One year later: What’s changed since the unrest of 2020? The biggest difference? Florida has enacted ‘anti-riot’ legislation to combat violent protests Updated: Tags: File photo from May 2020 protests in downtown Jacksonville (WJXT) JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – Memorial Day weekend marks one year since protests triggered by the death of George Floyd erupted in communities across the country, including here in Northeast Florida. Those demonstrations carried on for two days in Jacksonville. At one point on May 30, 2021, at least 200 protesters clashed with police downtown, throwing rocks and bottles of water and trying to set a police vehicle on fire, according to city officials. One officer suffered an injury to his neck.