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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.
May 30–31, 2020: During the nationwide protests following the murder of George Floyd, BLM protesters tore down barricades around the White House, set fires, threw projectiles, and forced President Trump to hide in a bunker. Over 150 federal officers were injured in the riots. [30] [31] [32] [33]
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
September 16 – Mother of All Rallies at The National Mall in Washington, D.C. [ 60] September 18 – Restoring Freedom: March to protest the Family Court systems. [ 51] September 30 – March for Racial Justice; [ 61][ 62][ 63] March for Black Women.
July 22 – Trump announces deployment of forces under Operation Legend to Chicago and Albuquerque. July 25 – Protests against the deployment of federal forces occur in Seattle. July 30 – The Trump administration and the governor of Oregon reach a deal to draw-down deployed federal agents and fulfill their role using state and local police.
The George Floyd riots in Chicago were a series of civil disturbances in 2020 in the city of Chicago, Illinois. Unrest in the city began as a response to the murder of George Floyd in police custody in Minneapolis on May 25, 2020. The demonstrations and riots, supporting justice for Floyd and protesting police brutality, occurred simultaneously ...
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] The crew was chased for several hundred meters until the police intervened. [202] A news reporter was struck in the head with a bottle during overnight riots in Birmingham, Alabama on May ...
Property damage. $1–2 billion (May 26 – June 8, 2020) [ 7] A wave of civil unrest in the United States, initially triggered by the murder of George Floyd during his arrest by Minneapolis police officers on May 25, 2020, led to protests and riots against systemic racism in the United States, [ 8][ 9] including police brutality and other ...