George Floyd

Thousands hold vigil in Franklin Park; some police officers outside headquarters take a knee

By adamg - 6/2/20 - 9:55 pm

At Franklin Park. Photo by Charlie Rosenberg.

Several thousand people came to Franklin Park this evening to remember George Floyd and other black victims of police violence, in a vigil sponsored by Black Lives Matter Boston and Violence in Boston. Read more.

Vigil in Grove Hall calls for unity

By adamg - 6/2/20 - 10:14 am

WBZ reports on a vigil yesterday in Grove Hall that included nine minutes of silence for the nine last minutes of George Floyd's life with a policeman's knee on his neck.

Transit Police didn't arrest anybody Sunday night, but now they want to change that for an incident at North Station

By adamg - 6/2/20 - 9:58 am

Transit Police report they are looking for this guy "relative to Malicious Destruction of MBTA Property incident," at the North Station Orange Line stop at the height of the smashing and looting Sunday night.

More specifically, police say, around 11:10 p.m., the guy: Read more.

Small businesses try to pick up the pieces after being destroyed by rampagers; one victim is a small black-owned business that had kept employees on during the pandemic

By adamg - 6/2/20 - 9:40 am

Inside Clarendon Wine on Boylston Street yesterday.

Looters who smashed into places like Marshalls and Walgreens Sunday night were not particularly discriminating - they also destroyed small mom-and-pop businesses across downtown, the Back Bay and the South End. Read more.

People peacefully call for justice for George Floyd outside the West Roxbury police station

By adamg - 6/1/20 - 9:31 pm

Some 200 to 300 people, most from West Roxbury and Roslindale, gathered around and near the Holy Name Rotary this afternoon for a vigil to remember George Floyd and other murdered black people. Read more.

White people run amok downtown, battle police, loot stores

By adamg - 5/31/20 - 10:25 pm

A peaceful vigil and protest march from Nubian Square to the State House organized by young black people turned heavily white and violent as night fell. As the protest dispersed from the Common, crowds began streaming towards Downtown Crossing, throwing bottles and then bricks at police officers and cruisers. Read more.

Nine minutes of silence outside police headquarters

By adamg - 5/31/20 - 5:19 pm

Boston clergy in silent vigil outside police HQ for same number of minutes as George Floyd suffered

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Boston clergy stood or kneeled in silence today outside Boston Police headquarters for nine minutes - the same amount of time a Minneapolis police officer kneeled on George Floyd's neck, killing him. Photo by MiMu.