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A National Guard vehicle reflects a crowd of protesters Friday in Minneapolis, where Maj. Gen. Jon Jensen said that night's deployment "was not enough" to handle the massive protests over the death of George Floyd.

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Minnesota To Deploy Record Guard Force To Contain Unrest Over Death Of George Floyd

5:44pm May 30, 2020

by Colin Dwyer

Gov. Tim Walz is fully mobilizing the state's National Guard — "an action that has never been taken in [the Guard's] 164-year history" — to prepare for a fifth night of protests.

Police officers and protesters clash on Friday near CNN Center in Atlanta, in response to George Floyd's death in police custody in Minneapolis on Memorial Day.

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Protests Spread Nationwide On Fourth Night After Minneapolis Death Of George Floyd

11:34pm May 29, 2020

In most cases the demonstrations began peacefully, but as the day unfolded and night fell, they became increasingly violent.

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Forsyth County Sheriff 'Horrified' By Killing of George Floyd

5:15pm May 29, 2020

by April Laissle

Forsyth County law enforcement officials are denouncing the actions of Minneapolis police officers involved in the death of George Floyd, an unarmed black man who died in their custody.

Flames rise from a liquor store and shops near the 3rd Police Precinct in Minneapolis on Thursday , during a protest over the death of George Floyd.

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George Floyd's Arresting Officer Charged With 3rd-Degree Murder, Manslaughter

3:47pm May 29, 2020

by Colin Dwyer

Derek Chauvin, the former Minneapolis officer who planted a knee on the black man's neck, has been detained by state officials. For days, a video of the arrest has elicited fury across the country.

Protesters set fires at the 3rd Precinct of the Minneapolis Police Department, Thursday, May 28, 2020, in Minneapolis. Protests over the death of George Floyd, the black man who died in police custody, continued in Minneapolis for a third straight night.

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Minneapolis Police Station Set Ablaze As Protests Spread Over George Floyd's Death

6:49am May 29, 2020

by Colin Dwyer

Prosecutors say a probe of the unarmed black man's death in Minneapolis is underway and federal charges are possible. Violent protests erupted for a third night.

Protesters react in front of police as they gather in downtown Los Angeles on May 27, 2020 to demonstrate after George Floyd, an unarmed black man, died while being arrested by a police officer in Minneapolis who pinned him to the ground with his knee.

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PHOTOS: Protests Over George Floyd's Death Grow Violent: 'It Is How We Express Pain'

11:10pm May 28, 2020

by Vanessa Romo

Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz says he will defend the right to protest over George Floyd's death but urges peaceful demonstrations, saying, "It is how we express pain, process tragedy, and create change."

A makeshift memorial, seen Tuesday, has grown near where George Floyd died while in the custody of Minneapolis police. Mourners have been visiting the site with flowers, signs and balloons in the black man's memory.

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George Floyd's Death Stokes Calls For Minneapolis Officers To Be Charged

2:45pm May 27, 2020

by Colin Dwyer

Neither Floyd's family nor Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey are satisfied by the firing of four officers, after a video depicting an officer's knee on Floyd's neck inspired national outrage this week.