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Nov 5, 2021 · Nov. 5, 2021. After the death of George Floyd on May 25, protests and unrest have rocked Minneapolis and other cities. In cities across the United States, tens of thousands of people have...
- 17 July 2014: Eric Garner. Getty Images. A protest over the death of Eric Garner at the hands of New York police. Eric Garner died after he was wrestled to the ground by a New York police officer on suspicion of illegally selling cigarettes.
- 9 August 2014: Michael Brown. Getty Images. The killing of Michael Brown led to violent protests in Ferguson, Missouri. Michael Brown, 18, was killed by a police officer, in Ferguson, Missouri, who was responding to reports that Brown had stolen a box of cigars.
- 22 November 2014: Tamir Rice. Getty Images. A solitary toy is left as a memorial near where Tamir Rice died. Tamir Rice, a boy of 12, was shot dead in Cleveland, Ohio by a police officer after reports of a male who was "probably a juvenile" pointing a gun that was "probably fake" at passers by.
- 4 April 2015: Walter Scott. Walter Scott was shot in the back five times by a white police officer, who was later fired and eventually sentenced to 20 years in prison.
Jan 20, 2022 · MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — A timeline of key events that began with George Floyd’s arrest on May 25, 2020, by four police officers in Minneapolis: May 25, 2020 — Minneapolis police officers respond to a call shortly after 8 p.m. about a possible counterfeit $20 bill being used at a corner grocery and encounter a Black man, later identified as ...
Jun 4, 2020 · 4 June 2020. Getty Images. George Floyd, 46, died after being arrested by police on 25 May in Minneapolis, Minnesota. Footage of the arrest shows a white police officer, Derek Chauvin, kneeling...
May 27. Chauvin is identified as the officer who had his knee on Floyd’s neck. At night, protests turn violent in Minneapolis with rioting and looting. Protesters hold up their fists as...
The George Floyd protests were a series of demonstrations against police brutality and riots that began in Minneapolis in the United States on May 26, 2020. [7] [8] 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.
May 25, 2021 · May 27. Protests grow and spread across the U.S. Demonstrations and marches are mounted in a number of cities to protest killings of Black people, including Mr. Floyd in Minneapolis,...
