Oversea. com, June 7 -- Protests triggered by the death of African American George Freud continued to burn in the United States. On the 6th local time, the protest entered the 12th day. On the same day, hundreds or even tens of thousands of people took to the streets in San Francisco, Los Angeles, Chicago, Washington, New York and other places to protest, and the number of protests reached a record level. US media reported that in response to the protests, the White House wanted to deploy tens of thousands of active US troops earlier this week, but was opposed by senior military officials.

The record number of protests is due to the rebound of the epidemic

According to the News of the Capitol Hill on the 7th, the protests in the United States continued to ferment, and thousands of demonstrators marched in major cities in the United States on the 6th. This is the largest protest triggered by the "death of Freud" so far, with a record number of protests.

In New York, a large number of people took to the streets. Arooj Sirha, a 32-year-old lawyer, told the American media that this was the first time she had participated in the protest since the Freud incident.

In the capital, Washington, the largest number of people participated in the parade in more than ten days. Washington Mayor Bowser joined the protest team on the 6th and took to the streets with thousands of protesters. She also delivered a speech to the protest crowd in the "black life is also life" square. Bowser said, "The federal police are pushing the American people who are protesting peacefully in front of their houses. If you see George Freud's experience and life is not what the world sees, you should shout out for more justice and peace."

The protests brought about inevitable gathering activities, which made the situation in the United States, which was not optimistic, worse. The number of new cases in 23 states in the United States is increasing every week. Arizona, Florida, North Carolina, Texas and Vermont have set the highest record of new confirmed cases since the outbreak of the epidemic in the past four days.

Hundreds of media reporters were attacked by the police, and some were shot blind

After the protests triggered by the "death of Freud" broke out, more and more journalists were attacked or arrested by the police in the field reports in Minneapolis, Louisville and other cities.

An analysis by the British Guardian found that 148 media reporters in the United States who reported Freud's protests were arrested or attacked. This is only part of the record of the attacks or arrests of journalists that took place between May 26 and June 2. The real number may be higher.

The analysis also found that 40 journalists were shot by bullets, and rubber bullets, foam bullets and pepper bullets were the most commonly used weapons; 34 journalists were physically attacked by police officers, including pushing, punching and kicking or being thrown to the ground; There were also more than 20 incidents involving the use of tear gas and 15 cases involving the use of pepper spray; In addition, 33 journalists were arrested or detained. Some reporters lie down and hold their press cards above their heads when they receive the order from the police, but they are still hit by the police's foam bullets; Another reporter was hit in the eye by a bullet while reporting the protest in Minneapolis, and his left eye was permanently blind.

The White House was revealed to have wanted to deploy tens of thousands of US troops to deal with the protest, which was opposed by the senior military

According to a senior defense official quoted by CNN on Sunday (7th), the White House had planned to deploy 10000 active troops to the capital of Washington earlier this week to suppress demonstrators, but Defense Secretary Mark Esper and Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Mark Milley opposed the use of active soldiers.

According to the Associated Press, a senior defense official said that Esper immediately put pressure on the governors of the states to send the National Guard to Washington in an attempt to discourage Trump from mobilizing the federal army. At the same time, Esper has mobilized about 1600 active soldiers to the surrounding areas of Washington to respond as needed. However, there are about 5000 members of the National Guard in this area, and there is no need for other assistance. So this group of soldiers left Washington from the evening of Thursday (4th), and now they have all withdrawn.

Another defense official told CNN that Miley, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, also advocated that the current situation might not meet the threshold for the mobilization of active troops. Miley also said in a letter to all members of the US military that all US soldiers vowed to defend the Constitution, which gave Americans the right to free expression and peaceful assembly.