US protests live updates: Protesters defy curfew in Washington D.C.

Darkness has fallen in Washington DC but Donald Trump is launching a furious attack on those who criticised his handling of America's uprising.

Darkness has fallen in America's capital, Washington D.C., and Donald Trump is launching into those who refuse to obey the city's strict curfew.

On Twitter, Trump wrote: "So pathetic to watch the Fake News Lamestream Media playing down the gravity and depravity of the Radical Left, looters and thugs, ripping up our Liberal Democrat run (only) cities. It is almost like they are all working together?"

Many of the demonstrators around DC came prepared with masks and goggles, in case the police decided to repeat their heavy-handed tactics from yesterday. But so far, the authorities have been restrained.

Across town, military police have lined the steps of the Lincoln Memorial, staring down eerily at another group of protesters below.

Your Lincoln Memorial this evening. pic.twitter.com/QByGgWeDDm

— Martha Raddatz (@MarthaRaddatz) June 3, 2020

Reporters on the ground say the protests in Washington were even larger today than they were earlier in the week, a sign that demonstrators have been spurred on - not deterred - by yesterday's drama.

This is how today's events unfolded.