Protesters staged large-scale demonstrations across the country on Sunday, voicing outrage at police brutality and the death of George Floyd in Minneapolis.
Motorists are ordered to the ground from their vehicle by police during a protest on South Washington Street in Minneapolis on Sunday. Protests continued following the death of George Floyd, who died after being restrained by Minneapolis police officers on Memorial Day.Motorists are ordered to the ground from their vehicle by police during a protest on South Washington Street in Minneapolis on Sunday.
Medical workers applaud protesters outside a hospital during a demonstration over the death of George Floyd in Boston on Sunday. Authorities imposed curfews in Washington, D.C., and other major U.S. cities on Sunday to prevent fresh rioting after anti-racism protestors again took to the streets to voice their fury at police brutality.Tensions were already simmering following the deaths of Ahmaud Arbery in February and Breonna Taylor in March.
A Miami Police officer watches protestors from a armored vehicle during a rally in response to the recent death of George Floyd in Miami on Sunday. Thousands of National Guard troops patrolled major U.S. cities after five consecutive nights of protests over racism and police brutality that boiled over into arson and looting, sending shock waves through the country.
State Public Safety Commissioner John Harrington says authorities had shut down the freeway so the protesters, who numbered from 4,000 to 5,000, could safely demonstrate. Before the incident, the protest had appeared peaceful.Protests continued in Washington, D.C., with marches from a historically black university to a park just across from the White House.Alex Brandon/APDemonstrators start a fire on Sunday near the White House as they protest the death of George Floyd.
Clouds of tear gas obscure the North Portico of the White House, where protesters in Washington, D.C., gathered Sunday night.Clouds of tear gas obscure the North Portico of the White House, where protesters in Washington, D.C., gathered Sunday night."It's crazy how even in the middle of a pandemic, black people have to protest like this," she said."We are at a point where it's the same story, the same things are happening. I'm tired of this.
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