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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.
According to a report by researchers affiliated with Rutgers University, left-wing groups are now employing "many of the same tactics against police and other targets during the social justice protests since the death of George Floyd". [305] As of September 2020, no antifa or left-wing group has been charged in connection with the civil unrest ...
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]
The National Day of Protest to Stop Police Brutality, Repression, Criminalization of a Generation was held at the Greenville County Courthouse on Oct. 22, 2024.
Brutality is an extreme form of police misconduct or violence and is a civil rights violation. Police brutality can include but is not limited to physical or verbal harassment, physical or mental injury, property damage, inaction of police officers, "indiscriminate use of riot control agents at protests", racial abuse, torture, beatings, and death.
On June 1, a group of about 40 protesters gathered in Ojibway Park in Woodbury to rally against police brutality. Another protest took place on June 4 as protesters marched from Colby Lake to Woodbury City Hall. [39]
On June 1, more than 1,000 people flooded Center Street protesting against police brutality outside the city's police station. A police cruiser's windshield was smashed, the flag in front of the police station was found burned, and some protesters wrote in chalk and spray paint on the police station resulting in multiple protesters being pepper ...
As part of National Day of Protest Against Police Brutality. As of 2011, there are 5.1 million American Indians and Alaska Natives living in the United States.