Gun violence in the US

Georgia Governor Brian Kemp has ordered National Guard troops to deploy in Atlanta, after rioters ransacked the state police headquarters. Shootings in the city have doubled in the wake of protests against police brutality.

The Independence Day weekend turned deadly across the US as 77 people were shot in Chicago alone, continuing a spate of violence that has plagued largely black neighborhoods amid anti-racism protests focused on police brutality.

Two African-Americans have been killed and two more seriously injured in the so-called CHOP zone of Seattle, Washington. City authorities continue to pretend everything is fine, because apparently only some black lives matter.

A video showing a couple in a rich St Louis neighborhood scaring BLM protesters away from their porch with guns has quickly become an online hit. The pair have been both attacked and praised for their actions on social media.

‘Pop, Lock & Drop It’ performer Huey has been shot and killed in a double shooting in Saint Louis, Missouri, prompting a torrent of messages on social media.

Fourteen people, including five children, were killed in Chicago over Father’s Day weekend, which saw more than 100 gun violence victims and was the deadliest this year.