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Reaction: US rocked by ‘worst race riots since the 1960s’
Police criticised for ‘heavy-handed’ response to nationwide protests over George Floyd’s death
1 Jun 2020
- 1. Timeline: one year since the death of George Floyd
- 2. 28 May 2020: what we know about the death of George Floyd
- 3. 1 June 2020: US rocked by ‘worst race riots since the 1960s’Currently Reading
- 4. 1 June 2020: ten defining images of the George Floyd race protests
- 5. 3 June 2020: how the US race protests spread around the world
- 6. 8 June 2020: what does ‘defund the police’ mean?
- 7. 9 June 2020: what would US police reform look like?
- 8. 9 June 2020: Boris Johnson tells Black Lives Matter protesters ‘I hear you’
- 9. 15 July 2020: Donald Trump ‘twists stats’ with police brutality against whites claim
- 10. 27 July 2020: do UK police have a race problem?

Police criticised for ‘heavy-handed’ response to nationwide protests over George Floyd’s death
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- 1Timeline: one year since the death of George Floyd
- 228 May 2020: what we know about the death of George Floyd
- 31 June 2020: US rocked by ‘worst race riots since the 1960s’ - currently reading
- 41 June 2020: ten defining images of the George Floyd race protests
- 53 June 2020: how the US race protests spread around the world
- 68 June 2020: what does ‘defund the police’ mean?
- 79 June 2020: what would US police reform look like?
- 89 June 2020: Boris Johnson tells Black Lives Matter protesters ‘I hear you’
- 915 July 2020: Donald Trump ‘twists stats’ with police brutality against whites claim
- 1027 July 2020: do UK police have a race problem?