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The protests were initially precipitated by the murder of George Floyd, a black man, by police in Minneapolis. [2] [5] The New York Times reported that demonstrators in Portland, including some who identify as Antifa, the loose coalition of self-described anti-fascist activists, have had years of conflict with law enforcement. [11]
More than 1000 protesters marched through the streets of Medford, on June 1, with some demonstrators lying in the street for 9 minutes to honor George Floyd. [ 42 ] [ 43 ] Phoenix, Oregon 's Mayor Chris Luz drove his yellow maid-cleaning service vehicle close to protesters, then got into a heated confrontation with protesters and a legal observer.
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. On June 6, an estimated half a million people joined protests in 550 places across the country. [ 1 ]
Once hailed as one of the most livable U.S. cities, Portland, Ore., is grappling with an uncertain future as it reaches a stunning benchmark: 100 consecutive nights of racial injustice protests ...
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 .
Thousands of protesters in Portland and across the country took to the streets for months in 2020 in the aftermath of the murder of George Floyd by a police officer in Minneapolis. The ...
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.
The City of Portland has recognized Indigenous Peoples' Day since 2015. The Day of Rage was organized amidst the COVID-19 pandemic and George Floyd protests, a series of demonstrations which began in May 2020 as part of the responses to the murder of George Floyd.