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    Peaceful Anti-Police Brutality Protests Continue Across The Country

    Cities from San Francisco to Philadelphia saw anti-police brutality and Black Lives Matter protests for the second weekend since the killing of George Floyd sparked outrage across the world.
    by Lynsey Jeffery Jun 06, 2020 5 minutes

    Updated 3:45 a.m. ET Sunday

    The flame ignited by the police killing of George Floyd in Minneapolis still burned bright in cities across the country Saturday as largely peaceful anti-police brutality and Black Lives Matter protests continued with some of their biggest crowds yet.

    In addition to the massive crowds that gathered in Washington, protesters in cities from Philadelphia to San Francisco are calling for racial justice and pressuring local officials to defund police departments in the second weekend of demonstrations since Floyd's death.

    New York City

    Protests sprawled across New York City Saturday as thousands gathered from Manhattan to Brooklyn to demand an end to police brutality.

    One protest, called The March for Stolen Lives and Looted Dreams, marched more than 100 blocks from 110th & for the demonstration.

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