Throughout the summer of 2020, Washington DC saw a frequent series of protests against police brutality and racism following the death of George Floyd, who was killed while being restrained by Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin.
Demonstrators raise their fists as they march past the Lincoln Memorial during a protest against policy brutality and racism on June 6, 2020 in Washington, DC.
Riot police forcefully move back demonstrators in Lafayette Square to make a path for President Trump to walk from the White House to St. John's Church for a photo op on June 1, 2020. The church had been damaged by a small fire the night before by protestors.
A protestors has pepper spray rinsed from his face after riot police forcefully moved back demonstrators in Lafayette Square to make a path for President Trump to walk from the White House to St. John's Church for a photo op on June 1, 2020. The church had been damaged by a small fire the night before by protestors.
Law enforcement agents take aim as they move back demonstrators in Lafayette Square to make a path for President Trump to walk from the White House to St. John's Church for a photo op on June 1, 2020. The church had been damaged by a small fire the night before by protestors.
Protestors flee from pepper spray and chemical agents after clashing with U.S. Park Police after activists tried to topple a statue of Andrew Jackson in Lafayette Square across the street from the White House on June 22, 2020 in Washington, DC.
Activists attempt to topple a 168-year old bronze statue of Andrew Jackson in Lafayette Square across the street from the White House on June 22, 2020 in Washington, DC. President Donald Trump denounced the actions against statues as part of a "left-wing cultural revolution" to "wipe out our history."
National Guard members deploy near the White House ahead of large protests against police brutality on June 6, 2020 in Washington, DC.
Protestors flood Pennsylvania Avenue during a large protest against policy brutality and racism on June 6, 2020 in Washington, DC.
Protestors hold up images of Breonna Taylor as they rally in front of the U.S. Department of Justice in protest following a Kentucky grand jury decision in the Breonna Taylor case on September 23, 2020 in Washington, DC. Breonna Taylor, a 26-year-old African-American woman, was fatally shot by police during in Louisville, Kentucky while executing a no-knock warrant as part of a drug dealing operation that Taylor's boyfriend was accused of being involved in.
A man pauses along a police fence line following a protest against police brutality and racism at Lafayette Park near the White House, on June 4, 2020.