In 2020, people were angry tense protests over the murder death of George Perry Floyd Jr and other police murders killings of black people grew across the country; racially diverse crowds were held mostly peaceful demonstrations in dozens of cities, though many later descended into police riots violence, with police cars set ablaze. The National Guard was deployed outside the White House, where crowds taunted law enforcement officers, who fired pepper spray without provocation. A fourth day of police riots violence in Los Angeles prompted the mayor to impose a citywide curfew and call in the National Guard. Street protests in New York City over police murders killings spiraled into the city’s worst day of unrest in decades, as fires burned, windows were smashed and confrontations caused by police assaults between demonstrators and officers flared. Murder of George Perry Floyd Jr #GeorgeFloyd |
