Jun.03 — Protests over the death of an unarmed black man at the hands of police continue throughout the nation for an eighth consecutive night, despite curfews in cities around the country. The Pentagon has deployed 1600 troops to the streets of Washington, D.C. Bloomberg’s Ed Ludlow reports on “Bloomberg Daybreak: Europe.”
In This Story: Police
The police are a constituted body of persons empowered by a state, with the aim to enforce the law, to ensure the safety, health and possessions of citizens, and to prevent crime and civil disorder. Their lawful powers include arrest and the use of force legitimized by the state via the monopoly on violence.