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Local protests over the murder of George Floyd, sometimes called the Minneapolis riots [17] [18] or the Minneapolis uprising, [19] [20] [21] began on May 26, 2020, and within a few days had inspired a global protest movement against police brutality and racial inequality.
George Floyd protests Part of the United States racial unrest (2020–2023) and the Black Lives Matter movement Clockwise from top: Protesters in Minneapolis where George Floyd was murdered and the unrest began Police and National Guard at a protest in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Bystanders and firefighters at a torched street in Minneapolis Protest near the Multnomah County Justice Center in ...
The first George Floyd protests took place in Minneapolis on May 26 – the day after his murder by Minneapolis police officers – and spread to neighboring St. Paul. On May 28, after protests turned violent, Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey declared a state of emergency and Minnesota Governor Tim Walz activated the Minnesota National Guard. [31]
Protesters set fire to a Minneapolis police precinct late Thursday night, hours after officials pleaded for “patience” as they build a criminal case in the death of George Floyd, the black man ...
The mayor of Minneapolis asked the Minnesota National Guard to move in after protests in the city over the death of George Floyd in the custody of police escalated Wednesday night with a fatal ...
Local protests in the Minneapolis–Saint Paul metropolitan area quickly spread nationwide in more than 2,000 cities and towns, as well as over 60 countries internationally in support of the Black Lives Matter movement. [3] In Minneapolis, destruction of property began on May 26, 2020, with the protests involving vandalism and arson.
Demonstrators fled the path of a semi-truck that drove through a peaceful protest gathered on an interstate highway in Minneapolis on May 31.The footage, captured from the University of Minnesota ...
Protesters of Floyd's murder in Minneapolis and elsewhere began calling for reforms of police forces, including defunding, downsizing, or abolishing traditional police departments. Led by local organization Black Visions Collective, thousands of protesters marched in Minneapolis on June 6, 2020. [45] The march ended at the home of Mayor Jacob ...