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Actor Ben Platt, the star of Netflix’s The Politician and the Broadway musical Dear Evan Hansen, is urging white people to keep donating money to bail funds in order to keep protesters who have been arrested out of jail.

In stark contrast to several “reopen” protests, anti-police agitators turned violent on Sunday, smashing windows and burning a car in downtown Lansing, Michigan.

A white police officer consoled a young black man who was in tears at a protest over the death of George Floyd in an unidentified city on Sunday evening. 

Leftist actor Alec Baldwin quoted Rep. John Lewis on Sunday, saying “we’ve got to organize in November,” seemingly in response to the death of George Floyd.

In a Sunday interview with CNN’s Don Lemon, director Spike Lee addressed George Floyd’s recent death at the hands of four Minneapolis Police officers.

The Verizon-owned HuffPost over the weekend described the violent protests across the nation as an instance of “cop rage,” declaring “police violence nationwide” as rioters continue to engage in criminal activity, attacking officers and destroying businesses in their own communities.

Police have arrested a man suspected of setting fire to Nashville’s Historic Courthouse on Saturday, during a series of riots in response to the death of George Floyd.

New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio’s (D) daughter, Chiara de Blasio, was arrested Saturday evening at a protest hotspot that had descended into rioting, the New York Post reports.

Someone in Washington DC spray painted the question, “Y’all Not Tired Yet?” on the Lincoln Memorial during the May 31, 2020, protests.

A group of children and teenagers were caught on video looting a Fine Wine & Good Spirits store in North Philadelphia Sunday amid nationwide unrest sparked by the death of George Floyd in Minneapolis.

An Amazon delivery van was looted in Santa Monica, California, on Sunday during what is now nearly a week-long series of riots that have sparked in cities across the country after the death of George Floyd last Monday.

Comedian and actor Patton Oswalt is defending the violent, far-left Antifa after President Donald Trump announced Sunday that the U.S. will classify the extremist group as a terrorist organization.

Los Angeles County declared a 6 p.m. curfew Sunday following a second day of looting, vandalism, and arson, including reports that rioters have broken into Santa Monica’s City Hall.

Sen. Marco Rubio (R-FL) said ongoing violence and looting are being perpetrated by “domestic terror groups” of both left-wing and right-wing political orientations. He took to Twitter on Sunday to share his comments.

Protesters gathering in Washington, DC, May 31, 2020, pinned down a rioter who was damaging property and handed him over to police, yelling, “Take his ass.”

A woman in Santa Monica, California, told looters on Sunday that their behavior would help President Donald Trump’s reelection campaign. Riots and looting broke out on Sunday in Santa Monica in response to the death of George Floyd.

Rioters in Santa Monica on Sunday beat up a man carrying a hockey stick to defend a woman cyclist who was pushed over, according to a video posted to social media.

A semi truck drove into a crowd marching to protest the death of George Floyd on a portion of I-35 that had been closed off earlier in the day in Minneapolis, Minnesota, late Sunday afternoon.

NBA legend Michael Jordan believes the best way for the country to move forward in the aftermath of George Floyd’s death is to put “pressure” on elected leaders to “change our laws,” or use their right to vote to create “systemic change.”

A group of rioters were caught on tape viciously beating a woman outside of a Rochester, NY, business on Saturday as her husband desperately tried to defend her.

Mayor Sharon Weston Broome prayed in front of a crowd at a protest Sunday in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, over the death of George Floyd.

Municipal leaders have told the media that the vast majority of those arrested in Minneapolis were from out of state, but jail shows just the opposite.

Joe Biden says he will “help lead this conversation” about the “protests” being launched across America.

Appearing Sunday on CNN, Obama-era National Security Adviser Susan Rice claimed, without providing proof, that the Russian government could be pouring money into the ongoing riots over the death of George Floyd across the United States. 

A group of volunteers was spotted cleaning up graffiti and boarding up buildings of businesses in downtown Seattle Sunday morning after riots over the death of George Floyd the night before decimated the city.

Despite Interstate highways in Minneapolis having been closed since 5 p.m. local time,  tanker truck appeared to have driven through a crowd of protesters gathered on Interstate 35W near Washington Avenue on Sunday. As the crowd scattered, the truck appeared

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis (R) has activated the National Guard in the Sunshine State following violent protests rocking the Tampa Bay area on Saturday night, as rioters torched, vandalized, and looted businesses and damaged police vehicles.

Police in New Orleans, Louisiana, thanked protesters Saturday for demonstrating peacefully following the death of George Floyd.

A former ESPN writer is being called a hypocrite for urging rioters to burn down the inner city, then chastising them when they attacked his neighborhood.

Authorities made arrests in Lancaster, Pennsylvania, on Sunday as police deployed pepper spray on protesters, LancasterOnline reported.

During an appearance on “Fox News Sunday,” Minnesota Attorney General Keith Ellison was asked if black people in Minneapolis had reason to fear and distrust their local enforcement by show host Chris Wallace.

On Saturday, former Cleveland Cavalier J.R. Smith joined demonstrators in Los Angeles in response to the death of George Floyd. On Sunday, the former champ was apparently beating a rioter for attempting to vandalize his car.

Local reporters on the scene noted many peaceful protests in Santa Monica, California on Sunday afternoon but that a separate contingent of looters organized.

George Floyd protests continue across America on Sunday. Stay tuned to Breitbart News for live updates. All times eastern.

An armed civilian carrying a firearm stood with an unarmed female protester on Sunday at the door of the REI store in Santa Monica, California, turning away a group of would-be looters who tried to smash into the store during a protest.

Twitter is allowing its users to coordinate criminal behavior on the platform, with dozens of tweets identifying looting targets still on the platform despite the fact that the site was notified by concerned citizens. The company has however changed the description of its official account to “#BlackLivesMatter.”