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This is a list of protests and unrest in the United States related to the murder of George Floyd. The protests began in Minneapolis on May 26, 2020, the day after George Floyd , an African-American man, was murdered by Derek Chauvin during a police arrest.
The George Floyd protests were a series of protests and demonstrations against police brutality that began in Minneapolis in the United States on May 26, 2020. [7] [8] The protests and civil unrest began in Minneapolis as reactions to the murder of George Floyd, a 46-year-old unarmed African American man, by city police during an arrest.
The George Floyd protests, a series of protests and unrest which began in Minneapolis, Minnesota, on May 26, 2020, in response to the murder of George Floyd by Minneapolis Police Department officer Derek Chauvin. An estimated 93%–96.3% of demonstrations were peaceful and nondestructive, involving no injuries or no property damage.
Tuesday's VP debate in NYC is expected to revisit George Floyd’s murder, which divided the country over issues of race, policing and civil order. George Floyd's death and protests primed for ...
The George Floyd protests are generally regarded as marking the start of the 2020 United States unrest. 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.
A police officer points a hand cannon at protesters who were detained in Minneapolis on May 31, 2020, during protests following the death of George Floyd.
This is an accepted version of this page This is the latest accepted revision, reviewed on 23 January 2025. 2020 civil unrest after the murder of George Floyd This article's lead section may be too short to adequately summarize the key points. Please consider expanding the lead to provide an accessible overview of all important aspects of the article. (September 2021) George Floyd protests in ...
At least 13 people, many of them black, have been killed in the past week as Americans flood city streets to protest police brutality. The death toll, based largely on a list compiled by The ...