Protesters participate in a "die out" during a Black Lives Matter protest on the Boston Commons on June 3, 2020.
Protesters hold flares and chant in front of the Massachusetts State House in Boston, MA. on May 31, 2020.
A looter runs from a Boston Police Officer on May 31, 2020.
Protesters use leaf blowers to scatter tear gas away and back towards police on the Boston Commons on May 31, 2020.
Two Boston police officers hold the line with their batons while a car burns on May 31, 2020.
Transit police Superintendent Sullivan speaks to Matt Balinda to release tension in the crowd at the Forest Hill T-station in Boston on June 2, 2020. Mr.Balinda said, "I see my boys and myself, and we experience this injustice, and now that we’re aware, we can’t stand it. I believe in the power of love and peace. So we got to unify as a city of Boston, you know what I mean”.
Protesters gather in Franklin Park in Boston on June 2, 2020.
A Black Lives Matter protester tears up a sign brought by an All Lives Matter supporter while being berated by another protester on June 19, 2020, in Dorchester, Mass.
Protesters surround Boston police officers at the Forest Hills train station in Boston, Massachusetts on June 2, 2020.
After speaking out at a Black Lives Matter protest on the Boston Commons, Levi Morgan has an anxiety attack. She was comforted by a stranger and fellow Black Lives Matter protester; she said, "Oh my God, to feel somebody put their arm around me when I came to support them shows me how we need one another.”
Akapel Cornelius plays with his daughter Penelope (5) after a Black Lives Matter march In Worcester, Mass. congregates in front of City Hall for an open mic on June 6, 2020. Akapel commented, “I heard people talk about a bunch of righteous things, so at one point, I said some things as well.”
A protester who stomped on a “Thin Blue Flag” gets the same flag thrown in his face during a protest in West Roxbury, MA, on June 17, 2020.
Protesters March in Rochester, N.Y. on Sept. 1, 2020. One of the demands was for Mayor Lovely Warren to step down after ongoing investigations and indictments were handed down on Oct. 2, 2020, outlining supposed illegal fundraising activities.
Blacky Allie waves his Black Lives Matter flag through the sunroof of Jeamnie Gloss car on Sept. 7, 2020. Gloss just met Blacky, and she explained, "I didn’t have a flag, and I have this sunroof, and I saw the nice young man and invited him in. I'm 74, but most of my friends say I'm old enough to know better."
Pam Owens and Barbra Rivera embrace each other in MLK Park in Rochester N.Y., on Sept. 5, 2020. and have been friends and coworkers for three years at the tenant union.
Officers push back as barriers are move in front of the Public Safety Building in Rochester, N.Y., on Sept. 4, 2020.
Thousands march in protest of the killing of Daniel Prudes on Sept. 5, 2020. Police Chief La’Ron D. Singletary retires on Sept. 8, 2020, after the state attorney general announced she would enroll a grand jury.