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BLM riots break out on Floyd anniversary as cops attacked & windows smashed
Updated: May 26 2021, 9:30 ET
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PROTESTERS attacked police officers and smashed shop windows as Black Lives Matter riots broke out on the one-year anniversary of the death of George Floyd.
Demonstrators took to the streets of cities across America last night including Portland and New York.
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Windows of a Starbucks shop in the city were smashedCredit: Portland Police
Floyd, 46, died on May 25 last year after ex-cop Derek Chauvin kneeled on his neck for almost nine and a half minutes.
Chauvin was convicted of the black father s murder while three other officers also involved in the arrest await trial in August.
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On Anniversary Of George Floyd s Killing, Demonstrators Call For More Police Reform
Floyd’s family gathered with activists, citizens and others who have lost loved ones to police brutality for a rally in Minneapolis.
It’s been one year since George Floyd was killed at the hands of police in Minneapolis, sparking a wave of protests around the world and a reckoning over systemic racism and law enforcement’s mistreatment of Black people in America.
Floyd’s family attended one of many remembrances on Sunday, gathering with activists, citizens and others who have lost loved ones to police brutality at a rally in Minneapolis.