May 30 George Floyd protests news

Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot has announced a curfew starting 9 p.m. local time and ending at 6 a.m. Sunday that will "be nightly until further notice."

It is currently 8:50 p.m. in the city.

At a press conference this evening, Lightfoot said she had been "watching a tragedy unfold in our city. What started out as a peaceful protest has now devolved into criminal conduct."

Lightfoot said 35 minutes, from the start of the announcement, would be enough time for people to "clear the streets."

"My expectation is that most people who have been peaceful today are going to go home," she added. "But if they don't, then we give the police department another tool to use to enforce the curfew."

Lightfoot later added that anyone breaking the curfew, after being given the warning to disperse, would be arrested.

According to Transit Chicago, all but two of the city's subway lines are currently suspended due to the protests, and multiple bus routes have had to be changed.

Philadelphia Mayor Jim Kenney said Saturday that the majority of protesters in the city were peaceful marchers who were expressing “our collective grief,” and that any acts of looting and violence came later in the day from a “ragtag group.”

Some 3,000 protesters gathered in downtown Philadelphia earlier, police said. The demonstration began peacefully outside the city's Museum of Art, before violence broke out in the city center and some protesters vandalized property and clashed with police.

At least 14 arrests have been made so far, a police spokesperson said.

Texas Governor Greg Abbott has activated the National Guard to help respond to protests in the state, his spokesperson John Wittman said.

Separately, Colorado Governor Jared Polis has also authorized the National Guard to respond to protests in the city and county of Denver, according to a release from his office.

As protests continue to erupt across the country over the death of George Floyd, at least eight states and the District of Columbia have now either activated or requested the National Guard to assist local law enforcement.

Those states include:

Beverly Hills will implement a curfew at 8 p.m. local time that will last until 5:30 a.m. "to ensure the safety of citizens, visitors, and law enforcement personnel", the city government said this evening.

It's currently 6:30 p.m. in Beverley Hills.

The curfew prohibits people from being in any public place in the city, including streets and parks.

The family of George Floyd spoke to both President Trump and former Vice President Joe Biden this week following his death in Minneapolis, Minnesota.

Speaking to MSNBC’s Al Sharpton, George’s brother, Philonise Floyd, said his conversation with Trump was “so fast.”

Philonise Floyd said he asked Biden to get justice for his brother.

“I asked Vice President Biden — I never had to beg a man before – but I asked him, could he please, please get justice for my brother,” he said.

“I do not want to see him on a shirt just like the other guys. Nobody deserved that. Black folk don't deserve that. We're all dying,” Philonise Floyd said.

CNN has reached out the family and has not heard back.

Footage shows more than 250 protesters in Nashville gathered in front of the Central Police Precinct shouting at officers standing ground around a vandalized police car, holding signs and yelling chants. 

Protesters chanted "hands up don't shoot" and "black lives matter."

As protests continue to erupt across the country over the death of George Floyd, at least eight states and the District of Columbia have either activated or requested the National Guard to assist local law enforcement.

Those states include:

Miami-Dade County Mayor Carlos A. Gimenez has shifted the curfew to 10 p.m., effective Saturday, according to an updated statement. The curfew was initially set for 11 p.m.

A police car was seen on fire in video from a CNN affiliate reporter.

Violators of the 9 p.m. curfew in Milwaukee face arrest and a fine of $691, Mayor Tom Barrett tweeted.

Barrett announced the curfew earlier today and also said he had declared a state of emergency in the city in response to the unrest.