<p>Justice For Regis - Not Another Black Life rally and March - May 30, 2020 - Creative Commons Photos
</p><p>&gt; What happened
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<ol><li><ol><li>Minneapolis</li></ol></li></ol><p>On May 25, 2020, George Floyd, an African-American man, died in Powderhorn, a neighborhood south of downtown Minneapolis, Minnesota. While Floyd was handcuffed and lying face down on a city street during an arrest, Derek Chauvin, a white Minneapolis police officer, kept his knee on the right side of Floyd's neck for 8 minutes and 46 seconds; 2 minutes and 53 seconds of which occurred after Floyd became unresponsive, according to the criminal complaint filed against Chauvin.[3][4][5][6][7]
</p><p>&lt;a href="<a class="external free" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Death_of_George_Floyd">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Death_of_George_Floyd</a>" rel="noreferrer nofollow"&gt;en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Death_of_George_Floyd&lt;/a&gt;
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<ol><li><ol><li>Toronto</li></ol></li></ol><p>Thousands of people took part in a rally downtown on Saturday to protest racism around the world and to demand answers in the death of 29-year-old Toronto resident Regis Korchinski-Paquet.
</p><p>"It's important for me to be here because if I'm not here then who else is?" Sore Sanni, 17, told CBC Toronto at the rally. 
</p><p>"All lives will not matter until black ones do." 
</p><p>The peaceful rally, organized by a group dubbed Not Another Black Life, comes on the heels of high-profile, police-involved deaths in both Canada and the United States. Some of the ensuing protests in the U.S. turned violent.
</p><p>&gt; What Else Is Happening
</p><p>- The National Guard was activated in Minnesota, Georgia, Washington and other states on Saturday
- At least 13 cities or counties declared curfews following clashes between police and protesters
- Protests against police brutality in the US goes global
- Police have made nearly 1,700 arrests in 22 US cities since Thursday
- Several reporters say they were targeted while covering the protests
</p><p>&gt; Twitter
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<ol><li>TorontoProtest &gt; &lt;a href="<a rel="nofollow" class="external free" href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/torontoprotest">https://twitter.com/hashtag/torontoprotest</a>" rel="noreferrer nofollow"&gt;twitter.com/hashtag/torontoprotest&lt;/a&gt;</li></ol><ol><li>JusticeForRegis &gt; &lt;a href="<a rel="nofollow" class="external free" href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/JusticeForRegis">https://twitter.com/hashtag/JusticeForRegis</a>" rel="noreferrer nofollow"&gt;twitter.com/hashtag/JusticeForRegis&lt;/a&gt;</li></ol><ol><li>MinneapolisRiots &gt; &lt;a href="<a rel="nofollow" class="external free" href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/minneapolisriots">https://twitter.com/hashtag/minneapolisriots</a>" rel="noreferrer nofollow"&gt;twitter.com/hashtag/minneapolisriots&lt;/a&gt;</li></ol>
<a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.flickr.com/people/82298625@N00">Jason Hargrove</a> from Toronto
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