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| == Repression == | | == Repression == |
| During the protests, police used tear gas, mace and pepper spray against peaceful protestors.<ref>{{News citation|author=Patrick Martin|newspaper=[[World Socialist Web Site]]|title=Mass protests voice outrage over police murder of George Floyd|date=2020-05-30|url=https://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2020/05/30/floy-m30.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210228225824/https://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2020/05/30/floy-m30.html|archive-date=2021-02-28|retrieved=2022-06-19}}</ref> Over 200 cities with a total population of 60 million were put under curfews.<ref name=":3">{{News citation|author=Martin Schoots-McAlpine|newspaper=Monthly Review|title=Anatomy of a counter-insurgency: Efforts to undermine the George Floyd uprising|date=2020-07-03|url=https://mronline.org/2020/07/03/anatomy-of-a-counter-insurgency/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220618114648/https://mronline.org/2020/07/03/anatomy-of-a-counter-insurgency/|archive-date=2022-06-18|retrieved=2022-07-04}}</ref> President [[Donald Trump]] activated federal troops to suppress the uprisings<ref name=":0" /> and 96,000 [[National Guard (United States)|National Guard]] troops were mobilized in 34 states.<ref name=":2" /> In addition to state forces, white supremacist groups including the [[Proud Boys]], [[Ku Klux Klan|KKK]], and [[Patriot Prayer]] assisted the police and attacked protestors.<ref name=":3" /> | | During the protests, police used tear gas, mace and pepper spray against the protestors.<ref>{{News citation|author=Patrick Martin|newspaper=[[World Socialist Web Site]]|title=Mass protests voice outrage over police murder of George Floyd|date=2020-05-30|url=https://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2020/05/30/floy-m30.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210228225824/https://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2020/05/30/floy-m30.html|archive-date=2021-02-28|retrieved=2022-06-19}}</ref> Over 200 cities with a total population of 60 million were put under curfews.<ref name=":3">{{News citation|author=Martin Schoots-McAlpine|newspaper=Monthly Review|title=Anatomy of a counter-insurgency: Efforts to undermine the George Floyd uprising|date=2020-07-03|url=https://mronline.org/2020/07/03/anatomy-of-a-counter-insurgency/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220618114648/https://mronline.org/2020/07/03/anatomy-of-a-counter-insurgency/|archive-date=2022-06-18|retrieved=2022-07-04}}</ref> President [[Donald Trump]] activated federal troops to suppress the uprisings<ref name=":0" /> and 96,000 [[National Guard (United States)|National Guard]] troops were mobilized in 34 states.<ref name=":2" /> In addition to state forces, white supremacist groups including the [[Proud Boys]], [[Ku Klux Klan|KKK]], and [[Patriot Prayer]] assisted the police and attacked protestors.<ref name=":3" /> |
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| Numerous acts of police brutality were documented during the heavy-handed crackdown. In one instance, the police drove SUVs into a crowd of protestors, running over several people as others tried to flee. One unarmed protestor was tackled to the ground by multiple cops who beat him repeatedly with their batons. Another video shows National Guard troops in full tactical gear shooting paint canisters at people standing in front of their own homes. <ref>{{Web citation|newspaper=RT|title=NYPD police cruisers RUN INTO crowds of protesters in terrifying video|date=2020-05-31|url=https://www.rt.com/uk/490291-new-york-police-rams-protesters/|retrieved=26/06/2024}}</ref><ref>{{Web citation|newspaper=RT|title=NYPD teaches masked protester a BRUTAL lesson after he dares climb onto a police car|date=2021-05-31|url=https://www.rt.com/usa/490299-nypd-protester-tackled-video-riots/|retrieved=26/06/2024}}</ref><ref>{{Video citation|url=https://twitter.com/i/status/1266921821653385225|channel=@tkerssen|title=National guard and MPD sweeping our residential street. Shooting paint canisters at us on our own front porch. Yelling "light em up"|date=31/05/2020}}</ref>
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| == International protests == | | == International protests == |
