Ventura Police Department officials said they estimated the size at about 1,000 people. [83], On May 20, hundreds of hairdressers and barbers organized by the "NJ Salon And Spa Coalition" gathered in Verona Park dressed in black to plead for the state to reopen their businesses. Sundgaard was subsequently fired for "ethics violations. ", Cheatham, who supports the Black Lives Matter movement, says she believes that if Biden is elected, "there'll be a change, and he'll bring everybody together.". Thousands across the country came together 30 June 2020 to protest the death of 23-year-old Elijah McClain, who died after being put in a chokehold while in the custody of the Aurora Police Department in Colorado. According to witness accounts and video footage, police apparently let the gunman walk past them and leave the scene with a rifle over his shoulder and his hands in the air as members of the crowd were yelling for him to be arrested because he had shot people. The coalition uses protests, social media, and publicity to shine a bright light on police violence against African Americans.
A three-metre tall (10ft) bronze statue of Columbus was toppled in Saint Paul, Minnesota. Yes, the riot issue is sticking. The George Floyd protests in Minneapolis–Saint Paul are an ongoing series of civil unrest that began on May 26, 2020. [140][141], On May 1, about 100 cars draped in American Flags and signs reading "Open Our Country" and "Remember the Constitution" jammed De la Guerra Plaza in Santa Barbara on Friday afternoon.

Among Republicans, 81% say the Black Lives Matter movement makes protests more dangerous, compared with 41% of Democrats. [106], On September 18, 2020, Reopen Maryland and Return2Learn Maryland Schools organized a protest march in downtown Annapolis urging the governor to reopen all Maryland businesses and schools. But the point is that the curfew is in place to protect... Had persons involved not been out involved in violation of that perhaps the situation that unfolded would not have happened."

[23][24], Historians have noted that the protests are similar to those who grew tired of restrictions from the 1918 pandemic. The killing of George Floyd tossed a lit match into a keg of gunpowder. A Facebook event was posted by Kenosha Guard, a group that described itself as a militia in an open letter addressed to Kenosha Police Chief Daniel Miskinis and posted on the group�s Facebook page.
… [72], On May 8, Wisconsin DHS reported that over 72 individuals who tested positive for COVID-19 had recently attended a "large event. The 29-year-old was accused of a Class G felony sexual assault - which could carry a maximum 10-year prison term - and two counts of domestic abuse involving trespass and disorderly conduct. Police arrested more than 60 people in a protest march in Louisville, Kentucky organised for Breonna Taylor, a Black woman killed in March by police officers who burst into her apartment. Marshals to assist in Kenosha. A number of businesses and homes were damaged as the area has become the site of an ongoing protest after the police killing of George Floyd. modules: ['aol_module'], And outside the White House, chaotic scenes unfolded following another night of Black Lives Matter protests that saw police clash with demonstrators, striking them with rubber bullets and detonating stun grenades, as they moved to clear out crowds. catch (e) {} George Floyd died in police custody in Minneapolis on Monday night, after an officer held his knee into Floyd's neck for more than 5 minutes. Empowered by the right to vote (a right denied to blacks through voter suppression across most of the South), African Americans in northern cities began to exercise their electoral clout. [192], When asked if there is a fundamental right to go to work, New York Governor Andrew Cuomo encouraged protesters to get an essential job. Shortly before midnight 31 May 2020, there were multiple fires burning near the White House.