George Floyd protests

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demonstration protest movement

The George Floyd protests were a worldwide wave of demonstrations against police brutality and systemic racism sparked by the killing of George Floyd in May 2020.

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Surface form Occurrences
2020 Black Lives Matter protests 1
George Floyd protests in 2020 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf demonstration ⓘ
protest movement ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
estimatedParticipation millions of participants worldwide ⓘ
hasEffect calls to defund the police ⓘ
changes to police use-of-force policies in some jurisdictions ⓘ
corporate diversity and inclusion initiatives ⓘ
increased public attention to police brutality ⓘ
increased public attention to systemic racism ⓘ
policy debates on police reform ⓘ
removal of Confederate monuments and memorials ⓘ
renewed support for Black Lives Matter movement ⓘ
hasMainCause killing of George Floyd ⓘ
police brutality ⓘ
racial injustice in the United States ⓘ
systemic racism ⓘ
hasPart protests in Auckland ⓘ
protests in Berlin ⓘ
protests in Johannesburg ⓘ
protests in London ⓘ
protests in Minneapolis–Saint Paul ⓘ
protests in New York City ⓘ
protests in Paris ⓘ
protests in Portland, Oregon ⓘ
protests in Seattle ⓘ
protests in Sydney ⓘ
protests in Tokyo ⓘ
protests in Toronto ⓘ
protests in Washington, D.C. ⓘ
hasSlogan Black Lives Matter NERFINISHED ⓘ
Defund the police ⓘ
I can’t breathe ⓘ
No justice, no peace ⓘ
languageOfSlogans English ⓘ
multiple languages worldwide ⓘ
location Africa NERFINISHED ⓘ
Asia NERFINISHED ⓘ
Europe ⓘ
Minneapolis, Minnesota NERFINISHED ⓘ
North America ⓘ
Oceania NERFINISHED ⓘ
South America NERFINISHED ⓘ
United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States

worldwide ⓘ
mediaCoverageBy major international news organizations ⓘ
opposedBy some law enforcement organizations ⓘ
opposedTo excessive use of force by police ⓘ
police brutality ⓘ
racial profiling ⓘ
systemic racism ⓘ
partOf 2020–2021 racial justice protests in the United States ⓘ
peakActivityPeriod late May 2020 to mid-2020 ⓘ
relatedTo Black Lives Matter movement NERFINISHED ⓘ
Derek Chauvin NERFINISHED ⓘ
Minneapolis Police Department NERFINISHED ⓘ
killing of George Floyd ⓘ
significantPlace Auckland NERFINISHED ⓘ
Berlin NERFINISHED ⓘ
Chicago, Illinois NERFINISHED ⓘ
Johannesburg NERFINISHED ⓘ
London NERFINISHED ⓘ
Los Angeles NERFINISHED ⓘ
Minneapolis, Minnesota NERFINISHED ⓘ
New York City NERFINISHED ⓘ
Paris NERFINISHED ⓘ
Portland, Oregon NERFINISHED ⓘ
Seattle, Washington NERFINISHED ⓘ
Sydney NERFINISHED ⓘ
Tokyo NERFINISHED ⓘ
Toronto NERFINISHED ⓘ
Washington, D.C. NERFINISHED ⓘ
startDate 2020-05-26 ⓘ
startPeriod May 2020 ⓘ
supportedBy Black Lives Matter NERFINISHED ⓘ
civil rights organizations ⓘ
many community groups ⓘ
various political activists ⓘ
temporalContext COVID-19 pandemic ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

How to Be an Antiracist → associatedWithEvent → George Floyd protests ⓘ
Stephen Jackson → spokeAt → George Floyd protests ⓘ
this entity surface form: George Floyd protests in 2020
“I Can’t Breathe” (Song of the Year Grammy) → associatedWith → George Floyd protests ⓘ
subject surface form: I Can’t Breathe
The Bigger Picture → lyricsTopic → George Floyd protests ⓘ
The Bigger Picture → describesEvent → George Floyd protests ⓘ
this entity surface form: 2020 Black Lives Matter protests