Peaceful George Floyd protests marred by bursts of violence | USA TODAY

Tensions flared as George Floyd protests continued around the country a sixth straight day.

RELATED: George Floyd protests take widely varying turns

Across the U.S., protesters marched in the streets again to call for reforms after the death of George Floyd, an unarmed black man who died in police custody on Memorial Day in Minneapolis.

Most demonstrations were peaceful though violence, including the burning of police vehicles and looting, prompted police in some cities to deploy tear gas to gain control of the crowd.

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79 comments

    1. it’s embarrassing. we worked SOO hard for this, just for other countries to laugh at us.

    1. @Shivendra Caesey China will find a vaccine and make 1 trillion dollars
      And then we need to decide whether to use/discard vaccine if 1st attempt is successful they will try again. 😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭

    2. @emily oh and that’s why 1.83 million people died in the US and 2.6 million lost they’re jobs ? Because it’s rather harmless? Your a Joke

    1. This is what happens when the systems is based on racism. When latinos n blacks get the shaft. When 40 million r unemployed and the big interest groups n crooked corporations get the fresh bailouts while the little man gets flicked

    2. This is what happens when you’ve had enough of systematic racism, perverse capitalism, social inequality and injustice. and I hope it is only the beginning.

    3. no…this is what happen when million of people dont have job, economy going down, people dont have money, cant pay rent……the anger and depression is building , they just need a reason to riot…

  1. Think it’s bad now? Wait till they cut off the $600 unemployment and don’t give out stimulus checks because they’re “waiting and seeing”. Then the real riots will start. Life’s about to get real in the next coming months. This is just the beginning.

    1. I hope the riots won’t “take prisoners” because those protests are freaking madness.

    2. Now they have to cut off another $600 unemployment to pay for the rebuild cities.

    3. My father died when I was 8 years old. My mother struggled for us. She did the impossible to see us in the best ranks. Unfortunately, it was up to another opinion. She died, may God have mercy on him. I hope to fulfill her wish. I am here asking you a very simple thing. I ask for my support by subscribing to my channel and following up even a minute from Please, may Allah reward you with good. Do not give up on me

  2. Man, this is insane. I can’t believe that society is going through this right now. 2020 will go down in the books as an absolute hell trip

    1. If we make it out, It hasent even started calming down yet. Shits lookin real grim. All we need is some one to pull a gun and then lethal force on everybody. Shits getting crazy.

    2. My father died when I was 8 years old. My mother struggled for us. She did the impossible to see us in the best ranks. Unfortunately, it was up to another opinion. She died, may God have mercy on him. I hope to fulfill her wish. I am here asking you a very simple thing. I ask for my support by subscribing to my channel and following up even a minute from Please, may Allah reward you with good. Do not give up on me

    3. @TheAwesomePossum you dump. Why because y’all ” let us have a BLACK president”. That does not equate to the oppression that African Americans deal with every day. But you wouldn’t know would you. Stop it.

    1. Markus With how 2020 is going right now, your vision of nukes might be arriving earlier and instead happen either this month or the next few months.

    1. @joe john your cognizance of the situation is as reliable as a stairway of sand. Get real.

    2. @Šišmiš koji kašlje Koronu please, don’t delude yourself, nor be in denial. The virus is real. Period. The entire world, along with the doctors, governments (hostile and friendly) and people, having this consonant lockdown and panic is the apodictic testimony of this real pandemic.

    3. @Vaibhav Simha Huge number of people in USA still believe that earth is flat…What do you expect from them?

    1. I hope that You read a story … Bilal bin Rabah … It is the most wonderful story in human affairs.

  3. All parties will loose out if this the winners are the looters only achievements don’t happen destroying people property s people out there laughing protect yr country if you love it

    1. Disgusting behavior from protesters. This is not about injustice anymore. Its about them being scum no value in the community. Hope your kids will be proud of you one day.

  4. The Joker was right, “When the chips are down, these “civilised” people, they’ll eat each other.”.

    1. @Uvuvwevwevweonyetenyevweugwemubwemossas The only thing more stupid than your comment is your long name. Mind your business. We don’t need your type.

    2. @Tiya B What an ignorant comment. Calling everyone uncivilized due to the action of some? As if your race is known for being lawful citizens. Doesnt sound good right? So dont generalize.

    3. @Drunken Skeleton I understand that completely. I am fortunate enough that I’ve never personally experienced any disrespect or brutality from police. Unfortunately, that doesn’t change the fact that the “good cops” stand by and allow the “bad cops” to murder innocent people. With that being said, they deserve the same treatment. Sorry, not sorry. At this point that is what is needed to let them know we are sick of the racism and murders. Every officer that kills an innocent, defenseless person publicly deserved the exact same treatment!

    4. @NosyNeighbor Like I said, they deserve whatever they get. “My people” are human beings that respect life. They don’t come in a color, or race. I don’t care about black vs white. I don’t care about police vs citizens. I don’t care about Democrat vs Republican. I care about human life and I KNOW we all deserve to live in peace without worrying if we will be killed for nothing without consequence to the murderer. With that being said, you are not “my people” so mind your business NOSY!!

    5. @Francis Castiglione I’m not sure what your point is or what is funny but whatever. We don’t need for things to get worse before we make changes. Bye!

  5. I love how people stand u and try to bring justice for George Floyd but I’m sure he did NOT want people to start hurting others, he did NOT want fires on the street and he did NOT want a war to start. So please stop hurting each other he wouldn’t want that..

    1. Mariethepotatolover it’s not all about george, it’s about black people getting treated disrespectfully in general. no justice no peace.

    2. @Nohl__
      Wrong
      An eye for an eye and murderers get executed
      Not everyone is a murderer and executing killers will make crimes less

    3. Disgusting behavior from protesters. This is not about injustice anymore. Its about them being scum no value in the community. Hope your kids will be proud of you one day.

    4. if i was murdered by police due to my race, i would absolutely want a war started. you must be very young and naive to believe that all of this is the result of a single murder. it’s the result of years of systematic racism at the hands of those who are meant to protect us

  6. Now every time a new month comes, I’m all, “Come on! Give me your worst!” Just to get it over with. It hadn’t even been half a year, and it’s already a mess!!

  7. “Peaceful George Floyd protests”
    Let’s have a burning car in the thumbnail…

    1. My father died when I was 8 years old. My mother struggled for us. She did the impossible to see us in the best ranks. Unfortunately, it was up to another opinion. She died, may God have mercy on him. I hope to fulfill her wish. I am here asking you a very simple thing. I ask for my support by subscribing to my channel and following up even a minute from Please, may Allah reward you with good. Do not give up on me

  8. I got nothing against protests but when they are setting things on fire their just a twats

    1. Lakes Walliems police officers just running into them trying to hit them with their cars that just too extreme

    2. @amberwolfy1 if your car were surrounded by irrational people trying to break in to get you, you’d have no problem getting out of there either

  9. The First Amendment: “Freedom of Speech and the Right to Assemble Peacefully”. That many people in one place cannot read ?

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