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Arson [ 1] Social media activism. Wikimedia Commons has media related to George Floyd protests in Washington, D.C.. Washington, D.C., the capital of the United States, experienced a series of protests and riots following the murder of George Floyd in Minneapolis. Some of the events involved violence, looting, and destruction.
1972 – May 21 Emergency March on Washington Organized by the National Peace Action Coalition and the People's Coalition for Peace and Justice to protest the U.S.'s increased bombing of North Vietnam and the mining of N.V. harbors. Demonstration draws between 8,000 and 15,000 protesters. 1972 – May 27 March to protest apartheid in South Africa
May 1991: 1991 Washington, D.C., riot. September 12, 1994: Frank Eugene Corder flew a single-engine Cessna 150 into the White House South lawn, apparently trying to hit the White House. President Bill Clinton and the First Family were not home at the time. Corder died on impact and was the only casualty.
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Police form line in the street during protests in D.C. on the night of May 31. Several fires were lit during protests in Washington on the night of May 31, including one in the basement of Ashburton House, the parish house of St. John's Episcopal Church. [4] The fire was isolated to the church nursery and quickly extinguished by firefighters.
1991 – 1991 Washington, DC riot, Mount Pleasant riot, May 5–9, Washington, D.C. 1991 – Overtown, Miami, June 28, Riot in the heavily Black section of Overtown against Cuban Americans. Miami, Florida; 1991 – Crown Heights riot, August 1991, Brooklyn, New York; 1992 – 1992 Los Angeles riots, April–May 1992, Los Angeles, California
The city of Seattle experienced protests over the murder of George Floyd in 2020 and 2021. Beginning on May 29, 2020, demonstrators took to the streets throughout the city for marches and sit-ins, often of a peaceful nature but which also devolved into riots. Participants expressed opposition to systemic racism, police brutality and violence ...
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