Hundreds rallied Friday, May 29, 2020 and through the weekend in Milwaukee to denounce the police killing of George Floyd in Minneapolis and other acts of police misconduct across the country before marching to I-43 and shutting down part of the freeway.
The protest began with a moment of silence to honor Floyd, who died Monday, May 25, 2020, after a Minneapolis police officer kneeled on his neck for more than eight minutes as he was gasping for air and pleading that he couldn’t breathe.
The four officers involved in Floyd’s death have been fired, but not all have been arrested or charged, and the ensuing protests in Minneapolis have led to several nights of violent unrest.
As demonstrators rallied and marched Friday afternoon in Milwaukee, authorities in Minnesota announced the officer who put his knee on Floyd’s neck had been arrested and charged with third-degree murder and manslaughter.
Protests not only took place this past week in Milwaukee and several other cities in the U.S. Peaceful marches also took place in cities across the globe, including Toronto Canada; London, England; Auckland, New Zealand; Sydney, Australia; Paris, France; Tokyo, Japan Copenhagen, Denmark; and a number of other locations.
