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The George Floyd protests in Atlanta were a series of protests occurring in Atlanta, the capital and largest city of Georgia, United States.The protests were part of the George Floyd protests and, more broadly, the 2020–2021 United States racial unrest, which began shortly after the murder of George Floyd by police officer Derek Chauvin in Minneapolis on May 25, 2020.
In Atlanta on May 29, 2020 the CNN Center which also houses a police precinct of the Atlanta Police Department [217] was attacked and damaged by protesters. [ 218 ] [ 202 ] In the District of Columbia on May 30, 2020, a Fox News crew was attacked outside the White House by a group of protesters while reporting on the scene. [ 219 ]
This is an accepted version of this page This is the latest accepted revision, reviewed on 19 February 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 ...
The motive for the destruction is unknown. Local police stated that the toppling is a possible hate crime. [388] Monument to the 77th New York Volunteer Infantry (Union Army unit) Saratoga Springs: New York Jul 16, 2020 (discovered) Statue was torn off pedestal and destroyed. The motive and perpetrator behind the destruction are both unknown.
In 2021, a series of mass shootings struck massage parlors in Atlanta and the surrounding area. Eight people were killed and a ninth person was wounded. A suspect was arrested on the same day as the incidents in Crisp County, south of Atlanta. [98] In 2021, a police training center that critics have called Cop City became
Proud Boys leader Enrique Tarrio removed and burned a Black Lives Matter sign at Asbury United Methodist Church, one of Washington, D.C.'s oldest Black houses of worship. Tarrio was arrested on January 4, 2021, upon entering Miami on additional gun charges. [38] Police release tear gas outside the U.S. Capitol on January 6, 2021
Police used tear gas and flash-bang grenades Monday to halt a march against building an Atlanta-area police and firefighter training center that opponents call “Cop City.” More than 400 people ...
Dec 7: Gen. W. P. Howard sends his report to Governor Brown on the destruction of Atlanta. [9]: 182–185 [10]: 407–412 1865 Civil War ends; slaves freed. Atlanta University, first Atlanta black college, founded. 1867 - Young Men's Library Association founded. [11] 1868 Atlanta becomes Georgia state capital. [1]