Live updates: Thousands gather across D.C. to protest death of George Floyd; mayor celebrates pushing ‘the Army away from our city’

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Two Buffalo police officers were charged Saturday after a widely circulated video appeared to show them shoving a 75-year-old protester, who fell and bled from the head as officers walked past him.

The news came as cities and towns across the United States faced another outpouring of protests Saturday amid national outrage over law enforcement excess sparked by the death of George Floyd in police custody. Researchers say these protests, now in their 12th day, are the broadest in U.S. history, having spread to well over 650 cities and towns, across all 50 states.

Here are some significant developments:

Demonstrators streamed into downtown Washington on Saturday for what officials said could be the biggest collection of day-long local protests.

Protesters in Australia, Britain, Japan and other countries marched in solidarity with Black Lives Matter demonstrators in the United States.

A public viewing and private memorial service for Floyd are underway in Raeford, N.C., near his birthplace.

Two New York Police Department officers have been suspended without pay because of their use of force against protesters.

Journalists at the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette are accusing the newspaper of removing and censoring Friday two online articles that reported on protests and police brutality.

Congressional Democrats plan to release expansive legislation to rein in police violence following nearly two weeks of sustained protests sparked by Floyd’s death in police custody.