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PHOTOS: Powerful images show clashes with police, demonstrators during protests over George Floyd's death

Sunday, May 31, 2020
Police move towards a protester after curfew on May 30, 2020, in Minneapolis. (AP Photo/John Minchillo)
A protester has her eyes washed after being exposed to teargas on May 30, 2020, in Minneapolis. (AP Photo/John Minchillo)
Police and protesters clash, May 30, 2020, in Philadelphia, during a demonstration over the death of George Floyd. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke)
Police scuffle with protesters in the Brooklyn borough of New York on May 30, 2020. Demonstrators took to the streets of New York City to protest the death of George Floyd. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig)
Tear gas canisters detonate beside a protester as authorities clear an intersection near the Minneapolis 5th Police Precinct on May 30, 2020, in Minneapolis. (AP Photo/John Minchillo)
A Los Angeles Police Department kiosk is seen ablaze in The Grove shopping center during a protest over the death of George Floyd on May 30, 2020, in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Mark J. Terrill)
A protester is assisted with a solution to help neutralize the effects of tear gas fired by police outside the Minneapolis 5th Police Precinct May 30, 2020, in Minneapolis. (AP Photo/John Minchillo)
A woman holds up a banner as people gather in Trafalgar Square in central London on May 31, 2020 to protest against the recent killing of George Floyd. (AP Photo/Matt Dunham)
A protester shouts in front of a fire during a protest over the death of George Floyd in Los Angeles on May 30, 2020. (AP Photo/Ringo H.W. Chiu)
Musical artist Jeleel stands at a protest over the death of George Floyd on May 30, 2020, in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Mark J. Terrill)
Los Angeles Police Department commander Cory Palka stands among destroyed police cars as one explodes during a protest over George Floyd's death on May 30, 2020, in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Mark J. Terrill)
Protesters rally Saturday, May 30, 2020, in Las Vegas, over the death of George Floyd. (AP Photo/John Locher)
Demonstrators gather to protest the death of George Floyd on May 30, 2020, near the White House in Washington. Floyd died after being restrained by Minneapolis police officers. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)
A protester in an Elmo mask dances during the Justice for George Floyd Philadelphia Protest on May 30, 2020. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke)
People march towards Trafalgar Square in central London on May 31, 2020 to protest against the recent killing of George Floyd. (AP Photo/Matt Dunham)
Police pull a man off his bike to make an arrest during protests in the Brooklyn borough of New York on May 30, 2020. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig)
Philadelphia police detain a person during the Justice for George Floyd Philadelphia Protest on May 30, 2020. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke)
Demonstrators gather to protest the death of George Floyd, a black man who died in police custody in Minneapolis, May 29, 2020, in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)
Uniformed U.S. Secret Service police detain a protester near the White House as demonstrators protest the death of George Floyd, May 29, 2020, in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)
Protesters confront police officers during a protest over the death of George Floyd in Chicago, May 30, 2020. (AP Photo/Nam Y. Huh)
A lone protester confronts a line of police during a demonstration next to the city of Miami Police Department, May 30, 2020, downtown in Miami. (AP Photo/Wilfredo Lee)
A man kneels on the street in front of police officers while chanting "I can't breathe" during a protest over the death of George Floyd, May 29, 2020, in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong)
A demonstrator holds a sign during a protest the death of George Floyd, May 30, 2020, near the White House in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)
A vandalized car rests in a Mercedes-Benz of Oakland showroom during in Oakland, Calif., on May 30, 2020, during protests against the Monday death of George Floyd, (AP Photo/Noah Berger)
Annah Dominis wears a face mask with Black Lives Matter written on it at a protest over the Memorial Day death of George Floyd in San Francisco, May 30, 2020. (AP Photo/Jeff Chiu)
A person burns a Chicago flag during a protest over the death of George Floyd in Chicago, May 30, 2020. (AP Photo/Nam Y. Huh)
Protesters and National Guardsmen face off on East Lake Street, May 29, 2020, in St. Paul, Minn. (AP Photo/John Minchillo)
Demonstrators protest, May 30, 2020 in Atlanta. (AP Photo/Brynn Anderson)
A security guard walks behind shattered glass at the CNN building at the CNN Center in the aftermath of a demonstration against police violence, May 30, 2020, in Atlanta. (AP Photo/Brynn Anderson)
A protester runs past burning cars and buildings on Chicago Avenue, May 30, 2020, in St. Paul, Minn. (AP Photo/John Minchillo)
Protesters gather on May 30, 2020, in Minneapolis. (AP Photo/John Minchillo)
Demonstrators protest on May 30, 2020 in Atlanta. The protest started peacefully earlier in the day before demonstrators clashed with police. (AP Photo/Brynn Anderson)
A protester confronts police as they advance on May 29, 2020, in San Jose, Calif., as people demonstrate nationwide in response to George Floyd dying while in police custody. (AP Photo/Ben Margot)
Protesters stand near a Minnesota National Guard vehicle, May 29, 2020, in Minneapolis. Protests continued following the death of George Floyd. (AP Photo/John Minchillo)
Demonstrators rally in Oakland, Calif., on May 29, 2020, protesting the death of George Floyd. (AP Photo/Noah Berger)
A demonstrator is detained by Atlanta Police during a protest on May 30, 2020 in Atlanta. (AP Photo/Brynn Anderson)
A demonstrator is injured as people protest the death of George Floyd on May 30, 2020, near the White House in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)
An armed protester walks past a flipped over police vehicle on May 30, 2020, in Salt Lake City. (AP Photo/Rick Bowmer)
In cities across the United States, protesters angered over the death of George Floyd faced off against heavily-armed officers, with some smashing police cars, ransacking businesses and setting fires that smoldered through the night.

Fears of another cycle of violence were palpable this weekend as cities from Atlanta to Minneapolis grappled with the scope of the damage, and pleas for calm from elected officials and others seemed to do little to dampen the anger.

In all, more than two dozen cities experienced racially diverse protests, many peaceful but some violent.

Protests against the death of George Floyd erupt nationwide


Police have arrested nearly 1,700 people in 22 cities since Thursday, according to a tally by The Associated Press. Nearly a third of those arrests came in Los Angeles, where the governor declared a state of emergency and ordered the National Guard to back up the city's 10,000 police officers as dozens of fires burned across the city.

Many of those out on the streets spoke of frustration that Floyd's death was one more in a litany. It came in the wake of the killing in Georgia of Ahmaud Arbery, who was shot after being pursued by two white men while running in their neighborhood, and in the middle of the coronavirus pandemic that has thrown millions out of work, killed more than 100,000 people in the U.S. and disproportionately affected black people.
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