Remember you are just a pawn in the Mayors political game. -- Photo by Harrison Hill, USA TODAY Staff ORG XMIT: HH 138630 George Floyd LA 6/4/2020 (Via OlyDrop).Hundreds of UCLA students chant and protest the death of George Floyd in front of the UCLA police building on campus in Los Angeles, Calif. on June 4, 2020.Milwaukee police Lieutenant Eric Gulbrandson, right, walks and talks with Unity Gospel House of Prayer church member Jaylen Barnett, 20, with Milwaukee police officer Anthony Rivera, left, as they walk down West Walnut Street in Milwaukee on Thursday, June 4, 2020. After a rally at Southside Park a "Reflective Walk" for George Floyd started with over 1,000 marchers headed down Hendricks Avenue in San Marco Wednesday afternoon, June 3, 2020 then turned on Atlantic Blvd. on June 1, 2020.A protester bumps fists with an officer holding a line outside the Phoenix Police Department in downtown Phoenix June 1, 2020. George Floyd was killed by police at the site sparking nationwide protests.A police SUV burns after it was set on fire by protesters following a solidarity march over the death of George Floyd outside of New Jersey State House in Trenton, N.J. on Sunday.Detroit Police officers arrest protestors in downtown Detroit on Sunday, May 31, 2020 after they marched against police brutality and justice for George Floyd on the third day of protesting in Detroit.Lena Harbali, 25 of Dearborn shows red paint on her arms and hands to symbolize blood in a protest to police on Sunday, May 31, 2020 in front of the Detroit Police Department headquarters.Eric Seals, Detroit Free Press via USA TODAY Network.Police use tear gas to clear away protesters who blocked Interstate 35 near the Austin Police Department Headquarters on Sunday May 31, 2020. Police say at least four officers were hurt, including the department’s chief, and more than a dozen people were arrested.Supporters raise their fists while standing at the State Capitol during a National Mother's March in St. Paul, Minnesota July 12, 2020. The intersection is the location of Cup Foods and the location where George Floyd died in police custody on May 25, 2020.A cadre of law enforcement including Park Police, Metro Police Department and D.C. National Guard face off with protesters across barriers in Lafayette Square just in front of the White House in Washington, D.C. on June 1, 2020.Protesters scatter from the area around the White House as police unleash tear gas, fireworks, flash-bangs and pepper balls approximately 30 minutes before the start of a 7 p.m. curfew implemented by DC mayor Muriel Bowser on June 1, 2020 amid protests triggered by the death of George Floyd in police custody in Minneapolis.People protest the death of George Floyd in Chicago, Il. Protesters continued to demonstrate against the death of George Floyd while in custody of the Minneapolis police.Jay Janner, Austin American-Statesman via USA TODAY NETWORK.Protesters make their way past the State Attorneys Office on their way to the Duval County Courthouse on May 31, 2020 in Jacksonville, Fla.Florida State Troopers move down North Clay Street as they disperse protesters from in front of the Duval County Courthouse in Jacksonville, Florida on May 31, 2020.Protestors raise their hands as they kneel in front of the Yonkers police headquarters during a march and rally in Yonkers, N.Y. May 31, 2020 to protest the death of George Floyd.People raise their fists while listening to a a person speak after marching along Miller Rd. God speed boys and girls.”,Breonna Taylor settlement press conference: What Tamika Palmer said.Tamika Palmer, Breonna Taylor's mother, spoke at a press conference about the $12 million settlement with the city of Louisville.When will Kentucky AG Daniel Cameron announce his decision? His characterization of protesters as 'thugs' is reprehensible. Several New York City police officers were attacked and injured Wednesday on the Brooklyn Bridge during a protest sparked by the death of George Floyd.
Protests have been happening across the country after George Floyd, a 46-year-old black man, was killed May 25 by a white Minneapolis police officer, Derek Chauvin, who knelt on his neck while arresting him.Dan Powers, Appleton Post-Crescent via USA TODAY NETWORK.Imani Ware, right, of Milwaukee comforts a participant as she becomes emotional questioning Oshkosh Police Chief Dean Smith during a Black Lives Matter protest Wednesday, June 3, 2020, in downtown Oshkosh, Wis. US President Trump on his way to Arizona warned that protesters who attempted to establish an "autonomous zone" in the US capital would be met with "serious force," following a night of protests at Lafayette Square where a crowd of protestors tried to topple the statue of Jackson.Protesters clash with U.S. Park Police after protesters attempted to pull down the statue of Andrew Jackson in Lafayette Square near the White House on June 22, 2020 in Washington, DC. Capitol Police officer Nathan Rainey, 33, discusses his job and race with a demonstrator in front of the Capitol Building on June 3, 2020 during peaceful protests triggered by the death of George Floyd in police custody.U.S. Derek Chauvin, a white police officer, knelt on Floyd's neck for almost nine minutes.RICARDO B. BRAZZIELL, Austin American-Statesman via USA TODAY Network.A protester displays wings while marching on June 14, 2020 in Brooklyn, New York.Protesters kneel in remembrance of George Floyd, who died after being restrained by Minneapolis police officers, on a part of 16th Street Northwest renamed Black Lives Matter Plaza near the White House in Washington, Saturday, June 13, 2020.People paint a Black Lives Matter mural on East Pine Street in the so-called "Capitol Hill Autonomous Zone" on June 10, 2020 in Seattle, Washington.Jacksonville Jaguars Leonard Fournette (C) kicked off a rally and protest march on the steps of Jacksonville's City Hall building June 9, 2020 to add his voice to the national and local protests over police violence and the inequities in the African-American community. Hundreds of protesters gathered in front of the Duval County Courthouse Tuesday evening, June 2, 2020 to hold the fourth day of protests in Jacksonville, Florida to continue protesting against the inequities in the black community and police violence against minorities.