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2020 George Floyd Protests
The George Floyd protests were a series of protests, riots, and demonstrations against police brutality that began in Minneapolis in the United States on May 26, 2020. The protests and civil unrest began in Minneapolis as reactions to the murder of George Floyd, a 46-year-old unarmed African American man, by city police during an arrest. They spread nationally and internationally. Veteran officer Derek Chauvin was recorded as kneeling on Floyd's neck for 9 minutes and 29 seconds; Floyd complained of not being able to breathe, but three other officers looked on and prevented passersby from intervening. Chauvin and the other three officers involved were fired and later arrested. In April 2021, Chauvin was found guilty of second-degree murder, third-degree murder, and second-degree manslaughter. In June 2021, Chauvin was sentenced to years in prison. The George Floyd protest movement began hours after his murder as bystander video and word of mouth began to spread. Protests f ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
United States Racial Unrest (2020–2023)
A wave of Civil disorder, civil unrest in the United States, initially triggered by the murder of George Floyd during his arrest by Minneapolis Police Department, Minneapolis police officers on May 25, 2020, led to Protest, protests and Riot, riots against Institutional racism, systemic racism in the United States, including police brutality and other forms of violence. Since the initial national wave and peak ended towards the end of 2020, numerous other incidents of police violence have drawn continued attention and lower intensity unrest in various parts of the country. It was facilitated by the nationwide Black Lives Matter movement. Following the murder of Floyd, 2020–2023 Minneapolis–Saint Paul racial unrest, unrest broke out in the Minneapolis–Saint Paul area on May 26, and quickly spread across the country and List of George Floyd protests outside the United States, the world. Polls conducted in June 2020 estimated that between 15 million and 26 million p ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
