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On May 25, 2020, George Floyd, a 46-year-old black man, was murdered by a police officer, Derek Chauvin, in Minneapolis, Minnesota. [6] Derek Chauvin, a white police officer, knelt on Floyd's neck for over nine minutes while Floyd was handcuffed and lying face down in the street, begging for his life and repeatedly saying "I can't breathe".
Graham, Hugh Davis, ed. Violence in America : historical and comparative perspectives ; a report to the National Commission on the Causes and Prevention of Violence (2 vol 1969) vol 1 online; also vol 2 online; Griffin, Martin J. "The Anti-Catholic Riots in Philadelphia in 1844," American Catholic Historical Society Researches, 13 (1896) pp.50-64.
Police and protesters in Philadelphia, June 2, 2020. In Philadelphia, two deaths occurred during the fourth day of unrest. A man in his twenties was fatally shot by the owner of the gun shop Firing Line Inc., while trying to break into the store in the south section of the city. [94]
The city of Philadelphia has reached a settlement with a 29-year-old woman who was pulled from her car by police during last year’s protests and beaten in front of her 2-year-old son.
Notable protests and vigils were held in Atlanta, Bridgeport, Minneapolis, Nashville, Philadelphia, and Tucson from January 20–22, 2023. [193] Protests in Atlanta on January 21, 2023, briefly turned violent as some demonstrators threw objects, set police car on fire, and smashed windows of bank buildings with hammers. [194]
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MOVE (pronounced like the word "move"), originally the Christian Movement for Life, is a communal organization that advocates for nature laws and natural living, founded in 1972 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States, by John Africa (born Vincent Leaphart).
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