Photos: Mass protests break out in US over George Floyd’s death

George Floyd, a 46-year-old African American man, died in Minneapolis on May 25 while he was being restrained by the police. The death triggered violent unrest in Minneapolis and mass protests are taking place in California, New York, Ohio and Colorado. Video footage of the incident, which was broadcast by the media, showed an officer kneeling on Floyd’s neck as he gasped for breath.

Updated on: May 30, 2020 6:56 PM IST

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A masked protester kneels before the San Jose police on May 29, California, in response to the death of George Floyd in police custody on Memorial Day in Minneapolis. The police officer seen on video kneeling on the neck of George Floyd, who died in custody after pleading that he could not breathe, was arrested on May 29 after three days of protests. (AP)

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A protestor holds a photo of George Floyd during a protest against his death in Minneapolis police custody, and the assault of Sha'Teina and Dan Grady El by Washtenaw County police, in Detroit, Michigan on May 29. (Sylvia Jarrus / REUTERS)

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Plumes of smoke rise into the sky in the aftermath of a protest after a white police officer was caught on a bystander's video pressing his knee into the neck of African-American man George Floyd, who later died at a hospital in Minneapolis, Minnesota on May 29. (Carlos Barria / REUTERS)

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A police car burns after protesters marched to the Georgia State Capitol and returned to the area around the Centennial Olympic Park and CNN center where some confronted the police on May 29 in Atlanta. The protesters carried signs and chanted messages of outrage over the death of George Floyd. (AP)

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A woman holding a dog looks on burning cars during a demonstration in Minneapolis, Minnesota on May 29. (Carlos Barria / REUTERS)

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A man poses in front of a burning car during a protest on May 29 in Atlanta, Georgia. Demonstrations are being held across the US after George Floyd died in police custody on May 25 in Minneapolis, Minnesota. (Elijah Nouvelage / Getty Images / AFP)

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A woman yells at a cop during a protest against the death in Minneapolis police custody of African-American man George Floyd, in Atlanta, Georgia on May 29. (Dustin Chambers / REUTERS)

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A boy holds a sign during a protest in downtown Los Angeles on May 29. The Minnesota State Patrol arrested a CNN television crew yesterday as the journalists reported on the unrest. (Christian Monterrosa / AP)

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Protesters march by US Bank Stadium in response to the police killing of George Floyd on May 29 in Minneapolis, Minnesota. (Stephen Maturen / Getty Images / AFP )

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Protests have been ongoing in the state and around the country since George Floyd's death while in police custody on May 25. Protests first erupted a day after Floyd’s death in a confrontation with police captured on widely seen citizen video. (Stephen Maturen / Getty Images / AFP )

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A woman reads a Bible in front of a line of National Guardsmen as the 8pm curfew approaches during protests sparked by the death of George Floyd while in police custody on May 29 in Minneapolis, Minnesota. Former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin was taken into custody for Floyd's death. (Scott Olson / Getty Images / AFP)

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Protesters calling for an end to police violence walk through downtown Lexington, Kentucky on May 29. (Ryan C. Hermens / Lexington Herald-Leader via AP)

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A woman joins in a protest near the Colorado state capitol during a protest on May 29 in Denver, Colorado. This was the second day of protests in Denver, with more demonstrations planned for the weekend. (Michael Ciaglo / Getty Images / AFP )

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The Omaha police mounted patrol are silhouetted in tear gas as they approach protesters at 72nd and Dodge Streets on May 29. (Chris Machian / Omaha World-Herald via AP)

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In this May 29 photo, a demonstrator holds a flare in Oakland, California while protesting the death of George Floyd, a handcuffed black man in police custody in Minneapolis. Chauvin, the officer who knelt on Floyd’s neck, was fired on May 26, along with three other officers involved in the arrest. (Noah Berger / AP)