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Protests Continue Despite Curfews Across The Country

Demonstrators came out, despite orders that many cities hoped would calm nighttime streets.
Protesters in downtown Washington, D.C., on Tuesday.

Updated at 2 a.m. ET Wednesday

Protesters raw, sad and angry over the killing of George Floyd, and the disproportionately high number of black Americans who face injustice, violence and death, filled the streets again on Tuesday.

Mostly peaceful throughout the day, the demonstrators faced police officers, National Guard troops and other forces.

President Trump called New York protesters "lowlifes and losers," in a tweet posted Tuesday. Demonstrators throughout the country showed up, even in smaller towns such as Brattleboro, Vt., and Kingman, Ariz.

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