. June 19 is also known as Juneteenth, which is recognised as a day commemorating the end of slavery in the United States.

Mr Dart's concern comes after Tulsa County, seven-day average of coronavirus cases climbed from 24.9 on 7 June to 51.4 seven days later.

"I think it's an honour for Tulsa to have a sitting president want to come and visit our community, but not during a pandemic. I'm concerned about our ability to protect anyone who attends a large, indoor event, and I'm also concerned about our ability to ensure the president stays safe as well," Mr Dart told the newspaper.

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Second man charged in death of retired St Louis police captain during riots

A second man has been charged with murder in the fatal shooting of retired St Louis police Captain David Dorn during a pawn shop break-in that followed a night of violent protests.

Mark Jackson, 22, of St Louis, was charged with second-degree murder, robbery, burglary, stealing and three counts of armed criminal action. The charges were filed Thursday but confirmed Monday by

Allison Hawk, a spokeswoman for Circuit Attorney Kim Gardner.

Stephan Cannon, 24, the suspected shooter, was earlier charged with first-degree murder, robbery and other crimes. Both men are jailed without bond. Jackson does not have a listed attorney.

Mr Dorn, 77, was killed 2 June on the sidewalk outside Lee's Pawn and Jewellery. Dorn's last moments were caught on video and apparently posted on Facebook Live, though the video has since been taken down.

Mr Dorn's death came on a violent night in St Louis, where four officers were shot, officers were pelted with rocks and fireworks, and dozens of businesses were burglarized or damaged, including a convenience store that burned.

The unrest occurred during one of many protests following the death of George Floyd in Minnesota. Mr Floyd died 25 May after a white Minneapolis officer pressed his knee into Floyd's neck for several minutes, even after Floyd, who was black, stopped moving and pleaded for air.

Mr Dorn, who was black, was a friend of the pawn shop owner and often checked on the business when alarms went off.

According to a police probable cause statement, Mr Cannon and Mr Jackson were among those seen on surveillance footage entering the store and then stealing several televisions. Mr Dorn arrived at the store and was shot.

The probable cause statement said surveillance cameras showed Mr Jackson, Mr Cannon and a third person fleeing in a Pontiac G6 that had a temporary license plate registered to Mr Jackson. Police also found Mr Jackson's debit card and his fingerprint on a TV left inside the pawn shop, the statement said.

Two other men have been charged with looting the pawn shop

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Supreme Court won't hear Trump challenge to 'sanctuary' city law

The Trump administration's push against sanctuary cities was delivered a blow on Monday after the Supreme Court refused to consider a challenge to California's law limiting cooperation with immigration authorities.

During his State of the Union speech, Trump has said it was an "outrageous law" while Attorney General William Barr had warned that the administration would consider action against any jurisdiction that unlawfully obstructed the federal enforcement of immigration law.

In their legal brief, lawyers for California said there was nothing in federal law that precludes states from "defining the circumstances under which state and local officials may use state resources to participate in the enforcement of federal immigration law."

Democrats welcomed the decision, with House Speaker Nancy Pelosi saying it was a rejection of the Trump administration's "cruel attempt to coerce state and local law enforcement officials into becoming a deportation dragnet".