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39 Photos Capture America’s Summer of Riots, Arson, and Looting

Virginia Allen •   September 4, 2020

Violent riots and looting have spread like an infectious disease across America in the aftermath of the killing of George Floyd in Minneapolis on May 25. 

Rioters’ demands for justice quickly spiraled into calls to defund police departments across America. Demonstrators have set businesses on fire, looted shops, and carried out planned attacks against police officers and federal buildings. 

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Here are 39 photos taken since the end of May, capturing the chaos caused by demonstrators in Portland, Oregon; SeattleChicagoKenosha, Wisconsin; and the District of Columbia.

39 Photos Capture America’s Summer of Riots, Arson, and Looting
Rioters confront police near a burning police cruiser during a demonstration against alleged police brutality in Miami on May 30.
(Photo: Adam DelGiudice/Agence France-Presse/Getty Images)
39 Photos Capture America’s Summer of Riots, Arson, and Looting
Firefighters work to extinguish a burning police vehicle set on fire by rioters in New York City on May 30. (Photo: Kevin Mazur/Getty Images)
39 Photos Capture America’s Summer of Riots, Arson, and Looting
Vandals set fire to a police vehicle in Chicago on May 30.
(Photo: Jim Vondruska/NurPhoto/Getty Images)
39 Photos Capture America’s Summer of Riots, Arson, and Looting
Rioters light flares during a demonstration in Miami on May 31.
(Photo: Eva Marie Uzcategui/Agence France-Presse/ Getty Images)
39 Photos Capture America’s Summer of Riots, Arson, and Looting
Rioters crowd around a fire in Washington, D.C., on May 31.
(Photo: Bill Clark/CQ-Roll Call Inc./Getty Images)
39 Photos Capture America’s Summer of Riots, Arson, and Looting
A man vandalizes a vehicle near the White House in Washington, D.C., on May 31.
(Photo: Alex Wong/Getty Images)
39 Photos Capture America’s Summer of Riots, Arson, and Looting
Looters run in and out of a vandalized Best Buy store in Chicago on June 1.
(Photo: Tayfun Coskun/Anadolu Agency/Getty Images)
39 Photos Capture America’s Summer of Riots, Arson, and Looting
Rioters burned buildings around the 3rd Police Precinct in Minneapolis on June 4.
(Photo: Andrew Lichtenstein/Corbis/Getty Images)
39 Photos Capture America’s Summer of Riots, Arson, and Looting
A fire burns in the street after demonstrators clashed with law enforcement officers near the Seattle Police Department's East Precinct on June 8. (Photo: David Ryder/Getty Images)
39 Photos Capture America’s Summer of Riots, Arson, and Looting
Vandals defaced the sign outside the boarded-up East Precinct of the Seattle Police Department on June 9. (Photo: David Ryder/Getty Images)
39 Photos Capture America’s Summer of Riots, Arson, and Looting
Arsonists set fire to a Foot Locker shoe store in St. Paul, Minnesota, on June 10.
(Photo: Andrew Lichtenstein/Corbis/Getty Images)
39 Photos Capture America’s Summer of Riots, Arson, and Looting
Demonstrators surround police headquarters in Richmond, Virginia, on June 14.
(Photo: Eze Amos/Getty Images)
39 Photos Capture America’s Summer of Riots, Arson, and Looting
A passerby views a defaced American flag outside the Seattle Police Department's shuttered East Precinct on June 14. (Photo: David Ryder/Getty Images)
39 Photos Capture America’s Summer of Riots, Arson, and Looting
Rioters set a Wendy's restaurant in Atlanta on fire June 17, five days after Rayshard Brooks was fatally shot by police in its parking lot. (Photo: Joe Raedle/Getty Images)
39 Photos Capture America’s Summer of Riots, Arson, and Looting
Police use metal barricades to push back against rioters in Atlanta on June 19.
(Photo: Chandan Khanna/Agence France-Presse/Getty Images)
39 Photos Capture America’s Summer of Riots, Arson, and Looting
Demonstrators block Interstate 5 in Seattle after marching from the area dubbed the Capitol Hill Organized Protest on June 24. (Photo: David Ryder/Getty Images)
39 Photos Capture America’s Summer of Riots, Arson, and Looting
Rioters burn American flags during a Black Lives Matter protest at Columbus Circle in New York City on July 4. (Photo: Pablo Monsalve/VIEWpress/Getty Images)
39 Photos Capture America’s Summer of Riots, Arson, and Looting
Black Lives Matter marchers burn an American flag and confront supporters of the New York City Police Department outside the 68th Police Precinct in the Bay Ridge neighborhood of Brooklyn, New York, on July 12. (Photo: Andrew Lichtenstein/Corbis/Getty Images)
39 Photos Capture America’s Summer of Riots, Arson, and Looting
A rioter throws flaming trash at the Mark O. Hatfield U.S. Courthouse in Portland, Oregon, after breaking through a newly reinforced perimeter fence on July 22.
(Photo: Nathan Howard/Getty Images)
39 Photos Capture America’s Summer of Riots, Arson, and Looting
Federal officers deploy tear gas and nonlethal munitions to disperse a crowd of about 1,000 rioters in front of the federal courthouse in Portland, Oregon, on July 24.
(Photo: Nathan Howard/Getty Images)
39 Photos Capture America’s Summer of Riots, Arson, and Looting
Protesters clash with federal police in front of the courthouse they were protecting in Portland, Oregon, on July 28. (Photo: Spencer Platt/Getty Images)
39 Photos Capture America’s Summer of Riots, Arson, and Looting
Demonstrators wield a banner in front of the courthouse in Portland, Oregon, on July 28. (Photo: Spencer Platt/Getty Images)
39 Photos Capture America’s Summer of Riots, Arson, and Looting
Rioters deploy umbrellas as shields in Portland, Oregon, on July 29.
(Photo: Nathan Howard/Getty Images)
39 Photos Capture America’s Summer of Riots, Arson, and Looting
Members of Moms United for Black Lives Matter stand with arms linked in Portland, Oregon, as tear gas is fired at rioters on July 29. (Photo: Nathan Howard/Getty Images)
39 Photos Capture America’s Summer of Riots, Arson, and Looting
Demonstrators block traffic in New York City on July 30.
(Photo: John Lamparski/NurPhoto/Getty Images)
39 Photos Capture America’s Summer of Riots, Arson, and Looting
Only a few items remain inside the Brunello Cucinelli boutique in Chicago after it was looted on Aug. 10. (Photo: Scott Olson/Getty Images)
39 Photos Capture America’s Summer of Riots, Arson, and Looting
Medics and a police officer help an injured rioter who fell and hit his head in front of the Multnomah County Sheriff's Office during demonstrations in Portland, Oregon, on Aug. 11.
(Photo: Nathan Howard/Getty Images)
39 Photos Capture America’s Summer of Riots, Arson, and Looting
Portland, Oregon, police officers push protesters past a dumpster fire started by rioters outside the Immigration and Customs Enforcement detention facility in the South Waterfront area of the city on Aug. 21. (Photo: Nathan Howard/Getty Images)
39 Photos Capture America’s Summer of Riots, Arson, and Looting
A teddy bear wearing a gas mask stands in a makeshift guillotine constructed by rioters in Portland, Oregon, on Aug. 22. (Photo: Nathan Howard/Getty Images)
39 Photos Capture America’s Summer of Riots, Arson, and Looting
Cars, set on fire by rioters, burn on a used-car lot in Kenosha, Wisconsin, on Aug. 24, the day after the shooting of Jacob Blake by a police officer. (Photo: Brandon Bell/Getty Images)
39 Photos Capture America’s Summer of Riots, Arson, and Looting
Rioters set a building on fire in Kenosha, Wisconsin, on Aug. 24.
(Photo: Joshua Lott/The Washington Post/Getty Images)
39 Photos Capture America’s Summer of Riots, Arson, and Looting
Damage from the previous night's arson is seen Aug. 25, after rioters set a car dealership's inventory on fire in Kenosha, Wisconsin.
(Photo: Tayfun Coskun/Anadolu Agency/Getty Images)
39 Photos Capture America’s Summer of Riots, Arson, and Looting
A store owner on Aug. 25 assesses the damage to his office furniture business, which was torched by rioters the previous evening in Kenosha, Wisconsin.
(Photo: Scott Olson/Getty Images)
39 Photos Capture America’s Summer of Riots, Arson, and Looting
A rioter runs amok through the vandalized lobby of Portland, Oregon, City Hall on Aug. 25. (Photo: Nathan Howard/Getty Images)
39 Photos Capture America’s Summer of Riots, Arson, and Looting
First-floor windows of a house are boarded up in Kenosha, Wisconsin, after several nights of violent riots on Aug. 26. (Photo: Tayfun Coskun/Anadolu Agency/Getty Images)
39 Photos Capture America’s Summer of Riots, Arson, and Looting
Rioters run through the Third Street Tunnel in Los Angeles on Aug. 26 as they demonstrate against the Aug. 23 police shooting of Jacob Blake in Kenosha, Wisconsin.
(Photo: Robert Gauthier/Los Angeles Times/Getty Images)
39 Photos Capture America’s Summer of Riots, Arson, and Looting
Rioters march along Fifth Street in downtown Los Angeles on Aug. 26.
(Photo: Robert Gauthier/Los Angeles Times/Getty Images)
39 Photos Capture America’s Summer of Riots, Arson, and Looting
Graffiti on the Portland police union building marked the 93rd day of rioting and vandalism in Portland, Oregon, on Aug. 28. (Photo: John Rudoff/Anadolu Agency/Getty Images)
39 Photos Capture America’s Summer of Riots, Arson, and Looting
President Donald Trump on Sept. 1 gets a firsthand look at the destruction caused by rioting in Kenosha, Wisconsin. (Photo: Mandel Ngan/Agence France-Presse/Getty Images)
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