Police fire a major barrage of tear gas and stun grenades at protesters near the White House an hour before the 11pm curfew.
A crowd of over 1,000 people had gathered near Lafayette Square, across the road from the US president’s house.
Protesters piled up road signs and plastic barriers and lit a fire in the middle of the Street.
Some pulled an American flag from a nearby building and threw it into the blaze.
The unrest was replicated throughout the United States with protests held in at least 140 cities following the killing of George Floyd.
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