Protests spread across New York City on June 1, 2020, as unrest hit dozens of cities in the United States days after the death of George Floyd. Asian-American communities in the city are among those joining the protests in solidarity. Floyd was killed while he was being arrested by police in the state of Minnesota. Onlookers filmed a white police officer, who has since been dismissed, kneeling on the African-American man’s neck for more than eight minutes before he died on May 25.
