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Cleanup, curfew and injuries following unrest in Florida

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Posted at 5:38 PM, May 31, 2020
and last updated 2020-05-31 17:38:17-04

ORLANDO, Fla. — Deputies are recovering from injuries, nightly curfews have been issued and the cleanup of smashed store windows is taking place around Florida following a night of unrest throughout the state’s cities. Saturday's unrest followed protests in response to the death in Minneapolis of George Floyd, a black man who pleaded for air as a white police officer pressed a knee on his neck.

Jacksonville Sheriff Mike Williams said an unnamed deputy was either stabbed or slashed in the neck and was taken to a hospital for treatment Saturday evening.

In Tampa, two deputies were injured from a firework and a thrown object.