A police-involved death publicized worldwide turned 2020 a year marked by street demonstrations and protests. And if the crowds in Napa were smaller and the passions less white-hot than in the major metropolises, the statements against racism and police violence were no less heartfelt. A wave of protests rippled across the country after the May 25 arrest by Minneapolis police officers of George Floyd, an unarmed, 46-year-old Black man, that ended with his death after he struggled to breathe for more than eight minutes as an officer pinned a knee against Floydâs neck in an incident captured on video. Six days later, the first in a series of Sunday rallies began in downtown Napa. Beating drums and holding placards proclaiming BLACK LIVES MATTER and I STAND AGAINST RACISM, hundreds of protesters marched from the Napa County Courthouse to Veterans Memorial Park chanting demands for justice for Floyd â and invoked the names of Trayvon Martin, Oscar Grant and other people of color killed in police encounters.