People are taking to the streets of Washington Saturday for what is expected to be a large protest, a continuation of days of demonstrations in the city and across the U.S. over the death of an African American man who died after being restrained by a white policeman. The chief of the Metropolitan Police Department of the District of Columbia, Peter Newsham, said authorities “anticipate numbers that are larger than any of the numbers that we’ve seen to this point.”
Thousands Swarm Streets of Washington to Protest Police Brutality, Racism
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People kneel in silence, June 6, 2020, in Washington, in remembrance of George Floyd, who died after being restrained by Minneapolis police officers.
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U.S. Secret Service police watch through a gate in the fence as demonstrators protest June 6, 2020, near the White House in Washington, over the death of George Floyd.
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Demonstrators protest June 6, 2020, near the White House in Washington, over the death of George Floyd, a black man who was in police custody in Minneapolis.
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Demonstrators protest June 6, 2020, in Washington, over the death of George Floyd, a black man who was in police custody in Minneapolis.
