SLC is under curfew as a rally to protest death of George Floyd turns violent. Gov. Herbert activate

SLC is under curfew as a rally to protest death of George Floyd turns violent. Gov. Herbert activates National Guard.


A protest denouncing racism and deadly force by law enforcement turned violent Saturday afternoon as protesters set two cars on fire and threw rocks at the windows of businesses and cars while police responded with rubber bullets and arrests.

Salt Lake City set a curfew at 8 p.m. that will extend through 6 a.m. Monday, but a couple hundred continued to circulate in the metro area well after 9:30 p.m. At 5:11 p.m., Gov. Gary Herbert activated the National Guard.

Earlier in the day, hundreds peacefully marched from the Salt Lake City Police Department to the State Capitol to protest the death of George Floyd, a black man who died earlier this week after a white Minneapolis police officer knelt on his neck for nearly nine minutes.

Utah Against Police Brutality had organized the day’s protest as a car caravan, however, that protest later spilled out onto the streets as more people arrived than could be contained in cars. The protest continued for the next 11 hours.

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(Salt Lake Tribune)