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Tensions rise in US cities after police shot; Trump pushes crackdown

A protestor throws back a tear gas can shot by the police during a protest against the death in Minneapolis police custody of African-American man George Floyd, in St Louis, Missouri, US, June 2, 2020. [Reuters]

President Donald Trump on Tuesday taunted state governors for not embracing his proposal to send in the US military to quell unrest, hours after five officers were shot and wounded in an escalation of tensions between law enforcement and crowds protesting the killing of a black man in police custody.

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