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Following two nights of protests in Detroit over the police killing¹ of George Floyd, where police released tear gas on protesters in attempts to divide and separate the crowd, a mandated² curfew seemed to help quell³ activity in the city on Sunday evening.

Michigan Radio's News Director Vincent Duffy and Reporter Lester Graham were in downtown Detroit Sunday evening after the curfew went into effect at 8 p.m.

According to Duffy, who livestreamed what he saw this evening via Facebook, the crowd size was much smaller than previous evenings, but the police presence on the streets was sizable. As in previous evenings, officers fired tear gas in an attempt to break up what crowds existed. Officers then marched downtown, first in a major formation, and then broke into smaller groups.

With the curfew beginning at 8 p.m. and not set to lift until 5 a.m., officers approached those outside, demanding that they go home. If they refused, officers detained them and arrested them.

While Duffy says he saw one protester throw a plastic bottle of water at officers marching on Broadway, there was significantly less vandalism and violence than previous evenings. Whereas previous events lasted into the morning hours, Duffy says he left around 10 p.m. and the only people left on the streets were police officers and some members of the media.

While curfews seemed to calm situations in Detroit, protests in Lansing delved⁴ into destruction of property, including smashing windows at Chase Bank, the Boji Tower, Romney Building, and several small businesses in downtown Lansing. The city of Lansing announced a 9 p.m. curfew as tensions escalated⁵.

1 killing   

n.巨额利润；突然赚大钱，发大财

参考例句：

• Investors are set to make a killing from the sell-off.投资者准备清仓以便大赚一笔。
• Last week my brother made a killing on Wall Street.上个周我兄弟在华尔街赚了一大笔。

2 mandated   

adj. 委托统治的

参考例句：

• Mandated desegregation of public schools. 命令解除公立学校中的种族隔离
• Britain was mandated to govern the former colony of German East Africa. 英国受权代管德国在东非的前殖民地。

3 quell   

v.压制，平息，减轻

参考例句：

• Soldiers were sent in to quell the riots.士兵们被派去平息骚乱。
• The armed force had to be called out to quell violence.不得不出动军队来镇压暴力行动。

4 delved   

v.深入探究，钻研( delve的过去式和过去分词 )

参考例句：

• She delved in her handbag for a pen. 她在手提包里翻找钢笔。
• He delved into the family archives looking for the facts. 他深入查考这个家族的家谱以寻找事实根据。 来自《简明英汉词典》

5 escalated   

v.（使）逐步升级( escalate的过去式和过去分词 )；（使）逐步扩大；（使）更高；（使）更大

参考例句：

• The fighting escalated into a full-scale war. 这场交战逐步扩大为全面战争。
• The demonstration escalated into a pitched battle with the police. 示威逐步升级，演变成了一场同警察的混战。