Thousands attended the last public viewing of George Floyd who will be laid to rest after a private service.
- Bail has been set at $1.25m for the former Minneapolis police officer who pinned Floyd to the ground with his knee for nearly nine minutes as Floyd pleaded for air.
- United States congressional Democrats unveiled a sweeping package of legislation to combat police violence and racial injustice after two weeks of protests across the nation sparked by Floyd's death.
- Floyd's funeral will be held on Tuesday, followed by burial, where he will be laid to rest next to his mother, Larcenia Floyd.
Tuesday, June 9
01:30 GMT - Minneapolis councillors back community programmes over police force
Four city councillors in Minneapolis who want to dismantle the city's police have outlined plans to shift funding to community-based programmes to reduce violence and limit the need for a law enforcement force.
Council member Jeremiah Ellison told the media it could take a year to discuss reform with the public and devise "an entirely new apparatus for public safety" to replace the Minneapolis Police Department.
"I think there is this mistake that a lot of folks are making in thinking that we are talking about abolishing safety," Ellison said. "No, we are talking about abolishing a failure of a police structure that doesn't keep us safe."
The councillors say they are expecting an amended budget proposal from Mayor Jacob Frey in the coming weeks.
Monday, June 8
22:44 GMT - US Attorney General William Barr: 'Dangerous to demonise police'
US Attorney General William Barr has criticised calls to defund or dismantle police forces following the death of George Floyd.
As demonstrations against police brutality continue, and activists call for the defunding or dismantling of police forces, the top US legal official in the US criticised calls to use police budgets for community projects.
"I think defunding the police, holding the entire police structure responsible for the actions of certain officers is wrong and I think it is dangerous to demonise police," Barr told the Fox News Channel.
"If you pull back the police from these communities there will be, there will be more harm done in these communities," Barr said.
22:08 GMT - Police in Minneapolis 'strategically deflated' tyres of protesters, journalists during recent unrest
State officials in Minnesota confirmed on Monday that police officers patrolling Minneapolis during the recent unrest slashed the tyres of unoccupied vehicles in at least two locations in order to, as they put it, "stop behaviours such as vehicles driving dangerously and at high speeds in and around protesters and law enforcement".
Videos and still photographs obtained by Mother Jones magazine showed officers in tactical clothing stabbing the tyres of multiple vehicles in a Kmart car park during the unrest. The Minneapolis Star Tribune identifiedthe officers as being from Anoka County Sheriff's office.
A spokesman for the Department of Public Safety, Bruce Gordon, confirmed that tyres were cut in "a few locations".
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