There are policemen praised for kneeling together with protesters, but many are fired for a wrong minute.

In downtown Dallas, a protester shouted into the face of uniformed police officers: "Why do you live like that? Why are you working for what you know is wrong?

It was a tiny moment that was almost missed on the streets that were burned by demonstrations and riots in the United States after George Floyd, a black man in Minneapolis, Minnesota, was approached by police.

They were attacked by protesters and they also attacked protesters, provoking anger in the crowd.

The message from US President Donald Trump is to use force to suppress the protest.

All of these messages are in conflict with each other, when police coping tactics are analyzed on social media, when officials' reactions are increasingly federated and when officers are in a

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"We feel like pawns on the board," said a police leader in St. Petersburg.

"These protests greatly affect the mental health of the police and they also create a lot of pressure," said Manny Ramirez, Fort Worth police officer, president of the local police federation.

Ramirez, 35, was at the headquarters on May 31 when protesters began throwing bottles of water and bricks at police.

In Beverly Hills, California, June 2, hundreds of protesters walked and screamed.

"I've only been home once in the past 4 days," said a Los Angeles police officer.

While the whole world watched the protests via television and social networks, both the best and worst sides of American law enforcement were exposed.

Protesters, both violent and moderate, were beaten by police.

In Austin, Texas, a 20-year-old African-American who took part in the demonstration was seriously injured after being hit by police bullets in the area early May 31.

"I have collapsed," police chief Austin Bryan Manley told a news conference on June 1.

At such a sensitive and stressful time, the wrong actions will have a significant impact on the image of the police station.

Besides the tough image, many police officers also showed sympathy for the protesters.

At a rally in the Redlands, a suburb of Bernardino County, Southern California, protesters knelt and bowed silently to reminisce about 8 minutes and 46 seconds Floyd was strangled by the Minneapolis police officer.

"It's community control 2.0," Catren said.

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New York police knelt down with protesters.