Washington D.C., USA - May 30, 2020 (CGTN - No access Chinese mainland)
1. Protesters, protester breaking restaurant window
2. Police, protesters
3. Protesters, CGTN reporter reporting
4. Shopping cart on fire, policemen, protesters
5. Various of CGTN reporter, protesters

Tear gases were repeatedly fired as police tried to disperse the crowd protesting over the death of George Floyd in a neighborhood one block away from the White House on Saturday night.

Floyd, a 46-year-old black man, repeatedly pleaded with a white officer to let him breathe as the latter held him to the ground with a knee to his neck for around eight minutes on Monday evening in Minneapolis, Minnesota. Floyd lost consciousness and died in custody later.

The death of Floyd ignited wide anger, which many people took to the streets. In the footages shot by China Global Television Network (CGTN), protesters could be seen cheering as someone broke the window of a restaurant.

As the situation degenerated into further chaos, police started firing tear gas, forcing protesters to back away from the zone in front of the White House. Yet the protest went on as people chanted "black lives matter" and "no justice, no peace."

Some protesters told CGTN reporter that there have been a long history of police abuse in the country, especially against the minorities.

Floyd's death easily reminds people of Eric Garner, a black man in New York's Staten Island who died from an apparent chokehold by a white police officer in 2014. Garner also repeatedly said "I can't breathe" before his death, and the tragedy galvanized the nationwide "Black Lives Matter" movement.