The death of George Floyd has ignited a flood of protests across the US, some of them triggering an aggressive clash with security forces. Hailing from a punishing stay-at-home order due to the Covid-19 pandemic that halted social and economic activities for months, society erupted in anger after a video surfaced showing the detention and subsequent death of Mr. Floyd while in police custody.
Large groups of people took the streets by storm, protesting what they see as an unfair harassment of African Americans by the police. As people initiated marches all over the country, they took the opportunity to complaint about other cases where African Americans lost their lives in the hands of police forces.
In response to the most aggressive protests, where some individuals broke into businesses and set some buildings on fire, local, state, and federal authorities deployed thousands of police officers and in some instances the National Guard to protect businesses and federal buildings in an attempt to deter more looting and destruction.
Although some of the initial protests turned violent and led to looting, most of the them have been peaceful, showing a great deal of maturity by the participants of all ethnic groups.
