page_title: George Floyd protests in Tennessee
section_title: Memphis
hierarchical_section_title: George Floyd protests in Tennessee / Locations / Memphis
caption_attribution_description: English: A street sign in Memphis Tennessee, vandalized with "BLM" amid the George Floy Protests
context_page_description: The death of George Floyd on May 25, 2020 triggered a wave of George Floyd protests throughout Tennessee in late May and early June 2020.
context_section_description: Silent demonstrations of around 40 people protesting the deaths of Floyd, Breonna Taylor in Kentucky, and Ahmaud Arbery, led to "verbal confrontations" with Memphis police and two counter-protesters from the Facebook group Confederate 901. On May 27, protesters shut down Union Avenue near McLean Boulevard. Just after midnight Saturday night, police in riot gear clashed with a large crowd on Beale Street. Shelby County Commissioner Tami Sawyer, who was on scene, tweeted: “Memphis police have threatened to use lethal force if we don’t leave the parking lot. They have arrested our friends. We’re not leaving." On Sunday Evening May 31, the fifth straight day of protests, more riot police attempted to disperse a crowd of 100 that were occupying Main Street. A curfew went into effect in Memphis, TN, on Monday, June 1, from 22:00 to 06:00, and was extended the following day to June 8.
caption: A street sign in Memphis, vandalized with "BLM"
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