After a weekend of carnage and destruction, several U.S. cities have begun the cleanup.
Most of the reports blame the protests across America over the death of George Floyd. Floyd died earlier last week after he was pinned to the ground by a Minneapolis police officer. One of the four fired officers, Derek Chauvin, was charged with third-degree murder and manslaughter on Friday.
An army of volunteers are tackling the clean up in Center City and Rittenhouse. The healing process has begun. Peaceful protests splintered off into violence and looting last night… this morning were seeing the best of Philly! @6abc [1] #PhillyProtests [2] #PhillyCleanUp [3] pic.twitter.com/JmRJAuoUTZ [4]
— Christie Ileto (@Christie_Ileto) May 31, 2020 [5]
Just minutes after the curfew ended, people are already showing up to help clean up the mess from protests in downtown Buffalo overnight. @news4buffalo [6] pic.twitter.com/tr5WMv0s3P [7]
— Christy Kern TV (@christykerntv) May 31, 2020 [8]
king street in downtown charleston at 8:30am following last night’s protests. a fair number of pedestrians out and about, plus a lot of clean-up workers. pic.twitter.com/9p3l1iACFr [9]
— Dave Infante (@dinfontay) May 31, 2020 [10]
What was first a peaceful protest outside the police headquarters, turned violent last night. Now, a crowd gathers of a different kind: to help clean it all up. pic.twitter.com/3ymYmKqZjn [11]
— Alana Holland (@Alanahollandtv) May 31, 2020 [12]
https://twitter.com/mayorbliss/status/1267086123899269121
In Los Angeles, the National Guard is patrolling the streets
https://twitter.com/montemorin/status/1267119069104205824
This piece was written by Wayne Dupree on May 31, 2020. It originally appeared in WayneDupree.com [13] and is used by permission.