Striving for a delicate balance: Weighing US' George Floyd protests against coronavirus risks

June 08, 2020 9:27 AM

NEW YORK (NYTIMES) - None of the plans for how the United States might safely emerge from the coronavirus lockdown involved thousands of Americans standing shoulder to shoulder in the streets of major cities or coughing uncontrollably when authorities used tear gas to disperse them. No one planned on protesters being herded into crowded prison buses or left in crowded cells.

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The Straits Times World News