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In Minneapolis–Saint Paul alone, the immediate aftermath of Floyd's murder was the second-most destructive period of local unrest in United States history, after the 1992 Los Angeles riots. [ 36 ] [ 37 ] [ 38 ] Over a three night period, the cities experienced two deaths, [ 39 ] [ 40 ] 617 arrests, [ 8 ] [ 38 ] and upwards of $500 million in ...
1967 – 1967 Atlanta riots, June 17–20, Atlanta, Georgia 1967 – Buffalo riot of 1967 , June 27, Buffalo, New York 1967 – 1967 Waterloo riots , July 8–9, Waterloo, Iowa, riots started after a young African-American man was arrested for assault and battery of an elderly white man sweeping the sidewalk in front of his business.
A wave of civil unrest in the United States, initially triggered by the murder of George Floyd during his arrest by Minneapolis police officers on May 25, 2020, led to protests and riots against systemic racism in the United States, [8] [9] including police brutality and other forms of violence. [10]
Protests started in the first hours after police released bodycam footage of Tyre Nichols’ fatal beating.
The George Floyd protests in Atlanta were a series of protests occurring in Atlanta, the capital and largest city of Georgia, United States.The protests were part of the George Floyd protests and, more broadly, the 2020–2021 United States racial unrest, which began shortly after the murder of George Floyd by police officer Derek Chauvin in Minneapolis on May 25, 2020.
The following are lists which pertain to incidents of civil unrest and political violence in the United States sorted alphabetically by city. Atlanta, Georgia - List of incidents of civil unrest in Atlanta; Baltimore, Maryland - List of incidents of civil unrest in Baltimore; Cincinnati, Ohio - Cincinnati riots
“Now, we were a unique city, because in the '40s and '50s, when all of this was going on, we probably had more Black PhDs in Atlanta than anywhere else in the world,” Young said.
Map of protests in North America with over 100 participants. Minneapolis-St. Paul is marked in red. (click for a larger, dynamic version of the map) This is a list of protests and unrest in the United States related to the murder of George Floyd.