May 30 George Floyd protests news

As protesters took to the streets across the country expressing their anger over George Floyd’s death, US Surgeon General Jerome Adams said "there is no easy prescription to heal our nation, or take away the pain people are experiencing."

Adams tweeted that"“it’s a pain I too am experiencing…because I’m black."

The US "must acknowledge & address the impact of racism on health," he said.

Adams said he will continue to work with all “who share a commitment to health,” including both protesters and police officers.

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Gov. Andrew Cuomo said that the New York Attorney General will conduct an independent review of actions and procedures used during Friday night’s protests. 

Cuomo said he spoke to New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio and agreed on an independent review.

James will take a “short period of time” to review last night and deliver a report to the public, Cuomo said.

State legislators at the protests last night expressed a significant amount of concern about what actions were taken, he added.

New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo said the coronavirus crisis, which exposed inequalities in health care, and the protests surrounding the death of George Floyd, are connected.

He said we need to stop looking at incidents of racial injustice as "individual incidents."

"When you have one episode, two episodes maybe you can look at them as individual episodes. But when you have 10 episodes, 15 episodes, you are blind or in denial if you are still treating each one like a unique situation," Cuomo said.

"How many times have we seen the same situation? Yes, the names change, but the color doesn't," he added.

There were two Molotov cocktails thrown into two cars including a police van during protest in Brooklyn Friday night, a law enforcement official told CNN.

One incident involved a person throwing a Molotov cocktail into a marked police van, the official said.

A car drove up to the NYPD van, a suspect got out and then threw a bottle in the van, igniting fire.

Police were able to arrest the suspects and recovered a gas can and two more incendiary devices in the car, according to the official.

The other incident involved a woman walking up to a van holding a bottle with a rag in it, she lit it and threw it into the van but it did not catch fire, the official said. 

Kentucky Gov. Andy Beshear has called on the National Guard to help keep the peace in Louisville following days of unrest across the city, the governor said in a statement from his office.

Protests have gripped the city following the death of Breonna Taylor, 26, a black EMT killed by the police on March 13.

Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz said rough estimates indicate that about 20% of protesters are Minnesotans and about 80% are from outside the region.

"I'm not trying to deflect in any way," Walz said.

Walz pleaded with Minnesotans to contact authorities if they know where rioters are staying or they have information about planned riots so warrants can be executed.  

"They're trying to escalate the situation where deadly force is used and then chaos ensues," Walz said. 

The New York City Police Department made more than 200 arrests in the wake of protests over the death of George Floyd, according to a senior NYPD source.

More than 40 NYPD vehicles sustained some level of vandalism and more than a dozen cops were seriously hurt, the source said. 

Of those arrested, more than 40 people were from outside the city, including Long Island. 

A vast majority of the arrestees were issued desk appearance tickets or summons and released, the source said. 

An earlier on the record statement from the NYPD said no civilians or officers were critically injured.

Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz said he expects more arrests tonight than any other night of protests so far.

"What the curfew does is it gives us a legal authority to make arrests of people out there," he added.

He called for the public to help officials identify those who are starting the violence.

"What I would ask today is if you know where these people are sleeping today, let us know and we will execute warrants," Walz said. "Call that in, tell us who they were. They're not from Minneapolis, but they're staying down here."

Major General Jon A. Jensen said the deployment of more than 700 National Guard members on Friday was the "largest law enforcement operation in Minnesota history," but "it was not enough."

Jensen said they now have to have 2,500 personnel mobilized by 12 p.m. on Saturday – which is an increase from the 1,700 total personnel the National Guard said would be on the ground this morning in a tweet.

Jensen said the state is also in the process of requesting "national level resources." He said he has had conversations with the Secretary of Defense and the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff.