35 Pics Showing The Other Side Of The George Floyd Protests That The Mainstream Media Is Reluctant To Share
Protests have erupted all over the US over the death of George Floyd. Cities are imposing curfews and states are activating National Guard members to calm down the demonstrators but they continue to express pain and anger with chants, signs and outbreaks of violence.
And while many questions, like what's going to happen to the police officers involved in the incident, are still unanswered, one thing is certain: the demands for justice and an end to police brutality against African Americans have united the entire country and people of all backgrounds are taking a knee together.
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A Group Of Black People Protecting A Cop Who Got Separated From The Others
This one is touching, seriously. This police officer is actually armed. And yet, there is this mutual trust and care for one another. Totally kills all stereotypes both about the protesters and the police.
He is armed, but he won't stand a chance if a mob turns against them. This just proves that there are people that get it, and people that misuse a tragedy for their own good and an incredible large population of sheeple that just follow the next guy. And that dynamic has nothing to do with skin color.
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This is good because not all belong to the same category and not all are at fault.
Most aren't, it's the idiots like that awful excuse for a human being killing someone that make up a tiny part of a larger group. But it is true that the dynamic of the police forces in the US is sickening. It is based on the wrong kinda right, a fearful culture and the glorification of violent behavior. And still most cops are honest people, but they are also just humans following what they are told. You might get in thinking you will do right, but will not receive the training and equipment and support you need to actually do that. That's the problem and that needs to be changed. But. It's also part of an even larger problem, which causes riots over racism while at the same time launching astronauts into space commercially and huge tech companies to exist. Oh, and Trump to be president. It's all in the extremes.
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In spite of the fat fuck's exhortations to commit violence.
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Images and news such as this photo is what the media should be showing. It really opens your eyes to the fact that not everyone is at fault. Only a few people.
They do show these types of images thats why its important to send photos to media outlets, people are naturally drawn to all kinds of news and good photojournalism, send in your pictures and videos, their professional editors will select the ones with most impact and ones that will portray the story they are telling,
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I think this is the most awesome thing I have seen in many years. This is how the world is supposed to someone in trouble. God Bless them all.
Now these are protestors being for legitimate change and not using a tragedy for opportunistic looting. Amen and thank you God!
It can almost tear you up. We need police officers, we don’t want to fear them. This is heartwarming.
and it's not just blacks protecting him....it's everyone forming a shield around him!
We need to pay attention to these pics instead of the violent ones. I still believe that love will conquer fear
I’m literally crying. My baby brother, his wife and my nephew are all LEOs. They’re out there right now, manning the frontlines in Tucson. I’m terrified of the “we’re so sorry to inform you” visit. Bless these beautiful souls!!!
You certainly won't see it on Fox News (the one and only FAKE News channel)!
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I sure hope that that law enforcement officer that got shot in the head last night does not die.
We never said that all blacks are bad ! Like in every race there are good and there are bad ! Don’t judge them all!
because some people there just know some other paid killers can do whatever....it is not the mob... everything is arranged, you see...and most people cannot handle the truth.... they would not believe it even if they were being babysitted on it
There is hope, and there are good people who care for others on a different side of the great divide in this nation.
This is what brotherhood is all about. We love the police officers, EMT officers, and Fire people black and white man or woman or alternative lifestyle officials
This is what it's all about, taking care of each other regardless of skin color!
This should serve to remind people that the bad actors are the exceptions, not the rule. A little bit of extra melanin in a person's skin doesn't take away their humanity, nor does wearing blue.
this is beautiful. my heart breaks whenever I see that my fellow Americans .. no matter their origins, are breaking and stealing and killing because someone gives them an opening to do so with no other reason but that someone is protesting something. I say Fuck you, you anarchist bastards... Fuck you right to hell.
What a poignant picture. Forming a protective barrier for this lonely cop.
I was told to always, always obey a cop. Then if you think he did something against your human rights, get later a lawyer and sue the police department. Prudence is the better part of valor! ' obey a cop.
I have seen other acts of kindness as well. They media doesn’t want people to realize we have compassion for our fellow man’s injustice. It is in their interest to keep the hate going. Don’t let the MSM win.
I’ve seen other such acts as well. Protestors protecting a white man from the violent rioters and getting him safely to the police. The media doesn’t want people to believe their is still compassion for our fellow man suffering injustice. They only promote the violence.
Now this is what Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. was talking about. Also, this is showing The Second Great Commandment that Christ wanted!!
They literally could be saving his life. In England back in the day in a different protest a cop was killed and beheaded when he was separated from his group.
People are basically good, and the mainstream media doesn’t want anyone to know. The mainstream media is the backbone of hate, racism and the father of lies.
It looks like it is just not just black people. It looks like real men protecting a person who is in danger.
“A Group Of People Protecting A Cop Who Got Separated From His Team”. There, I fixed it.
This happened in Louisville, KY and I couldn't be more proud of my city!!!
I have seen a few instances of V.V. an officer getting isolated and surrounded, even being bc asssulted!
Questo dimoztra come molti manifestanti abbiiano ancora un briciolo di buonsenso, a differenza del presidente Trump che invita le forze dell'ordine a mettere in pratica violenza e repressione brutali
Gianni Dainese says, "This shows how many protesters still have a bit of common sense, unlike President Trump who invites law enforcement to practice brutal violence and repression"
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It would be an ironic situation if that armed, massively muscled police officer being protected by a group of black protesters was, himself, a white supremacist. Wonder how far that would go in making you question your values?
So thankful for these wonderful men and the officer. It breaks my heart what happened to George Floyd, it was so tragic and horrible. But the looting and destruction takes away from the focus of the protesting for the change that needs to happen. 💔
This shows there are good people where ever you. GOD bless them
This is indeed touching. Hope this incident find its way to all those racist and bad cops to let it hit their conscience, if they have any..
This is indeed touching. Hope this incident could find its way to those bad cops like Chauvin and let it hit their conscience, if they have any..
A post that takes a photo and bashes mainstream media For not showing it. During this protest there has been millions of worthy photos taken and probably most have not been submitted to any media outlets, how does that make them reluctant to share them? Because this post is all about media bashing. PERIOD
This is the only way peacefully this will all end .We are raising our next generation to love all people no matter race ,religion. Sexually ,hopefully it will all end with them .We also have to work harder to love everyone .I know I’ve already become that person . Thank you for saving the police officer , he’s just trying to do his job and probably has his own family waiting at home for him . Do not judge one mans actions of abuse and assume all are the same .
He is armed, but he won't stand a chance if a mob turns against them. This just proves that there are people that get it, and people that misuse a tragedy for their own good and an incredible large population of sheeple that just follow the next guy. And that dynamic has nothing to do with skin color.
God Bless all those men who stood for what's right irregardless the situation. I salute each and every one of those men.
if black lives matter then you not only won't defund the police but you'll also address why black people shot David dorn, a black man.
tHANK YOU FOR THIS! Soo sharing this! We CANNOT forget the cops out there that are good and do good and are going to get caught up in this!
It's really tragic and unjust what happened to George Floyd. I truly hope America uses this moment to make our country much more fair and just. Here are some photos I took at a protest: https://matthewtrader.com/george-floyd-protest-against-police-brutality-in-dallas
We are born loving, hate is taught. It's a moral responsibility to unlearn hate and get back to loving everyone, irrespective of race,cast,creed or sexual orientation!
Or just “a group of PEOPLE...” why, even here, are we defining people by the colour of their skin. Proud or not of ones colour, by defining the difference we are perpetuating the problems.
This show’s common sense and we ain’t all Thugs who needs a knee on neck situation without reason!!
Pictures can speak louder than words. This cop was being protected by protesters,
while i want to..actually do love this..it's either that or let him ACTUALLY defend himself on his way home to the tune of another video of people getting killed.
Thank these protesters for taking are of this office. It shows who has compassion as this was certain offices who did this and not the entire police department.
Thanks for this. I've made it today's mailing for A DELIGHT A DAY that people can sign for free: https://tinyurl.com/y7h8ekjb
There is good and bad in all walks of life. This just proves there is more good. God bless them all
The media needs to be more responsible and show the good news with the bad
I don't know why your header on this says the msm is reluctant to show these photos. CNN & MSNBC show this type of pic. It's FOX who wouldn't want to show them. Please get your facts straight. Truth Matters.
Those beefy arms show a man on steroids. I wonder what he's "thinking" while the beasts who make him so afraid for his life that he's taught to shoot first and ask questions later are protecting HIM
I'll be touched when the cops don't show in masks and helmets, fully armed and armored to menace bare faced empty handed citizens.
The mainstream media here in the U.S. IS featuring positive and uplifting photos from the protests, so please correct the misleading and dishonest title of this article. ALSO please note that the protests are not "the George Floyd protests". The murder of Mr Floyd is one aspect of the protests, but they are about ALL the non-white-skinned people who have been murdered by white-skinned police and other white-skinned people for more than two hundred years. Please Bored Panda correct the dishonest title and some text of this article. Thank you.
This just shows the absolute difference between the protestors and the cops. If the situation was the other way, not one of those cops would stop the violence. This just shows you exactly who showed up hoping for violence.
You are so absolutely wrong. I am a cop. I do all o am able anytime I come into contact with violence to stop ir. Please stop judging all of us by the acts of a few.
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THIS is amazing! I just saw this this morning on a video on YouTube! Now the military needs to decide what they're going to do - wage war on American citizens on American soil and follow the idiot TELLING them to do that, or make a stand and defy the idiot telling them to attack their fellow Americans! I feel sorry for the military and the Secret Service - unfortunately they need to protect him and defend him!
I’m just gunna put this out there. Those men guarding that officer can be good people and not actually be protecting him for his own sake. They may being pragmatic and without knowing what he is capable of in his own defence-and let’s face it, police officers have been known to kill unarmed people that they claim were threatening them. So, perhaps these guardians were actually protecting anyone or group that might, in this hour of outrage and injustice, take it upon themselves to approach the officer in anger. And they would still be noble guardians, even if their concern was for their own.
Black people are gems who should be accepted. They're are humans too and deserve every right *hugs*
A group of Americans protecting a police officer after he was separated from his group!
I have to object to the title of this piece. I have seen these pictures before, all on mainstream media. I've seen good news shared as well as the bad, on major networks and news sources.
To be honest if I hadn't seen these on Bored Panda I wouldn't have seen them on mainstream news in the UK. On an international website like BP this is an excellent place to share this kind of thing. Often it's the dramatic, big-unpleasant-picture pieces that get shown when news outlets cover the events in other countries. It's why so many of us end up thinking 'Yikes! Must be awful to live in _________' fill in the blank with whichever country as appropriate. We sometimes end up with a skewed picture of what is really going on. For balance I think we do need items like this.
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This is beutiful I love how black people are realistic , and make sure life Is beutiful for everyone
Based on accounts from witnesses, video footage, and official statements, here's what the public knows about Mr. Floyd's death so far.
Everything began with a report of a fake $20 bill. A report was made on the evening of the 25th of May, when Mr. Floyd bought a pack of cigarettes from a grocery store. The store employee thought the $20 bill Mr. Floyd paid with was counterfeit and reported it to police.
Mr. Floyd had been living in Minneapolis for several years after. He had recently been working as a bouncer but just like so many other Americans became unemployed during the coronavirus pandemic.
Mr. Floyd was a regular at Cup Foods, the grocery store where he tried to buy the cigarettes. Mike Abumayyaleh, the owner of the store, told NBC that Mr. Floyd was a friendly face and a pleasant customer who never caused any trouble. But Mr. Abumayyaleh wasn't working that day.
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At around 20:08, two police officers arrived at the scene. Mr. Floyd was sitting in a car parked around the corner with two other people.
After approaching them, one of the officers, Thomas Lane, pulled out his gun and ordered Mr. Floyd to show his hands. In an account of the incident, prosecutors didn't explain why Mr. Lane thought it necessary to draw his gun.
According to the prosecutors, Mr. Lane "put his hands on Mr. Floyd, and pulled him out of the car". Then Mr. Floyd began actively resisting handcuffs.
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Once handcuffed, however, Mr. Floyd became compliant and Mr. Lane explained that he was being arrested for "passing counterfeit currency".
But when officers tried to put Mr. Floyd in their squad car, a struggle erupted.
At around 20:14, Mr. Floyd "stiffened up, fell to the ground, and told the officers he was claustrophobic", a transcript released by authorities explained.
Mr. Chauvin arrived at the scene. He and other officers were involved in further attempts to get Mr. Floyd in the police car.
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At 20:19, Mr. Chauvin pulled Mr. Floyd out of the passenger side, causing the man to fall to the ground.
As he lay there, face down, still in handcuffs, witnesses started to film Mr. Floyd. He appeared to be in a distressed state. These moments, captured on multiple mobile phones and shared widely on social media, were Mr. Floyd's last.
As officers were restraining Mr. Floyd, Mr. Chauvin placed his left knee between his head and neck.
"I can't breathe," Mr. Floyd said repeated, pleading for his mother and begging "please, please, please".
Mr. Chauvin kept his knee on Mr. Floyd's neck for 8 minutes and 46 seconds.
My 6yr Old Daughter, She Sees Whats On The News, We Explained What Happened To George Floyd And She Was Mortified. Today She Made A Sign And Is Doing Her Own Peaceful Protest In Our Front Yard. I Am So Proud!
About 6 minutes into that period, Mr. Floyd became non-responsive. It was approximately then when Mr. Floyd fell silent and bystanders urged the officers to check his pulse.
One of the other officers, JA Kueng, did exactly that and said he "couldn't find one". But the officers did not move.
At 20:27, Mr. Chauvin removed his knee from Mr. Floyd's neck. He was taken to the Hennepin County Medical Center in an ambulance and was pronounced dead around an hour later.
On Friday, Hennepin County Attorney Michael Freeman charged Mr. Chauvin with third-degree murder and second-degree manslaughter. His bail has been set at $500,000.
Mr. Floyd's family and their attorney, Benjamin Crump, are upset that Mr. Chauvin wasn't charged with a more serious offense.
"We expected a first-degree murder charge. We want a first-degree murder charge. And we want to see the other officers arrested," Crump and the family said in a statement. "We call on authorities to revise the charges to reflect the true culpability of this officer."
If convicted of third-degree murder and second-degree manslaughter, Mr. Chauvin would be facing up to 25 years in prison on the first charge and up to 10 years on the second.
Mr. Freeman said charges against the other three officers are likely.
Portland, Oregon. Police Demonstrating And Trying To Show They Hear And Understand The Frustration.
A GoFundMe campaign dedicated to George Floyd has raised more than $7 million.
George Floyd's brother, Philonise Floyd, organized the fundraiser, which is called the Official George Floyd Memorial Fund. According to the page's description, the funds will be used to cover funeral and burial expenses, grief counseling and lodging and travel for all court proceedings.
Now, after tens of thousands of people flooded the streets across the United States, after buildings were set on fire and businesses were looted, President Trump has criticized the unrest, and Attorney General William P. Barr warned people that contributing to the destruction could make them face federal charges. Gov. Tim Walz of Minnesota said the people who are defying curfews and trying to instigate police were no longer protesting police brutality, but rather seeking to exploit Mr. Floyd’s death for their own political motives.
This Man Has Been Standing Alone In Our Town Square For The Past Few Days, Gods Bless His Courage
Helping Cleaning Up
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I can just imagine shift change. "Hey Greg, want my sign? I need to get into my riot gear"
Santa Cruz Police Chief Taking A Knee With Peaceful Protesters During A Demonstration In Santa Cruz, Ca
Danish Sympathy March For George Floyd. ~10.000 People Marching Peacefully Through Copenhagen.
This Is Also Happening In Minneapolis
A Group Of People Forming A Human Barricade And Protecting The Store To Prevent People From Looting
Where Are The News Vans Now?
“The news crews focus on black people looting, but there are many of us here also trying to clean up. They don’t focus on that!” This is Marvin Applewhite. He is leading efforts to clean up after riots. I haven't heard any news organization show that there are people like him out there. He has a GoFundMe to help with supplies and food for the other volunteers
Police In Muskegon, Mi Showing Their Support For Protesters Outside Of The County Courthouse Today.
Protesters Gathering In Front Of The Us Embassy In Berlin, Germany Today. We Stand With You
A Friend Of Mine In Minnesota. Stay Safe, Everyone. Except You, Tony.
The Police Taking A Knee With Protesters In Miami, Florida
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This looks like they're sharing a good joke and it warms my heart <3
Flint Police Just Laid Down Their Shields And Batons And Started Walking With Protestors
Protesters Spray Painted All Over This Monument Last Night. We Were All Trying To Scrub It Off When This Guy Showed Up With A Powerwasher.
Emotional Moment Between An Officer And Protestor
Standing Together With The Residents
Lawers Offering Pro Bono Services For Arrested Protestors
Police In Downtown Portland Are Kneeling In Front Of Protesters
Protesters Chanted: “Walk With Us!!”
There Is Hope
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