The last time demonstrations on this scale were seen in some areas was in 1968, following the assassination of Martin Luther King Jr.
Martin Luther King addresses crowds during the March On Washington at the Lincoln Memorial, Washington DC, where he gave his 'I Have A Dream' speech in 1963.The current wave of protests began after a video showed George Floyd, a 46-year-old unarmed black man, dying after being arrested in Minneapolis, Minnesota on May 25. A white police officer knelt on his neck for nearly nine minutes despite cries that he could not breathe.
The police officer, Derek Chauvin, has been charged with third-degree murder and is scheduled to appear in court next week. Three other police officers have been fired.on Monday that the reason the stock market had rallied after a weekend of protests was because it was blind to social justice. "At the end of the day, the market has no conscience. Investors are simply trying to make money, and that's why they're crowding into the stay-at-home economy stocks," the "Mad Money" host said.
Thousands of people have been demonstrating in major cities across the world in recent days, with many chanting "I can't breathe" in solidarity with Floyd.
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