The violent protests in the US are becoming ever more complex, with BLM activists now clashing with the pro-police supporters of the Back the Blue movement, and the police themselves stuck in the middle.

Among the scenes caught on camera were a number of assaults, police cars being blocked and American flags being burnt.

Elsewhere in New York, where tensions have been boiling to the surface across the city, another video purported to show an NYPD officer being placed in a headlock by a member of the public as bystanders cheered.

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