Protests over the death of a black man who was killed after a white police officer pinned him to the ground have spread to Los Angeles – as Donald Trump said the FBI are investigating.
George Floyd died on Monday in Minneapolis, Minnesota, after police officer Derek Chauvin was filmed kneeling on the handcuffed man’s neck for at least eight minutes while arresting him for allegedly using a counterfeit $20 note in a shop.
Mr Floyd, 46, who was shirtless and unarmed, can be heard in the widely-circulated mobile phone footage saying he could not breathe, before paramedics are seen lifting the limp man on to a stretcher and into an ambulance.
He was later pronounced dead in hospital.
Hundreds of protesters clashed with riot police firing tear gas for a second night in Minneapolis on Wednesday, in an outpouring of rage over his death.
Television news images from a helicopter over the area showed dozens of people looting a Target store, running out with clothing and shopping trolleys full of merchandise.
Fires erupted after dark at several businesses, including an auto parts store, with eyewitnesses claiming the fires appeared to have been started deliberately.
