Photo Review
Actions Across the U.S., Canada and Around the World, June 7-13
United States
Minneapolis, Minnesota
June 7, 2020
 
The statue of Christopher Columbus is removed
from the Minnesota Capitol Building, June 10, 2020, under police guard.
June 11, 2020
Washington, DC
 
George Floyd's brother testifies in front of
Congressional hearing, June 10, 2020.
 
The temporary fencing erected to keep protesters away from the White
House has been covered with posters and signs. On June 11, 2020 some
sections of the fence start to be dismantled by Park Service crews.
Hamden, Connecticut
Boston, Massachusetts
 
Dover, Delaware
New York City
Health care workers at the New York Presbyterian
Hospital honour George Floyd,
June 11, 2020.
Brooklyn, New York
 
Romulus, Michigan
Ohio
Louisville, Kentucky
Vigil and balloon release held to mark Breonna Taylor's
birthday -- she would have turned 27 on June 5, 2020. Breonna was
killed by Louisville police in her home in March.
Charlotte, North Carolina
Charleston, South Carolina
 
Rome, Georgia
Columbia, Missouri
Little Rock, Arkansas
Prairie Village, Kansas
 
Houston, Texas
George Floyd's funeral takes place in Houston, June 9, 2020.
Phoenix, Arizona
 
Tempe, Arizona
Los Angeles, California
Mass rally outside City Hall, June 7, 2020.
Members of the International Longshore and
Warehouse Union working on the west coast stop work and lay down their
toolson the morning of June 9, 2020, for an 8 minutes and 46
seconds of silence in memory of George Floyd and all victims
of police brutality. Meanwhile, their counterparts at ports from the
Gulf coast to east coast from Texas to Maine stop work for a "peaceful
protest hour."
Defund police rally, June 10, 2020.
Bay Area, California
 
Meeting calls for police to be removed from Bay Area school classrooms.
Tracy, California
 
California Nurses Association stand with Black Lives Matter, June 10,
2020.
Victor, Idaho
Eugene, Oregon
 
Seattle, Washington
Youth occupy Seattle City Hall for an hour, June 9, 2020, calling for
the Mayor to resign for the city's actions in tear gassing
those protesting George Floyd's killing.
Hawaii
Anchorage, Alaska
Juneau; Nome, Alaska
 
Utqiagvik, Alaska
Canada
Montreal, QC
 
 
Halifax, NS
 
Charlottetown, PEI
Toronto, ON
 
Mississauga, ON
 
Niagara Falls, ON
Windsor, ON
 
 
Thunder Bay, ON
Vancouver, BC
Around the World
Bristol, England
Statue of Edward Colston, a 17th-century slave
trader, is toppled from its plinth and rolled into the river, June 7,
2020.
London, England
 
July 10, 2020
 
A statue of stave trader Robert Milligan is
removed from outside the Museum of London Docklands on June 9, 2020.
London Mayor Sadiq Khan earlier announced a review of all of the city's
statues and street names, saying any with links to slavery "should be
taken down."
Brussels, Belgium
Protestors at anti-racism rallies in Belgium have been demanding the
removal of statues of King Leopold, responsible for colonizing
the Congo. During the June 7, 2020 protest in Brussels, some
climbed on his statue with a giant flag of the Democratic Republic of
Congo, chanting "murderer" and "reparations." A statue of King Leopold
in Antwerp has since been removed.
Dusseldorf, Germany
Paris, France
Madrid, Spain
Barcelona, Spain
Budapest, Hungary
Dominican Republic
Palestine
This article was published in
Volume 50 Number 21 - June 13, 2020
Article Link:
Photo Review: Actions Across the U.S., Canada and Around the World, June 7-13
Website: www.cpcml.ca
Email: editor@cpcml.ca
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