On May 25th, George Floyd died in police custody after an arresting Minneapolis officer knelt on his neck for 8 minutes. The incident was recorded on video which was soon posted online. Initial protests were peaceful but on May 27th, demonstrators lit a Minneapolis police precinct on fire. Since then, demonstrations have been staged in hundreds of cities in the US and also overseas.
New York City witnessed daily demonstrations for more than a week. On June 7th, Bruce Gilden photographed a demonstration in Brooklyn that included an assembly of black motorcycle clubs, which followed what has become...