Photos from the protests against police violence and racism in D.C. on Monday.
PHOTOS: DC protests, Day 11 — June 8
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Demonstrators protest Monday, June 8, 2020, near the White House in Washington, over the death of George Floyd, a black man who was in police custody in Minneapolis. Floyd died after being restrained by Minneapolis police officers on May 25.
(AP Photo/Maya Alleruzzo)
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Members of the Archdiocese of Washington march from the White House to the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Monday, June 8, 2020, in Washington, after days of protests over the death of George Floyd, a black man who was in police custody in Minneapolis. Floyd died after being restrained by Minneapolis police officers.
(AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)
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A person dressed as a Bible stands outside the St. John’s Church as members of the Archdiocese of Washington, foreground, participate in a protest before walking from the White House to the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Monday, June 8, 2020 in Washington.
(AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)
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A message is attached to a tree on the north side of Lafayette Square, near the White House, in Washington, DC on June 8, 2020. – On May 25, 2020, Floyd, a 46-year-old black man suspected of passing a counterfeit $20 bill, died in Minneapolis after Derek Chauvin, a white police officer, pressed his knee to Floyd’s neck for almost nine minutes. (Photo by MANDEL NGAN / AFP)
(Photo by MANDEL NGAN/AFP via Getty Images)
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The White House is visible behind members of the Archdiocese of Washington who gather next to a large banner that reads Black Lives Matter hanging on a police fence at 16th and H Street, Monday, June 8, 2020, in Washington, after days of protests over the death of George Floyd, a black man who was in police custody in Minneapolis. Floyd died after being restrained by Minneapolis police officers.
(AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)
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The Bethesda African Cemetery Coalition and Show Up For Racial Justice at Macedonia Baptist Church calling for the firing of Montgomery County police officers who’ve shot and killed certain Black men.
(WTOP/Ken Duffy)
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A man with protesters at the historically Black Macedonia Baptist Church stands with a fist in the air, turning toward traffic in both directions, before a march across River Road in Bethesda , Maryland, on Monday, June 8, 2020.
(WTOP/Ken Duffy)
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A protest by Macedonia Baptist Church on River Road in Bethesda, Maryland, on Monday, June 8, 2020.
(WTOP/Ken Duffy)
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The Bethesda African Cemetery Coalition and Show Up For Racial Justice at Macedonia Baptist Church calling for the firing of Montgomery County police officers who’ve shot and killed certain Black men.
(WTOP/Ken Duffy)
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi of Calif., center, and other members of Congress, kneel and observe a moment of silence at the Capitol’s Emancipation Hall, Monday, June 8, 2020, on Capitol Hill in Washington, reading the names of George Floyd and others killed during police interactions. Democrats proposed a sweeping overhaul of police oversight and procedures Monday, an ambitious legislative response to the mass protests denouncing the deaths of black Americans at the hands of law enforcement.
(AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)
A girl poses for a photograph in front of a police fence at in Lafayette Park, Monday, June 8, 2020, near the White House in Washington, after days of protest over the death of George Floyd, a black man who was in police custody in Minneapolis. Floyd died after being restrained by Minneapolis police officers.
(AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)
A worker power washes graffiti off of a statue in Lafayette Park, Monday, June 8, 2020, near the White House in Washington, after days of protest over the death of George Floyd, a black man who was in police custody in Minneapolis. Floyd died after being restrained by Minneapolis police officers.
(AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)
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Cherise Mattheson and her son, Maurice Rorie, in Lafayette Park on Monday, June 8, 2020.
(WTOP/Melissa Howell)
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A scene from the protests in Washington on Monday, June 8, 2020.
(WTOP/Melissa Howell)
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Signs in Lafayette Park on Monday, June 8, 2020.
(WTOP/Melissa Howell)
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A Black Lives Matter sign in D.C. on Monday, June 8, 2020.
(WTOP/Melissa Howell)
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Protest signs in Lafayette Park on Monday, June 8, 2020.
(WTOP/Melissa Howell)
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The scene in Lafayette Park on Monday, June 8, 2020.
(WTOP/Melissa Howell)
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A scene from the protests in D.C. on Monday, June 8, 2020.
(WTOP/Melissa Howell)
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The scene in Washington on Monday, June 8, 2020.
(WTOP/Melissa Howell)