According to social media posts from protesters, many demonstrations began peacefully, but escalated violently as police began to utilize zip ties, rubber bullets, and mace
Police arrested hundreds of protesters in New York City over the weekend. Photo: BRYAN R. SMITH/AFP via Getty Images The weekend after George Floyd’s death at the hands of Minneapolis police officers saw widespread protests across the country. Crowds gathered to demand justice for Floyd, for Breonna Taylor, for Ahmaud Arbery, and all other victims of police brutality and racially biased law enforcement. .
Freelance journalist and photographer Linda Tirado says she was permanently blinded, apparently after a rubber bullet hit her in the eye. Multiple journalists were reportedly arrested or assaulted by aggressive officers in riot gear, after identifying themselves as members of the media who are not subject to the curfew.
Other footage shows an NYPD officer confronting a young black man as he stands with his hands up. The officer “pulls down his mask and pepper sprays him,” according to one Twitter user. Another image has circulated of a woman crying, her face streaked with blood. According to Dallas Morning News journalist Kevin Krause, she said she was walking home from the grocery store on Saturday when “an officer fired some sort of pellet in her face.” She said she was not participating in the protests.
Atlanta Peaceful protests began in Atlanta on Friday, but eventually, police and protestors clashed outside the CNN Center, where law enforcement used pepper spray on the crowds on Friday night. Georgia Governor Brian Kemp declared a state of emergency and activated the National Guard on Saturday, when a 9 p.m. curfew went into effect in Atlanta.
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