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\n\n\n\n\n\n\nPolice officers across the U.S. were targeted in shootings and vehicular attacks Monday night as protests continued in major cities for the seventh night despite President Trump\u2019s vow to clamp down on violence.\n\n\n\n\n
\n\n\n\n\nThe demonstrations on Monday marked a week of unrest since unarmed black man George Floyd<\/a> died when a white Minneapolis officer jammed his knee into the back his neck in a shocking incident caught on video. Despite tens of thousands marching peacefully in demonstrations against police brutality and systemic racism, protests over Floyd\u2019s death have been nonetheless overshadowed by violence, looting and vandalism that has engulfed U.S. cities.\n\n\n\n\n
\n\n\n\n\nIn St. Louis, Mo.<\/a>, Monday night, four police officers were shot during protests in the city\u2019s downtown area, two in the leg, one in the foot and one in the arm.\n\n\n\n\n
\n\n\n\n\nPolice Chief John Hayden said they were hit by gunfire by \u201csome coward\u201d while standing on the side of a police line.\n\n\n\n\n
\n\n\n\n\n\u201cAs we speak we\u2019re trying to get control out of this city, still hearing gunfire and everything,” he said. I don\u2019t know what else to say. This is horrible. Thank God, they\u2019re alive.\u201d\n\n\n\n\n
\n\n\n\n\nThe St. Louis Post-Dispatch reported <\/a>that all of the officers were conscious and breathing after being rushed to the hospital.\n\n\n\n\n
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