Tangelic Ellis holds her sign high as she stands in Monroe Park at the first protest in Richmond over the death of George Floyd. The 20-year-old Northern Virginia resident joined hundreds who took the protest to city streets.

The flood of protesters, most masked against the coronavirus, turned off Broad Street and flow onto 2nd Street on their way to the State Capitol in what was then a peaceful action.

Daylight reveals the spray-painted pedestal of the Robert E. Lee statue at Monument and Allen avenues.

The statue of Confederate President Jefferson Davis sports a noose, the remnant of a rope someone unsuccessfully sought to use to pull down the statue.

The burned out hulk of a GRTC Pulse bus was still at Belvidere and Broad streets as the sun rose — one of the most visible signs of the violence that took over the protest Friday night.

Paul Trible, owner of menswear and shirtmaker Ledbury, looks out of the glassless window of his storefront at 315 W. Broad St., one of the Downtown stores that was looted.

Kenyan Smith speaks passionately about the issues at a protest that brought people to Shockoe Bottom, as one of the organizers, Quiara Holmes, assists with the mega phone.

People march peacefully, but with passion, through the city to get to the event.

Protesters participating in a peaceful demonstration react to being hit by Richmond Police with tear gas and pepper spray on Monument Avenue at the Robert E. Lee statue on Monday about 30 minutes before the city’s curfew.

Protesters participating in a peaceful demonstration react to being hit by Richmond Police with tear gas and pepper spray on Monument Avenue at the Robert E. Lee statue on Monday about 30 minutes before the city’s curfew.

An angry and frustrated crowd of about 1,500 people call for the resignation of Mayor Levar M. Stoney and Police Chief Will Smith on Tuesday at City Hall despite the mayor’s and chief’s apology for police actions on Monday evening.

in the midst of the crowd gathered Tuesday at the Lee statue, Kyle Rudd paints a picture honoring George Floyd of Minneapolis and Breonna Taylor of Louisville, both victims of police violence. The march and rally around him on Tuesday was peaceful.