Skip to content

Top Navigation

PEOPLE.com PEOPLE.com
    • All News
    • Coronavirus
    • Crime
    • Human Interest
    • Politics
    • Heroes
    • Stories to Make You Smile
    • All Entertainment
    • Celebrity
    • TV
    • Movies
    • Music
    • Country
    • Awards
    • Sports
    • Theater
    • Books
  • Royals
    • All Lifestyle
    • Style
    • Fashion
    • Beauty
    • Health
    • Parents
    • Home
    • Pets
    • Food
    • Tech
    • Travel
  • PeopleTV
    • All Shopping
    • People Tested
    • All Podcasts
    • Me Becoming Mom
    • People Every Day
    • PEOPLE in the '90s

Profile Menu

Join Now

Account

  • Join Now
  • My Profile
  • Email Preferences
  • Newsletters
  • Manage Your Subscription
  • Logout

More

  • Give a Gift Subscription
  • Premium
My Account

Account

  • Join Now
  • My Profile
  • Email Preferences
  • Newsletters
  • Manage Your Subscription
  • Logout

More

  • Give a Gift Subscription
  • Premium
Login
Subscribe

Explore PEOPLE.com

PEOPLE.com PEOPLE.com
  • Explore

    Explore

    • Rita Moreno Says She Dated Elvis as Revenge Against Cheating Ex Marlon Brando: 'It Was Wonderful'

      Rita Moreno Says She Dated Elvis as Revenge Against Cheating Ex Marlon Brando: 'It Was Wonderful'

      Rita Moreno revealed she dated Elvis Presley to get back at her ex-boyfriend Marlon Brando for cheating on her Read More
    • Machine Gun Kelly Poses with Daughter Casie at the 2021 American Music Awards

      Machine Gun Kelly Poses with Daughter Casie at the 2021 American Music Awards

      The American Music Awards, hosted by Cardi B, are broadcasting live from Los Angeles on Sunday Read More
    • Jennifer Lopez Sings from the Heart in New 'On My Way' Music Video

      Jennifer Lopez Sings from the Heart in New 'On My Way' Music Video

      Jennifer Lopez released the official music video for her song "On My Way," which is featured in her upcoming rom-com Marry Me Read More
  • News

    News

    See All News
    Stars Who Opened Up About Their Sexuality and Gender Identity in 2021

    Stars Who Opened Up About Their Sexuality and Gender Identity in 2021

    • Coronavirus
    • Crime
    • Human Interest
    • Politics
    • Heroes
    • Stories to Make You Smile
  • Entertainment

    Entertainment

    See All Entertainment
    The Best (& Worst) Jeopardy! Celebrity Guest Host Show Moments

    The Best (& Worst) Jeopardy! Celebrity Guest Host Show Moments

    • Celebrity
    • TV
    • Movies
    • Music
    • Country
    • Awards
    • Sports
    • Theater
    • Books
  • Royals
  • Lifestyle

    Lifestyle

    See All Lifestyle
    Billie Eilish Ditches Her Blonde Hair for Brunette Tresses: 'Miss Me?'

    Billie Eilish Ditches Her Blonde Hair for Brunette Tresses: 'Miss Me?'

    The singer revealed that she dyed her hair dark brown after debuting her blonde look earlier this year
    • Style
    • Fashion
    • Beauty
    • Health
    • Parents
    • Home
    • Pets
    • Food
    • Tech
    • Travel
  • PeopleTV
  • Shopping

    Shopping

    See All Shopping
    • People Tested
  • Podcasts

    Podcasts

    See All Podcasts
    Sen. Tammy Duckworth Calls Going Back to Work After Having a Miscarriage 'Inhumane'

    Sen. Tammy Duckworth Calls Going Back to Work After Having a Miscarriage 'Inhumane'

    "Even though we cleared my calendar for the day, I was still on the phone. There was no resting, you just kept on going," Tammy Duckworth says on an episode of PEOPLE's podcast Me Becoming Mom
    • Me Becoming Mom
    • People Every Day
    • PEOPLE in the '90s

Profile Menu

Subscribe this link opens in a new tab
Join Now

Account

  • Join Now
  • My Profile
  • Email Preferences
  • Newsletters
  • Manage Your Subscription
  • Logout

More

  • Give a Gift Subscription
  • Premium
My Account

Account

  • Join Now
  • My Profile
  • Email Preferences
  • Newsletters
  • Manage Your Subscription
  • Logout

More

  • Give a Gift Subscription
  • Premium
Login
Sweepstakes

Follow Us

  1. People.com
  2. Crime
  3. Powerful Images from Protests Across the U.S. Over George Floyd's Death

Powerful Images from Protests Across the U.S. Over George Floyd's Death

In response to George Floyd's death at the hands of police officers, the nation erupted in protests over the weekend

By Sophie Dodd June 01, 2020 03:47 PM
Skip gallery slides
FB Tweet

1 of 27

FB Tweet
Pinterest Email Send Text Message
George Floyd Protests
Credit: Julio Cortez/AP/Shutterstock

A protestor carries an upside-down American flag — a signal of extreme distress — in front of a burning building in Minneapolis, where protests first erupted following George Floyd's May 25 death at the hands of police officers.

1 of 27

Advertisement
Advertisement

2 of 27

FB Tweet
Pinterest Email Send Text Message
George Floyd Protest
Credit: MARK FELIX/AFP via Getty Images

Floyd's niece Gabrielle Thompson mourns his death at a protest in Houston, where Floyd was born and raised before moving to Minneapolis several years ago. 

2 of 27

3 of 27

FB Tweet
Pinterest Email Send Text Message
George Floyd Protest
Credit: Michael Ciaglo/Getty Images

Protestors demonstrate outside the Colorado State Capitol building in Denver.

3 of 27

Advertisement
Continued on next slide.
Advertisement

4 of 27

FB Tweet
Pinterest Email Send Text Message
George Floyd Protest
Credit: Megan Jelinger/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images

A protestor uses milk to help soothe a fellow protestor who appears to have been tear-gassed or pepper-sprayed. 

4 of 27

Advertisement

5 of 27

FB Tweet
Pinterest Email Send Text Message
George Floyd Protest
Credit: Yasin Ozturk/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images

Demonstrators gathered near the White House raise their arms up as they face off with police. 

5 of 27

6 of 27

FB Tweet
Pinterest Email Send Text Message
Protest in Portland over the killing of George Floyd in Minneapolis
Credit: Gregory Rec/Portland Press Herald via Getty

In Portland, Maine, protestors lie down in the center of a busy intersection with their hands behind their backs. 

6 of 27

Advertisement
Advertisement
Continued on next slide.
Advertisement

7 of 27

FB Tweet
Pinterest Email Send Text Message
George Floyd Protest
Credit: Megan Jelinger/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images

Protestors in Columbus, Ohio, speak out against the racial disparities and systemic racism that underlie the disproportionately high infection and death rates from COVID-19 among people of color.

7 of 27

Advertisement
Advertisement

8 of 27

FB Tweet
Pinterest Email Send Text Message
George Floyd Protest
Credit: BRYAN R. SMITH/AFP via Getty Images

In N.Y.C.'s West Village, demonstrators carry signs reading "Black Lives Matter" and "Stop Killing Black People" as they protest police brutality and systemic racism.

8 of 27

Advertisement

9 of 27

FB Tweet
Pinterest Email Send Text Message
George Floyd Protest
Credit: David Dee Delgado/Getty Images

In New York City, protestors hop atop a police car in Union Square.

9 of 27

Advertisement
Advertisement
Continued on next slide.
Advertisement

10 of 27

FB Tweet
Pinterest Email Send Text Message
George Floyd Protest
Credit: JASON REDMOND/AFP via Getty Images

Cars burn as a man crosses the street in Seattle, where peaceful protests became destructive on Saturday. 

10 of 27

Advertisement
Advertisement
Advertisement

11 of 27

FB Tweet
Pinterest Email Send Text Message
George Floyd Protest
Credit: KEREM YUCEL/AFP via Getty Images

A demonstrator holds up a sign that reads "No Justice, No Peace," and "#GeorgeFloyd" in front of a line of police near Minneapolis' 5th Precinct. 

11 of 27

Advertisement
Advertisement

12 of 27

FB Tweet
Pinterest Email Send Text Message
George Floyd Protest
Credit: Elijah Nouvelage/Getty Images

A firework explodes near a police line in Atlanta. 

12 of 27

Advertisement
Advertisement
Continued on next slide.
Advertisement

13 of 27

FB Tweet
Pinterest Email Send Text Message
George Floyd Protest
Credit: JASON REDMOND/AFP via Getty Images

Police block off the street amid Seattle demonstrations demanding justice for George Floyd. 

13 of 27

Advertisement
Advertisement
Advertisement

14 of 27

FB Tweet
Pinterest Email Send Text Message
George Floyd Protest
Credit: John Lamparski/NurPhoto via Getty Images

A crowd of young demonstrators take a knee in New York City's Times Square. 

14 of 27

Advertisement
Advertisement

15 of 27

FB Tweet
Pinterest Email Send Text Message
George Floyd Protest
Credit: Bastiaan Slabbers/NurPhoto via Getty Images

Protestors stand together in Philadelphia. 

15 of 27

Advertisement
Advertisement
Continued on next slide.
Advertisement

16 of 27

FB Tweet
Pinterest Email Send Text Message
George Floyd Protest
Credit: Jim Vondruska/NurPhoto via Getty Images

Police and protestors clash in Chicago's Saturday protest. 

16 of 27

Advertisement
Advertisement
Advertisement

17 of 27

FB Tweet
Pinterest Email Send Text Message
Louisville protest
Credit: Brett Carlsen/Getty Images

Protestors gather in Louisville, Kentucky, seeking justice for George Floyd as well as Breonna Taylor, a 26-year-old black woman who was fatally shot by police on March 13 in her Louisville home.

17 of 27

Advertisement
Advertisement

18 of 27

FB Tweet
Pinterest Email Send Text Message
George Floyd Protest
Credit: Scott Olson/Getty Images

Police in riot gear emerge from a cloud of blue smoke as they approach protestors in Minneapolis.

18 of 27

Advertisement
Advertisement
Continued on next slide.
Advertisement

19 of 27

FB Tweet
Pinterest Email Send Text Message
George Floyd Protest
Credit: Mario Tama/Getty Images

In Los Angeles, protestors sit and listen during a demonstration against police brutality. 

19 of 27

Advertisement
Advertisement
Advertisement

20 of 27

FB Tweet
Pinterest Email Send Text Message
Detroit Protest

Protestors kneel in front of Detroit police holding up riot shields. 

20 of 27

Advertisement
Advertisement

21 of 27

FB Tweet
Pinterest Email Send Text Message
George Floyd Protests
Credit: Elijah Nouvelage/Getty Images

In Atlanta, protestors converge on the CNN Center, which became the site of a violent exchange between demonstrators and police. The SWAT Team and National Guard were both called in as the number of demonstrators swelled. 

21 of 27

Advertisement
Advertisement
Continued on next slide.
Advertisement

22 of 27

FB Tweet
Pinterest Email Send Text Message
White house
Credit: NICHOLAS KAMM/Getty Images

Protestors kneel outside of the White House in Washington, D.C. 

22 of 27

Advertisement
Advertisement
Advertisement

23 of 27

FB Tweet
Pinterest Email Send Text Message
George Floyd Protests
Credit: John Minchillo/AP/Shutterstock

Protestors raise their fists against a background of smoke and flames in Minneapolis. 

23 of 27

Advertisement
Advertisement

24 of 27

FB Tweet
Pinterest Email Send Text Message
protest against police killing of George Floyd in NYC
Credit: Mostafa Bassim/Anadolu Agency via Getty

Protestors stand outside the Barclays Center in Brooklyn, holding up a banner with George Floyd's name.

24 of 27

Advertisement
Advertisement
Continued on next slide.
Advertisement

25 of 27

FB Tweet
Pinterest Email Send Text Message
George Floyd Protests
Credit: Kevin Mazur/Getty Images

A police officer sprays protestors with pepper spray in Brooklyn. 

25 of 27

Advertisement
Advertisement
Advertisement

26 of 27

FB Tweet
Pinterest Email Send Text Message
George Floyd Protests
Credit: ERIC BARADAT/Getty Images

Protestors gather outside the U.S. Capitol in Washington, D.C. 

26 of 27

Advertisement
Advertisement

27 of 27

FB Tweet
Pinterest Email Send Text Message
Several Peaceful Protests in Boston Call For Justice
Credit: Jessica Rinaldi/The Boston Globe via Getty

A demonstrator raises a fist in the air during a march in Boston. 

27 of 27

Advertisement
Advertisement
Replay gallery

Share the Gallery

Pinterest Facebook

Up Next

  • By Sophie Dodd @sickofsuburbia

    Share the Gallery

    Pinterest Facebook
    Advertisement
    Skip slide summaries

    Everything in This Slideshow

    Advertisement

    View All

    1 of 27
    2 of 27
    3 of 27
    4 of 27
    5 of 27
    6 of 27
    7 of 27
    8 of 27
    9 of 27
    10 of 27
    11 of 27
    12 of 27
    13 of 27
    14 of 27
    15 of 27
    16 of 27
    17 of 27
    18 of 27
    19 of 27
    20 of 27
    21 of 27
    22 of 27
    23 of 27
    24 of 27
    25 of 27
    26 of 27
    27 of 27

    Share & More

    Pinterest Email Send Text Message
    PEOPLE.com

    Magazines & More

    Learn More

    • Subscribe this link opens in a new tab
    • Advertise this link opens in a new tab
    • Content Licensing
    • Accolades this link opens in a new tab

    Connect

    Subscribe to Our Newsletter
    Meredith© Copyright 2022 Meredith Corporationthis link opens in a new tab. People is a registered trademark of Meredith Corporation All Rights Reserved. People may receive compensation for some links to products and services on this website. Offers may be subject to change without notice. Privacy Policythis link opens in a new tab Terms of Servicethis link opens in a new tab Ad Choicesthis link opens in a new tab Manage Push Notificationsthis link opens in a new tab California Do Not Sellthis link opens a modal window Web Accessibilitythis link opens in a new tab

    Manage Push Notifications

    If you would like to opt out of browser push notifications, please refer to the following instructions specific to your device and browser: Google Chrome and Android, Firefox, Safari, or Microsoft Edge.
    © Copyright PEOPLE.com. All rights reserved. Printed from https://people.com

    Sign in

    View image

    Powerful Images from Protests Across the U.S. Over George Floyd's Death
    this link is to an external site that may or may not meet accessibility guidelines.