From Los Angeles To New York, How Protests Have Erupted Across US After George Floyd's Death

A Washington police officer asks a protester to back up following protests against the death of George Floyd.?Police have reportedly taken almost 1,400 people into custody across 17 cities in USA as protests continue over?George Floyd's?death.?

A demonstrator kicks a damaged police vehicle in Los Angeles during a protest against the death of George Floyd, an unarmed black man who died while being arrested and pinned to the ground by the knee of a Minneapolis police officer.?The protests started after George Floyd died after a police officer knelt on his neck for several minutes in a video that spread across social media.

Police detain demonstrators for being in the street during a protest in response to the police killing of George Floyd in Atlanta.? Four Minneapolis officers who had a role to play in the arrest of an African American man who died in their custody have been fired, as per a report in AP. This happened just hours after a bystander's video showed an officer kneeling on the handcuffed man's neck. All this while the man pleaded to be allowed to breathe

A demonstrator throws a plastic cone on a burning car one block away from the White House in Washington DC. The protests began peacefully before reportedly turning unruly as demonstrators blocked traffic, set fires and clashed with riot police, some firing tear gas and plastic bullets in an effort to restore order.

A NYPD police car is set on fire as protesters clash with police during a march against the death in Minneapolis police custody of George Floyd, in the Brooklyn borough of New York City, U.S,

In Denver, Colorado a woman reacts after being sprayed by pepper spray next to the Colorado State Capitol. Floyd's death went viral when the video of the officer putting pressure on his neck started doing the rounds on social media.?

A demonstrator vandalising a bus in Oakland.?The incident sparked a huge backlash as it joined a long list of white officers showing excessive force on an unarmed black suspect.?It is not the first fatal incident either.? ?

People In Washington, DC. help clear pepper spray off a man's face as police work to keep demonstrators back during a protest near Lafayette Square Park.

Protesters in New Orleans, Louisiana rally against the death in Minneapolis police custody of George Floyd.

Protestors in Louisville, Kentucky continue to gather after nightfall despite a curfew being put in place. Protests have erupted after recent police-related incidents resulting in the deaths of African-Americans Breonna Taylor in Louisville and George Floyd in Minneapolis, Minnesota.