Police officers and soldiers in some US cities have knelt in solidarity with demonstrators in honour of murdered African American, George Floyd. One such city was Los Angeles, where protesters cheered as members of the military knelt on one knee.
The demonstrators had reportedly asked the soldiers to march alongside them, but they said they needed to stay in the same place.
Meanwhile American rapper Jay-Z has taken out a full-page advertisement in newspapers across the US in honour of George Floyd.
The advert quotes a passage from a 1965 Martin Luther King Junior’s address. It has reportedly been placed in major papers such as The New York Times, The Los Angeles Times among others.
It was signed by Jay-Z along with families who have lost sons to police violence as well as some advocacy organizations and attorneys.
Demonstrators are defying curfews in major cities, including New York and Washington DC.