Injuries from Less-Lethal Weapons during the George Floyd Protests in Minneapolis
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- 25 February 2021
- journal article
- letter
- Published by Massachusetts Medical Society in The New England Journal of Medicine
- Vol. 384 (8), 774-775
- https://doi.org/10.1056/nejmc2032052
Abstract
On May 25, 2020, George Floyd died at the hands of police. Worldwide demonstrations against racial inequities ensued. In the face of a pandemic, the George Floyd protests had an estimated participation of more than 15 million people, making it one of the largest protests to date in the United States.1Keywords
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