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Today marks one month since George Floyd, a 46-year-old Black man, died after a white police officer knelt on his neck for 8 minutes and 46 seconds.
One month ago, a video shows him saying ‘I can’t breathe’ https://reut.rs/2VihOd6 1/17
One month ago, a video shows him saying ‘I can’t breathe’ https://reut.rs/2VihOd6 1/17
May 26: Protests begin in Minneapolis and the four officers present at Floyd's detention are fired https://reut.rs/3810oH7 2/17
May 27: Protesters gather around Minneapolis's Third Precinct police station chanting ‘No justice, no peace’ and ‘I can't breathe.’
Police use tear gas, plastic bullets and concussion grenades to keep the crowds at bay.
A nearby Target is looted https://reut.rs/3811brz 3/17
Police use tear gas, plastic bullets and concussion grenades to keep the crowds at bay.
A nearby Target is looted https://reut.rs/3811brz 3/17
May 28, 29: Minnesota activates the National Guard. Derek Chauvin, the officer who held Floyd down, is charged with third-degree murder.
Trump holds a news conference, but doesn’t answer questions on Floyd https://reut.rs/31neZv4 4/17
Trump holds a news conference, but doesn’t answer questions on Floyd https://reut.rs/31neZv4 4/17
May 30, 31: Multiple cities impose curfews.
Tens of thousands of Americans protest across the country.
A truck drives into protesters in Minneapolis.
National Guard troops are called into over a dozen states. https://reut.rs/37YKRaO 5/17
Tens of thousands of Americans protest across the country.
A truck drives into protesters in Minneapolis.
National Guard troops are called into over a dozen states. https://reut.rs/37YKRaO 5/17
June 1: Protests spread overseas https://reut.rs/2ZbRSRJ
U.S. Park Police deploy tear gas and pepper balls to disperse peaceful protesters outside the White House 6/17
U.S. Park Police deploy tear gas and pepper balls to disperse peaceful protesters outside the White House 6/17
June 3: Three former Minneapolis police officers implicated in Floyd’s death are charged with aiding and abetting second-degree murder and manslaughter https://reut.rs/3eBBeRV 7/17
June 4: Police in Buffalo, New York, are suspended after video shows them shoving a 75-year-old man to the ground, with his head bleeding https://reut.rs/2CGIeip
Virginia governor orders the removal of a statue of Confederate General Robert E. Lee https://reut.rs/2B0nFgw 8/17
Virginia governor orders the removal of a statue of Confederate General Robert E. Lee https://reut.rs/2B0nFgw 8/17
June 5-7: NFL commissioner says the league was wrong not to listen to player protests https://reut.rs/3eK37ak
A statue of Edward Colston is toppled https://reut.rs/2Z9oE5R
In Seattle, a man drove his car into a crowd of protesters, then shoots and injures a demonstrator 9/17
A statue of Edward Colston is toppled https://reut.rs/2Z9oE5R
In Seattle, a man drove his car into a crowd of protesters, then shoots and injures a demonstrator 9/17
June 8, 9: Floyd’s casket is displayed in Houston, drawing thousands.
Democrats introduce police reform legislation, and kneel in the Capitol building.
George Floyd is buried in Houston https://reut.rs/3i1okPk 10/17
Democrats introduce police reform legislation, and kneel in the Capitol building.
George Floyd is buried in Houston https://reut.rs/3i1okPk 10/17
June 10-12: NASCAR bans the Confederate flag.
Minneapolis votes to replace the police department with a community-led public safety system.
Rayshard Brooks is killed by an officer after falling asleep in a Wendy’s restaurant drive-through lane https://reut.rs/31gfoQ5 11/17
Minneapolis votes to replace the police department with a community-led public safety system.
Rayshard Brooks is killed by an officer after falling asleep in a Wendy’s restaurant drive-through lane https://reut.rs/31gfoQ5 11/17
June 13-15: Protesters burn down the Wendy’s where Rayshard Brooks was killed https://reut.rs/2B9HdPq
UK Prime Minister Johnson announces a government commission on racism and ethnic disparities in education, health and criminal justice https://reut.rs/2BHNDFy 12/17
UK Prime Minister Johnson announces a government commission on racism and ethnic disparities in education, health and criminal justice https://reut.rs/2BHNDFy 12/17
June 19: Americans commemorate Juneteenth https://bit.ly/3dBmFwi
Colorado becomes one of the first U.S. states to strip police officers of qualified immunity https://reut.rs/2Be1u5S 13/17
Colorado becomes one of the first U.S. states to strip police officers of qualified immunity https://reut.rs/2Be1u5S 13/17
June 20: Trump holds a rally in Tulsa, Oklahoma, where white residents murdered an estimated 300 Black Americans 99 years ago.
TikTok users and K-pop fans took partial credit for inflating attendance expectations https://reut.rs/2NsM80z 14/17
TikTok users and K-pop fans took partial credit for inflating attendance expectations https://reut.rs/2NsM80z 14/17
June 23: One of the three police officers involved in the shooting death of Breonna Taylor, a Black woman killed in Kentucky when drug investigators burst into her home, is fired https://reut.rs/2NtdVxV
In Atlanta, Rayshard Brooks is mourned https://reut.rs/2NtdVxV 15/17
In Atlanta, Rayshard Brooks is mourned https://reut.rs/2NtdVxV 15/17
June 24: A Republican bill intended to reform U.S. policing fails in the Senate after civil rights leaders, activist groups and Senate Democrats call it irrevocably flawed https://reut.rs/3i1qfmX 16/17
Today, June 25: We mark one month since the death of George Floyd and renewed pledges from some to fight racism 17/17 https://twitter.com/Reuters/status/1276174941545693185
