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Armon Amini
June 2, Minneapolis Riots: It’s Effect on Me
Innocent colored citizens have been harassed and abused by police and authorities
forever, and since the beginning of 2020, the #BlackLivesMatter movement has come into great
effect helping and serving justice.
On May 25th, a 46-year-old African American man named George Floyd was arrested
and killed for allegedly using a fake $20 bill. He was held on the ground with a knee to the neck
for eight minutes and forty-six seconds and soon passed afterward.
This death was the one that finally tipped off America, and the world, as they wanted
peace and justice. Protests and riots started to get organized, the whole world wanted to help
out the #BlackLivesMovement to help save future generations and lives from racism and upright
killings.
On June 2nd in Minneapolis, where George Floyd died, started huge protests and riots.
Thousands marched the streets asking for justice. Hundreds and hundreds of protests
happened throughout the country, almost in every state. People, no matter the skin color came
together to support black lives.
Soon enough, some protests got out of hand. In Minneapolis, huge riots broke out,
where people were destroying buildings and looting stores. The city of George Floyd’s death
was up in flames for days, the community would not stop until they got what they wanted.
“Haze” is a term referring to an atmospheric phenomenon in which dust, smoke, and
other dry particulates obscure the clarity of the sky. The skies were cloudy and filled with smoke
for weeks, and at night Minneapolis looked like something out of a movie.
Although I did not attend any #BlackLivesMatter protests, I was able to watch many live
online, including the ones in Minneapolis. Watching the streams, it did not seem real. There
were so many people marching the streets at night time, fighting for a change. Buildings were
on fire and broken into, and I did not see any police anywhere.
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