>>>>>> Brunswick, GA In early May, a leaked video began circulating on social media showing a white father and son involved in shooting and killing Ahmaud Arbery, a 25-year-old Black male. A social media challenge called “Run with Maud'' started a nationwide event where thousands of participants ran 2.23 miles to honor Arbery, who was killed on Feb. 23. e recognition also added Arbery’s name to later protests demanding justice for racial inequality. Almost two months after the shooting, Gregory and Travis McMichael were arrested and charged with murder and agggravated assault in Arbery’s case. Minneapolis Protests in Minneapolis started on Tuesday, May 26th, the day after four city police o cers killed a black man, 46-year-old George Floyd. Protestors chanted some of Floyd’s last words, “I can’t breathe,” as they marched along the streets, demanding the o cers be arrested and charged. e
Minneapolis Police Chief red the four o cers involved in Floyd’s death. Protests continued through the coming days, and on May 29, Derek Chauvin, the o cer who pinned Floyd’s neck to the ground, was arrested and charged with third-degree murder and second-degree manslaughter. Louisville Protests were already active across the city as word continued to spread about the account of police killing Breonna Taylor, a 26-year-old Black female, on March 13. Taylor was shot during the execution of a no-knock warrant by Sgt. Jonathan Mattingly and O cers Myles Cosgrove and Brett Hankison. Protests grew as charges against one of the o cers were dropped and no legal repercussions seemed to follow the others involved in the shooting. On June 11, the Louisville Metro Council unanimously passed Breonna’s Law, making no-knock warrants illegal and requiring body cameras to be on during and after every police search. City o cials also removed a statue of a Confederate soldier at the Cherokee Triangle as protestors continued calling for racial equality. Seattle
>>>>>> Clashes between protestors and police in riot gear in the Capitol Hill neighborhood began on June 1. e rst week of these protests quickly escalated, as police often used tear gas and pepper spray on protestors. e mayor soon put a ban on tear gas, and police slowly left the area to ease tensions. is area became known as the Capitol Hill Organized Protest (CHOP). Zone inhabitants declared o cial leadership had no power in the area. Protest organizers often negotiated with city leaders like Mayor Jenny Durkan on topics central to the protests like cutting police budgets, placing more funding in community programs in Black communities and ensuring protestors would not be charged with crimes. While the CHOP was dismantled after about three weeks, the zone represented a period of unwavering e orts between Seattle protestors and city leaders. Seattle Mayor Durkan proposed a $20 million budget cut and a hiring freeze to the city’s police force.
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