Protestant Fruit

🍿 In Syria, two artists created a mural depicting Floyd in the northwestern town of Binnish, "on a wall destroyed by conflict."

🍿 In France, protesters marched holding signs that said "I can't breathe" to signify both the words of Floyd, and the last words of Adama Traoré, a 24-year-old black man who was subdued by police officers and gasped the sentence before he died outside Paris in 2016.

🍿 In Canada, protesters were also grieving for Regis Korchinski-Paquet, a 29-year-old black woman who died on Wednesday after falling from her balcony during a police investigation at her building.

🍿 In New Zealand, roughly 2,000 people marched to the US embassy in Auckland, chanting and carrying signs demanding justice.

🍿 In Ireland, protesters held a peaceful demonstration outside of Belfast City Hall, and others gathered outside of the US embassy in Dublin.

🍿 In the UK, a statue in Bristol of a 17th century slave trader was torn down and thrown in the harbour after 4 days of anti-racism protests in many cities including London, Manchester, Bristol, Nottingham, Glasgow and Wolverhampton. In London there were estimates of up to 100,000 protestors.

🍿 In Amsterdam, an estimated 10,000 people filled the Dam square on Monday, holding signs and shouting popular chants like "Black lives matter," and "No justice, no peace."

🍿 In Brussels, protesters were seen sitting in a peaceful demonstration in front of an opera house in the center of the city.

🍿 In Denmark, protesters were heard chanting "No justice, no peace!" throughout the streets of Copenhagen, while others gathered outside the US embassy.

🍿 In Poland, candles and flowers were laid out next to photos of Floyd outside the US consulate.

🍿 A mural dedicated to Floyd was also spray-painted on a stretch of wall in Berlin that once divided the German capital during the Cold War.

🍿 In Italy, protesters gathered and marched with signs that said "Stop killing black people," "Say his name," and "We will not be silent."

🍿 In Athens, Greece, protesters took to the streets to collectively hold up a sign that read "I can't breathe."

🍿 In Spain, people gathered to march and hold up signs throughout Barcelona and Madrid.

🍿 Memorials have been built for Floyd around the world, too. In Mexico City, portraits of him were hung outside the US embassy with roses, candles, and signs.

🍿 In Germany, people gathered in multiple locations throughout Berlin to demand justice for Floyd and fight against police brutality.

🍿 Monuments celebrating confederates are removed in cities in Virginia, Alabama, and other states.

🍿 In Maryland, a bipartisan work group of state lawmakers announced a police reform work group.

🍿 New Jersey’s attorney general said the state will update its use-of-force guidelines for the first time in two decades.

🍿 Dallas adopts a "duty to intervene" rule that requires officers to stop other cops who are engaging in inappropriate use of force.

🍿 Los Angeles City Council introduces motion to reduce LAPD’s $1.8 billion operating budget.

🍿 Minneapolis bans use of choke holds.

🍿 MBTA in Boston agrees to stop using public buses to transport police officers to protests.

🍿 Police brutality captured on cameras leads to near-immediate suspensions and firings of officers in several cities (i.e., Buffalo, Ft. Lauderdale).

🍿 Street in front of the White House is renamed "Black Lives Matter Plaza.”

🍿 Charges are upgraded against Officer Chauvin, and his accomplices are arrested and charged.