US race riots: Clashes outside White House as US cities under curfew

Police in riot gear keep protesters at bay in Lafayette Park near the White House in Washington, U.S. May 31, 2020. Picture taken May 31, 2020. REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst

WASHINGTON (AFP): Police fired teargas outside the White House late Sunday (May 31) as major US cities were put under curfew to suppress rioting as anti-racism protestors again took to the streets to voice fury at police brutality.

With the Trump administration branding instigators of six nights of rioting as “domestic terrorists”, there were more confrontations between protestors and police and fresh outbreaks of looting.