One month of protests in Sacramento

June 29, 2020

A man jumps over the side of a couch left burning in the street near the county jail during a protest in Sacramento, California, Saturday, May 30, 2020. George Floyd died in Minneapolis Monday after being detained by police. (Niko Panagopoulos/[email protected])

In the month since the police killing of George Floyd in Minneapolis May 25, Sacramento saw its first protest May 29. Since then there have been many kinds of protests with demonstrators exhibiting a wide range of emotions–from marches and sit-ins, to looting and arrests. Organizers promise that there will be more demonstrations to come.

Demonstrators face-off with California Highway Patrol officers on the Highway 99 overpass at 12th Avenue during a protest organized by Black Lives Matter Sacramento over the death of George Floyd Friday, May 29, 2020 in Sacramento during the coronavirus pandemic. George Floyd died in Minneapolis May 25 after being detained by police. (Sara Nevis/[email protected])

Advancing police attempt to control the crowd of demonstrators with rubber bullets, pepper ball rounds and CS gas as they move East down J Street toward midtown in Sacramento, California, Saturday, May 30, 2020. George Floyd died in Minneapolis May 25 after being detained by police. (Niko Panagopoulos/[email protected])

Demonstrators loot Kicx Unlimited on 7th Street during the protest over the death of George Floyd in Sacramento, California, Saturday, May 30, 2020. George Floyd died in Minneapolis May 25 after being detained by police. (Arturo Gomez/[email protected])

A man jumps over the side of a couch left burning in the street near the county jail during a protest in Sacramento, California, Saturday, May 30, 2020. George Floyd died in Minneapolis Monday after being detained by police. (Niko Panagopoulos/[email protected])

Two demonstrators were arrested on I-5 North near P Street on-ramp after an altercation occurred with the California Highway Patrol during the protest over the death of George Floyd in Sacramento, California, Sunday, May 31, 2020. George Floyd died in Minneapolis May 25 after being detained by police. (Sara Nevis/[email protected])

California Highway Patrol push back the demonstrators from I-5 North onto the P Street on-ramp during the protest over the death of George Floyd in Sacramento, California, Sunday, May 31, 2020. George Floyd died in Minneapolis Monday after being detained by police. (Sara Nevis/[email protected])

Two protestors raising their fists together during the protest that numbered in thousands over the death of George Floyd that started at Golden One Center, then Cesar E. Chavez Plaza and finally the East side of the Capitol in Sacramento, California, Saturday, June 6, 2020. George Floyd was killed in Minneapolis after being detained by police May 25. (Arturo Gomez/[email protected])

Tanya Faison, founder of Black Lives Matter Sacramento, chants the names of those killed by police at the sit/die-in protest organized by Black Lives Matter Sacramento and Allies of Black Lives Matter Sacramento over the death of George Floyd at the intersection of Greenhaven Drive and Greenstar Way in Sacramento, California, Friday, June 5, 2020. George Floyd was killed in Minneapolis after being detained by police May 25. (Sara Nevis/[email protected])

Demonstrators sit in the grass and listen to speakers during the protest at the East side of the Capitol that numbered in the thousands over the death of George Floyd that started at Golden One Center, then Cesar E. Chavez Plaza and finally the East side of the Capitol in Sacramento, California, Saturday, June 6, 2020. George Floyd was killed in Minneapolis after being detained by police May 25. (Sara Nevis/[email protected])

Stevante Clark speaks to the group at Joseph Almanza’s, known as Jojo, memorial site during the “Stephon Clark Sunday” organized by Stevante Clark, brother of Stephon Clark, former City College student who was fatally shot by Sacramento police March 18, 2018, which started at Clark’s grandmother’s house then to two memorial sites in the neighborhood in Sacramento, California, Sunday, June 21, 2020. (Sara Nevis/[email protected])

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