//National updates: Nation's streets calmest in days, protests largely peaceful

National updates: Nation's streets calmest in days, protests largely peaceful

For the eighth consecutive day, many people took to the streets protesting the death of George Floyd. Some gatherings were peaceful as demonstrators held signs and called for justice for Floyd. But there were tensions once again in some areas, like New York, Washington, D. C. And Atlanta, where tear gas was deployed to disperse protesters who hadn’t left by curfew. The streets eventually emptied,