A Sunday in America: An hour-by-hour look inside the protests that unfolded in major cities across the US from noon to midnight

• George Floyd, a black man, died while police in Minneapolis subdued him on May 25.
• Since then, protests have erupted all across America. Many of those protests have been peaceful, but some have turned violent.
• Reports from protests across the US have described the use of tear gas, rubber bullets, National Guard presence, trucks driving through crowds, and dumpster fires.
• Some looting has also ensued amid the protests.
• Take a look inside what Sunday, May 31, looked like in major cities across America, from peaceful marches in San Francisco in the afternoon to a fire being set to a historic church near the White House in Washington, DC, late at night.
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Noon: Protests in Los Angeles, California, turned violent on Saturday night. By Sunday, thousands of National Guardsmen patrolled the area. Almost 1,200 people were arrested by Sunday night.

Source: Sacramento Bee, Los Angeles Times

1 p.m.: San Francisco’s Sunday protests began peacefully. By nighttime, a dusk-to-dawn curfew was instituted. The city’s fire chief said violence escalated — 140 emergency medical calls were made and firefighters put out 20 fires.

Source: SF Chronicle

2 p.m.: According to the Detroit Free Press, hundreds have peacefully marched and protested in Detroit in the days prior. Sunday saw the largest crowd at the city’s police headquarters.

Source: Detroit Free Press

3 p.m.: Hundreds gathered to eventually march toward Capitol Hill in Seattle, Washington. The protests lasted long past the city’s 5 p.m. curfew and later turned violent.

Source: Seattle Times

4 p.m.: Protesters in Miami, Florida, blocked passage through a major road downtown. They were asked to leave by 6 p.m. and most cleared out ahead of the deadline.

Source: Miami Herald

Nearby, in Fort Lauderdale, however, tear gas was deployed. The Miami Herald reported that this was in response to protesters throwing plastic water bottles at officers.

Source: Miami Herald

5 p.m.: Stores in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, were broken into before nightfall on Sunday. Police were said to have used pepper spray to disperse crowds of looters. There was also a demonstration outside the city's art museum on Sunday that remained peaceful.

Source: New York Times

6 p.m.: Protesters in Portland, Oregon marched downtown.

Source: The Oregonian

Many chose to lay down in the street and chant "I can't breathe," referencing George Floyd's words shortly before his death in police custody.

Source: The Oregonian

7 p.m.: A truck drove through a crowd of protesters who were blocking a highway in Minneapolis, Minnesota. Witnesses said the semi struck several people. Minneapolis Police said the driver was arrested.

Source: Business Insider

8 p.m.: Tear gas was deployed by police officers in an attempt to disperse crowds in Louisville, Kentucky, before the city's 9 p.m. curfew. 40 people were arrested. The National Guard was present.

Source: WLKY

9 p.m.: Police in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, fired tear gas after protesters began throwing objects at officers approaching the city's 10 p.m. curfew.

Source: CNN

10 p.m.: Peaceful protests escalated around 10 p.m. on Sunday in Downtown Atlanta. A standoff between protesters and police resulted in fireworks and police firing tear gas.

Source: Reuters

11 p.m.: Protesters remained outside the White House past Washington DC's 11 p.m. curfew. They faced pepper bullets and tear gas.

Source: Washington Post

The basement of St. John's, the historic church that has hosted every president since James Madison, was set on fire. The church's American flag was apparently tossed into a bonfire, according to the Washington Post.

Source: Washington Post

Midnight: By midnight, stores in New York City were being looted, specifically in the wealthy SoHo neighborhood.

Source: New York Times

On Monday, the New York City Police Department said over 250 people were arrested as a result of Sunday's protests, and six officers were injured.

Source: New York Times