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Hundreds of protesters packed into the plaza at the Barclays Center after police-involved killing of George Floyd in Minneapolis, May 29, 2020. Credit: Ben Fractenberg/THE CITYPosted inJustice
Cries of Justice for George Floyd Reach and Roil New York
As protests rippled across the nation, demonstrators massed throughout the city to voice outrage over the 46-year-old man’s death at the hand of Minneapolis police.
Additional reporting by With Hiram Alejandro Durán
Demonstrators massed across the city Friday and Saturday to protest police brutality after the death of George Floyd, who died after a white Minneapolis cop pressed his knee into the 46-year-old black man’s neck.
Outrage over the May 25 incident, caught on video, sparked protests across a nation already gripped by a pandemic.
Our team captured images from the demonstrations, some marked by clashes between protesters and police.
Most who took to streets across the city delivered their message primarily through their presence and their words — including on Staten Island where the crowd offered a call-and-response chant that spoke to past and present, the local and universal: “Eric Garner! George Floyd!”.
Public Advocate Jumaane Williams speaks next to Eric Garner’s mother, Gwen Carr, at Foley Square, May 29, 2020. Credit: Hiram Alejandro Durán/THE CITYThe Rev. Al Sharpton is all but obscured Saturday by the crowd near where Eric Garner died at the hands of Staten Island police in 2014. Credit: Clifford Michel/THE CITY
NYPD officers just drove an SUV into a crowd of human beings. They could‘ve killed them, &we don’t know how many they injured.
NO ONE gets to slam an SUV through a crowd of human beings.@NYCMayor these officers need to be brought to justice, not dismissed w/“internal reviews.” https://t.co/oIaBShSC1S
Protesters mass outside the 115th Precinct in Jackson Heights, Queens, May 30, 2020. Credit: Ann Choi/THE CITYSigns of the times, from the Barclays Center plaza, May 29, 2020. Credit: Ben Fractenberg/THE CITYA cardboard sign held in Foley Square invokes the words of Eric Garner and George Floyd, , May 29, 2020. Credit: Hiram Alejandro Durán/THE CITY
Police stand guard at the Barclays Center, May 29, 2020 Credit: Ben Fractenberg/THE CITYDemands for justice in Brooklyn, May 29, 2020 Credit: Ben Fractenberg/THE CITYSeparated by barriers at the Barclays Center, May 29, 2020 Credit: Ben Fractenberg/THE CITYProtesters gather outside the city jail in Brooklyn, May 30, 2020 Credit: Anike Thomas/Special to THE CITY
