Protests, riots that gripped America in 2020
Seattle business owner and co-founder of Buki Joey Rodolfo on the price of rioting. Protests and riots ravaged parts of the nation in the days, weeks and months following the death of George Floyd in Minneapolis. Floyd, 46, died on May 25 after a White Minneapolis police officer was seen on video holding his knee on Floyd’s neck for several minutes despite his shouts that he couldn’t breathe. The video went viral and people took to the streets to protest police brutality and systemic racism. Floyd’s death also highlighted a number of other Black people who were killed at the hands o...