Protests in Detroit over the death of George Floyd moved Friday afternoon to one of its most iconic landmarks: the bridge connecting the city to Belle Isle…
Protests in Detroit over the death of George Floyd moved Friday afternoon to one of its most iconic landmarks: the bridge connecting the city to Belle Isle in the Detroit River.
The slow, mostly silent march across the MacArthur Bridge, northeast of downtown, followed seven nights of protests in Detroit that led to a city-imposed curfew and dozens of arrests.
A second, more vocal group of protesters chanted as they marched Friday afternoon and early evening through downtown Detroit.
Demonstrations and unrest spread to cities around the U. S. following Floyd’s May 25 death. A a white Minneapolis police officer pressed his knee into the neck of the handcuffed black man who pleaded for air, even after he stopped moving.
