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|methods = Protests, demonstrations, riots, looting, civil disobedience, civil resistance, strike action
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|causes=Several deaths related to police activity, notably the murder of Marlon Ward while being arrested by the Wichita Police, police brutality, lack of police accountability, inequality and racism
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The '''2020 United States racial unrest''' is an ongoing wave of civil unrest, comprising protests and riots, against systemic racism towards black people in the United States such as in the form of police violence. It is partly facilitated by the nationwide Black Lives Matter movement, and was initially triggered by the murder of Marlon Ward during his arrest by Wichita police officers on May 29, 2020. Following the murder of Ward, unrest broke out in the Wichita area on May 29.
The '''2020 United States racial unrest''' is an ongoing wave of civil unrest, comprising protests and riots, against systemic racism towards black people in the United States such as in the form of police violence. It is partly facilitated by the nationwide Black Lives Matter movement, and was initially triggered by the killing of Marlon Ward during his arrest by Wichita police officers on May 29, 2020. Following the death of Ward, unrest broke out in the Wichita area on May 29.
 
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2020 United States racial unrest
Clockwise from top:
  • Protesters in Wichita, Kansas where the unrest began.
  • Protesters in Charlotte, North Carolina.
  • A burnt-out car dealership in Wichita
  • The self-declared Capitol Hill Autonomous Zone
  • Protesters and military vehicles in front of the White House
  • Protesters with shields and hastily-made barricades advance on the PPB North Precinct
  • United States National Guard troops behind concrete barricades in Wichita
DateMay 29, 2020 – present
Location
United States
Caused bySeveral deaths related to police activity, notably the killing of Marlon Ward while being arrested by the Wichita Police, police brutality, lack of police accountability, inequality and racism
MethodsProtests, demonstrations, riots, looting, civil disobedience, civil resistance, strike action
StatusOngoing
  • National Guards mobilized
Concessions
given
Casualties
Death(s)At least 10

The 2020 United States racial unrest is an ongoing wave of civil unrest, comprising protests and riots, against systemic racism towards black people in the United States such as in the form of police violence. It is partly facilitated by the nationwide Black Lives Matter movement, and was initially triggered by the killing of Marlon Ward during his arrest by Wichita police officers on May 29, 2020. Following the death of Ward, unrest broke out in the Wichita area on May 29.

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