| George Floyd protests in Delaware | |
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| Part of George Floyd protests | |
| Date | May 28 – June 13, 2020 (2 weeks and 2 days) |
| Location | Delaware, United States |
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This is a list of George Floyd protests in Delaware, United States.
On June 9, a group of protesters marched along U.S. Route 13 in Camden, blocking traffic and defying police orders. 21 protesters were detained, including Dover Post reporter Andre Lamar. [3]
On May 31, over 200 protesters gathered in Dover outside the Dover Police Department and Delaware Legislative Hall before marching north along U.S. Route 13, causing portions of the road to be closed. Looting took place at two stores at the Dover Mall before police secured the mall. The protesters then made their way to the Delaware State Police headquarters. Mayor Robin Christiansen declared a state of emergency and issued a curfew going into effect at 9pm on Sunday night. [4] [5]
On June 12, the Delaware Law Enforcement Memorial was damaged and urinated on. [6]
On June 2, about 25 protesters laid down on their stomachs outside the Frankford Volunteer Fire Company's fire hall for nine minutes to honor George Floyd. Several police officers kneeled with them in solidarity. The group then gathered in the parking lot and stood in a circle as they recited the Lord's Prayer. [7]
On June 3, approximately 200 people gathered at the Georgetown Circle in Georgetown to peacefully protest police brutality. [8]
On June 4, hundreds of people marched from Food Lion to Louis L. Redding Middle School in Middletown, with a rally being held there and later at the Middletown Police Station. [9] On June 7, hundreds of protesters held a march to protest police brutality and honor the memory of George Floyd. The event began with nine prayers to represent the amount of time Derek Chauvin's knee was on Floyd's neck while he was murdering Floyd, then the protesters marched from Broad and Main Street through downtown Middletown. [10]
On June 13, hundreds [11] of protesters gathered at Lumbrook Park and marched down Main Street and Delaware Avenue in Newark with an additional protest planned on June 14. The protest on the 14th would be the fourth protest in the city. [12]
About 30 protesters gathered in Rehoboth Beach at the Rehoboth Beach Bandstand on June 1. The protesters then marched to Rehoboth City Hall, with the crowd growing to 50 protesters. [13] A protest took place June 5 at 4 pm along Delaware Route 1 (Coastal Highway) by Southern Delaware Alliance for Racial Justice and Women's March Sussex, with up to 500 people in attendance. [14] [15]
On May 31, hundreds of protesters gathered in Seaford at Soroptimist Park and marched to Gateway Park and back to protest the murder of George Floyd. [16]
On May 30, hundreds of protesters peacefully marched and blocked part of Interstate 95 in Wilmington for several hours. [17] The protests were led by Black Lives Matter and Food Not Bombs. [17] Subsequently, on the evening of May 30, several dozens businesses in downtown were looted including a jewelry store, sporting goods store and local restaurants. Many businesses spared had "black owned" signs. [18] A police vehicle and personal vehicles of local residents were smashed including in the Trolley Square neighborhood. [19] [20]
On May 31, Joe Biden and U.S. Representative Lisa Blunt Rochester toured the areas damaged in the protest and spoke with residents. [21]
On June 5, another protest was held in the Tubman-Garrett Riverfront park, and a march to the New Castle County Courthouse to inspire reform and honor the death of Jeremy "Bam Bam" McDole. McDole was a man using a wheelchair who was killed in 2015 by Wilmington Police. [22] Demonstrators also marched onto Interstate 95 and kneeled. Protesters were joined by several police officers, who walked with the group for 8 minutes. The protests were also attended by politicians including Governor John Carney, State Senator Darius Brown, Mayor Mike Purzycki, and U.S. Representative Blunt Rochester. [23]
Jeremy "Bam Bam" McDole was a 28-year-old African American paraplegic who was shot and killed by police in Wilmington, Delaware on September 23, 2015, at 3:00 pm. McDole was in a wheelchair at the time of the shooting. Police responded to a call about a man with a gun. The 911 caller later recanted her statements and has, to date, faced no penalties for the false statements made, which resulted in McDole's death. Camera footage from a bystander showed officers ordering McDole to drop his weapon and raise his hands, with McDole being shot after shuffling his hands near his waist area, but with a gun never being seen and evidence photos of the reported weapon only appearing 6 years after his murder. The Delaware state department cleared the officers of wrongdoing, but concluded that one of the involved officers had shown "extraordinarily poor" police work. A 2020 review by the Delaware Attorney General's Office came to the same conclusion. Both decided against filing any charges. The McDole family sued the city of Wilmington, and in January 2017, a settlement of $1.5 million was reached by the city.
This is a list of protests over the murder of George Floyd that took place in the state of Washington in 2020.
In 2020, a series of protests took place in California related to the murder of George Floyd on May 25, 2020, in Minneapolis, Minnesota, while in police custody. On May 31, 2020, the California Department of Human Resources advised "all state departments with offices in downtown city areas" to close on June 1.
Beginning on May 28, 2020, a number of cities in Ohio saw protests against the murder of George Floyd. Major cities such as Columbus, Cleveland, Cincinnati and Dayton had large protests, and numerous smaller cities and towns saw demonstrations as well. As a result of rioting and looting, a number of cities such as Cleveland, Columbus, Dayton, Cincinnati and Springfield imposed curfews of varying times.
This is a list of George Floyd protests in the U.S. state of Oregon.
This is a list of George Floyd protests in Virginia. Following the murder of George Floyd by a police officer, protests spread from Minneapolis to other parts of the United States, including Virginia. Protests broke out in Richmond on the night of May 28 and spread to over 50 other cities over the following days.
This is a list of protests in New York following the murder of George Floyd in 2020.
This is a list of George Floyd protests in Connecticut, United States.
This is a list of George Floyd protests in Idaho, United States.
There were a series of George Floyd protests in Illinois. Demonstrations and protests were held in at least 30 communities around the state, with major demonstrations happening in Chicago. The vast majority of demonstrations were peaceful, though there were several instances of property damage or violence attributed to demonstrators or counter-protestors, the worst of which occurred in Aurora. In some cities, curfews were issued or orders released advising residents to avoid the areas in which protests were taking place.
This is a list of George Floyd protests in Kansas, United States. Protests occurred in at least fifteen various communities in the state through July 2020.
This is a list of George Floyd protests in Massachusetts, United States. Protests and demonstrations occurred in at least 33 cities and towns throughout the state, and as of June 10, 2020 protests had occurred every day since May 28 in Boston.
Following the murder of George Floyd, an unarmed black man in Minneapolis, Minnesota on May 25, 2020, protests erupted around the nation and world. Dozens of protests, several involving thousands of protesters have been held in New Jersey. Unlike in other areas of the country, protests have been mainly peaceful. This is attributed to relatively good community-police relations, memories of the race riots of 1967, and activist leadership maintaining focus on systemic racism. After protests in Trenton and Atlantic City grew violent on May 31, curfews were set for the first time. Residents of Atlantic City helped clean up damage after the protests turned destructive.
This is a list of George Floyd protests in North Carolina, United States.
This is a list of protests that took place in Pennsylvania in 2020 following the murder of George Floyd.
This is a list of protests in the U.S. state of Texas related to the murder of George Floyd.
This is a list of protests held in Wisconsin related to the 2020 murder of George Floyd in neighboring Minnesota. Additional protests occurred in late August in Kenosha, Wisconsin in the aftermath of the shooting of Jacob Blake. Protests also occurred in 2020 in Wauwatosa, Wisconsin during the aftermath of the shooting of Alvin Cole.
This is a list of protests that took place in the San Francisco Bay Area following the murder of George Floyd on May 25, 2020 in Minneapolis, Minnesota, while in police custody.
This is a list of protests that took place in Los Angeles County, California following the murder of George Floyd on May 25, 2020, in Minneapolis, Minnesota, while in police custody.
