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More US Protests Planned Monday Urging Police Reforms

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   Demonstrations againstpolice brutality and calling for racial equality
   are planned to continue Monday, three weeks after the death in police
   custody of George Floyd in Minnesota and days after police shot
   deadRayshardBrooks in Atlanta.

   Monday's demonstrations include a march on the Georgia state capitol
   and protesters gathering in Lafayette Park, across the from the White
   House, where two weeks ago law enforcement forcefully cleared a
   peaceful crowd shortly before President Donald Trump walked through the
   area for a photo opportunity at a nearby church.

   Sunday brought protests in numerous cities, including Washington, New
   York, Los Angeles, Atlantaand Miami.

   Seattle Police Chief Carmen Bestsaidon CBS television's"Face the
   Nation"Sundayshe hopes officers can move back into a section of the
   city taken over by peaceful protesters without resorting to "something
   that devolves into a force situation."

   Protesters have peacefully occupied a four-block part of the city which
   they've named "Capitol Hill Autonomous Zone." Organizers say they want
   a neighborhood without police. A huge "Black Lives Matter" mural covers
   the area's main thoroughfare.

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