Daily Beast: ‘Incredibly Powerful’: Eleventh Day of George Floyd Protests Is the Biggest Yet

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Written By Matt Laslo

Split Screen: Tens of thousands turned out to protest inequality and police brutality. But, in Buffalo, police cheered for colleagues charged with second-degree assault.

By Asawin Suebsaeng, Noah Shachtman, Matt Laslo, Danny Gold, Ian Bateson, Maxwell Tani & Sara Sheridan

Despite police crackdowns, curfews, boiling heat, rain, and fears of a global pandemic that continues to plague America, huge crowds of protesters swelled to their largest size yet on Saturday in some of the country’s biggest cities.

On the 11th day of nationwide protests sparked by the killing of George Floyd...

DIVE DEEPER: Read our full coverage here.

Matt Laslo

The LCB’s founder, veteran political correspondent Matt Laslo, has brought Washington, DC to life for millions (73+ million on last count) of listeners, viewers and readers. He’s reported for five Pulitzer Prize-winning news outlets, 60+ award-wining local NPR outlets, nonprofit newsrooms and national magazines. He also runs the popular interactive journalism startup Ask a Pol Politics — a Substack bestseller.

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