Over the coming days, you're likely to see a lot of footage of violence and looting from the protests happening this weekend. But these moments are a reminder that Saturday's protests were largely peaceful.
1. Newark, New Jersey:
Put this on the news.
2. Los Angeles:
This was beautiful ... absolutely beautiful This thing went sideways once the cops tried to stop the march from getting into Beverly Hills going west of Fairfax and 3rd
3. Washington, DC:
A powerful moment as protestors take a 9 minute moment of silence outside of @NMAAHC in honor of #GeorgeFloyd #BlackLivesMatter #dcprotest
4. Minneapolis:
What the media won’t show in Minneapolis. Free food, water and resources. Community is a verb.
5. Canton, Ohio:
Peaceful protests in Canton, Ohio breaks into song. What a beautiful thing this is to see. #unity
6. Rochester, New York:
What they won’t talk about regarding our protest today in Rochester!!!! We were peaceful #RochesterNY #rochesterprotest #Rochester
7. Beverly Hills:
The media won’t show these peaceful moments that took place in in Beverly Hills today, so we must. #LosAngelesriots
8. Harlem:
Harlem’s protest for George Floyd is very peaceful. Don’t let anyone lie.
9. Flint, Michigan:
Oh my God it’s happening in Flint too. Protesters chanted: “WALK WITH US!!” So the sheriff and his men joined the protest. #GeorgeFloydProtests
10. Memphis
@tomakeupwityou @CoffeeCats7 my city!!
11. Denver:
Incredible scene at Colorado’s Capitol right now. Thousands of protesters are lying face down with their hands behind their backs chanting “I can’t breathe.” They’re doing this for 9 mins. #copolitics #denverprotest #GeorgeFloyd
12. Temecula, California:
A beautiful moment of silence for #GeorgeFloyd at the peaceful protests in Temecula. #JusticeForGeorgeFlyod #BlackLivesMatter
13. Chicago:
peaceful protests are barely shown, but look at this protest in chicago. NO JUSTICE, NO PEACE !!!#BLACK_LIVES_MATTERS
And finally, this morning in Los Angeles:
Up early this morning to help clean up Fairfax. A lot of small businesses hit hard but it was really nice to see the community come together to help clean up this mess.