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Peaceful protests denouncing racism and police brutality in the wake of George Floyd’s death were held across Massachusetts Friday, drawing marchers and even the captain of one of Boston’s sports teams. Several more protests took place Friday afternoon and evening, including in Salem, Brookline, Boston’s Roxbury neighborhood, Lawrence, Malden, Peabody, Billerica and Chelmsford. Bruins captain Zdeno Chara joined in...

Protests were held across Massachusetts in the fight against racism and police brutality.

Peaceful demonstrations across Massachusetts are denouncing racism and police brutality.

During a protest in response to the death of Giovanni Lopez, a police officer was set on fire during the demonstration in Jalisco, Mexico.

At a Jamaica Plain vigil and protest on Thursday evening, peaceful protesters told NBC10 Boston what they’re fighting for.

President Donald Trump stressed that everyone deserves equal treatment under the law during an address in the Rose Garden at the White House. He declined to take questions from the media about protesting across the country.

Super Bowl MVP Patrick Mahomes is among more than a dozen NFL stars who united to send a passionate video message to the league about racial inequality

Events calling for racial equity and denouncing police brutality, which have remained peaceful in recent days, continue across Massachusetts.

After becoming an overnight sensation after her first rally, Wynta-Amor Rogers marched in her second protest Thursday in New York City, and said she wants to prompt change like Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.

Sen. Bernie Sanders remarks on the United States grappling with a multitude of crises, his record of protesting and the history of racial police violence.

When black men died at the hands of U.S. police in recent years, the news made international headlines. The name of George Floyd has reached the world’s streets.

In the wake of George Floyd’s death in Minneapolis police custody, people across the country are gathering to protest racial injustice in America, even as the coronavirus continues to spread.

Like George Floyd, he was black, in his mid-40s, and died at the hands of a white man. And like Floyd, he may have helped touch off a revolution. Many in the Black Lives Matter movement are invoking Crispus Attucks — an African American gunned down by a British soldier in the Boston Massacre of 1770 — as a symbol…

A large crowd gathered in Brooklyn, where George Floyd’s brother Terrance lives, to celebrate George’s life.

A protester in San Diego played a game of “Rock, Paper, Scissors” with a police officer during a peaceful protest in San Diego.

John Boyega attended a Black Lives Matter protest in Hyde Park, London, on Wednesday. The “Star Wars” actor delivered an emotional speech about racism, telling demonstrators “how painful it is to be reminded ever day that your race means nothing.”

President Donald Trump and some of his supporters are claiming authorities did not use tear gas against people in a crackdown outside the White House this week

After a chaotic night of police and crowds clashing violently in Brockton, Massachusetts, came a peaceful protest in honor of George Floyd. While on Tuesday, fireworks exploded near officers, who deployed pepper spray and threw tear gas canisters at a large group of people, community members and police could be seen hugging in the streets Wednesday. Protesters spoke with officers…

Community members and police officers hugged in the streets in Brockton during a peaceful demonstration for George Floyd.

A Boston man charged with trying to gun down police officers during the chaotic aftermath of Sunday’s peaceful protests will remain in custody while he awaits trial. A judge on Wednesday granted a request from Suffolk County prosecutors to hold 37-year-old John Boampong without bail, writing there is clear and convincing evidence his release will endanger the safety of...