Protests Against Police Brutality (2020): Home

This guide attempts to help document the federal response to civil protests following the May 2020 murder of George Floyd by a Minneapolis police officer.

The guide compiles statements and actions from federal officials and offices. Sources regularly reviewed include:

• The White House (including @WhiteHouse and @realDonaldTrump on Twitter)
• Congressional leaders and relevant committees and caucuses
• Department of Justice (and agencies such as the FBI and ATF)
• Department of Defense and military offices
• Secret Service, United States Park Police
• Department of Homeland Security
• National Park Service
• U.S. Commission on Civil Rights

The guide does not include newspaper or other press reports, unless those reports include primary source documents or media from federal officials.

Note: many links are no longer active, with the Congress and White House changing hands. You can use the links to find archived versions via the Internet Archive's Wayback Machine.

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