Dec 30, 2020 — In addition to the coronavirus, 2020 will be remembered for nationwide protests for civil rights and racial justice not seen in this country in more than half a century.
They were sparked in late May when a video went viral of a white police officer kneeling on the neck of a Black man named George Floyd. For nearly nine minutes the police officer is seen placing pressure on Floyd’s neck as he calls out in distress before he is killed.
Millions of people flooded the streets of Minneapolis, New York, Portland, and many other cities, calling for a reckoning over systemic racism in policing and across American society.