Floyd was handcuffed while lying prone on the ground when Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin knelt on his neck as two other officers had their knees on his back for nearly nine minutes causing his death.
There is also the case of Breonna Taylor she was shot by police in her own home on in the early morning hours of March 20th by Louisville police as they entered her home as part of a narcotics investigation.
Protesters marched in the hundreds not just in Metro area’s, they also spread to suburban area such as Glendale and Walnut Creek, California.
The situation led to a wide range of marches from Compton to Hollywood to many other Cities and towns you would never think would be involved in such a thing as Black Lives Matter.
During early stages of demonstrations looting took place by many who had nothing to do with the protesters.