George Floyd protests: Over 4 thousand people detained

US police have arrested more than 4,000 people several cities in the country during the unrest over the death of George Floyd, a handcuffed black man in police custody in Minneapolis, Los Angles, Report says, citing the Associated Press.

According to the Agency, over the past days of protests and demonstrations, about 4,100 people were detained.

Notably, riots broke out in Minneapolis and many other cities after the death of Minneapolis, African-American man George Floyd in police custody. A video taken on Monday evening shows a Minneapolis police officer keeping his knee on the neck of a motionless, moaning man at the foot of a squad car.

Floyd, in the video, says several times that he can't breathe, then goes quiet. He died in intensive care. Four police officers were fired after the riots began, and one of them was charged with negligent homicide.