A Crowd On The National Capital Grounds Protest Over The Brutal Death Of George Floyd At The Hands of Police
Photography By Joseph Young
The death of George Floyd at the hands of Minneapolis police sparked nationwide protests against police brutality.
On May 25, Floyd, an African-American man, died while he was handcuffed and lying face down on a city street during an arrest for allegedly using a counterfeit $20 bill. One of the arresting police officers, Derek Chauvin, a 44-year-old white Minneapolis police veteran, kept his knee on the right side of Floyd’s neck for 8 minutes and 46 seconds. That includes 2 minutes and 53 seconds after Floyd became unresponsive, according to the criminal complaint filed against Chauvin, who was arrested for third-degree murder and second-degree manslaughter. Three other officers — Tou Thao, J. Alexander Kueng, and Thomas K. Lane — also participated in Floyd’s arrest, with Kueng holding Floyd’s back, Lane holding his legs, and Thao preventing bystanders from intervening as he stood nearby.
On May 30, people gathered on the U.S. Capitol grounds in Washington, D.C., to protest Floyd’s killing. The peaceful crowd at the Capitol Reflecting Pool and Ulysses S. Grant Memorial shared powerful messages of hope, solidarity and determination in fighting for justice and universal human rights.
A Crowd On The National Capital Grounds Protest Over The Brutal Death of George Floyd At The Hands Of Police.
Pics were made at the Capitol Reflecting Pool and Ulysses S. Grant Memorial on the U.S. Capitol Grounds, in Washington, D.C.
Copyright Joseph Young May 30, 2020
A Crowd On The National Capital Grounds Protest Over The Brutal Death of George Floyd At The Hands of Police.
Pics were made at the Capitol Reflecting Pool and Ulysses S. Grant Memorial on the U.S. Capitol Grounds, in Washington, D.C.
Copyright Joseph Young May 30, 2020
A Crowd On The National Capital Grounds Protest Over The Brutal Death of George Floyd At The Hands Of Police.
Pics were made at the Capitol Reflecting Pool and Ulysses S. Grant Memorial on the U.S. Capitol Grounds, in Washington, D.C.
Copyright Joseph Young May 30, 2020
A Crowd On The National Capital Grounds Protest Over The Brutal Death of George Floyd At The Hands Of Police.
Pics were made at the Capitol Reflecting Pool and Ulysses S. Grant Memorial on the U.S. Capitol Grounds, in Washington, D.C.
Copyright Joseph Young May 30, 2020
A Crowd On The National Capital Grounds Protest Over The Brutal Death of George Floyd At The Hands Of Police.
Pics were made at the Capitol Reflecting Pool and Ulysses S. Grant Memorial on the U.S. Capitol Grounds, in Washington, D.C.
Copyright Joseph Young May 30, 2020
A Crowd Of On The National Capital Grounds Protest Over The Brutal Death of George Floyd At The Hands of Police.
Pics were made at the Capitol Reflecting Pool and Ulysses S. Grant Memorial on the U.S. Capitol Grounds, in Washington, D.C.
Copyright Joseph Young May 30, 2020
A Crowd Of On The National Capital Grounds Protest Over The Brutal Death of George Floyd At The Hands Of Police.
Pics were made at the Capitol Reflecting Pool and Ulysses S. Grant Memorial on the U.S. Capitol Grounds, in Washington, D.C.
Copyright Joseph Young May 30, 2020
A Crowd On The National Capital Grounds Protest Over The Brutal Death of George Floyd At The Hands of Police.
Pics were made at the Capitol Reflecting Pool and Ulysses S. Grant Memorial on the U.S. Capitol Grounds, in Washington, D.C.
Copyright Joseph Young May 30, 2020
A Crowd On The National Capital Grounds Protest Over The Brutal Death of George Floyd At The Hands Of Police.
Pics were made at the Capitol Reflecting Pool and Ulysses S. Grant Memorial on the U.S. Capitol Grounds, in Washington, D.C.
Copyright Joseph Young May 30, 2020
A Crowd On The National Capital Grounds Protest Over The Brutal Death of George Floyd At The Hands Of Police.
Pics were made at the Capitol Reflecting Pool and Ulysses S. Grant Memorial on the U.S. Capitol Grounds, in Washington, D.C.
Copyright Joseph Young May 30, 2020
A Crowd Of On The National Capital Grounds Protest Over The Brutal Death of George Floyd At The Hands of Police.
Pics were made at the Capitol Reflecting Pool and Ulysses S. Grant Memorial on the U.S. Capitol Grounds, in Washington, D.C.
Copyright Joseph Young May 30, 2020
A Crowd On The National Capital Grounds Protest Over The Brutal Death of George Floyd At The Hands Of Police.
Pics were made at the Capitol Reflecting Pool and Ulysses S. Grant Memorial on the U.S. Capitol Grounds, in Washington, D.C.
Copyright Joseph Young May 30, 2020
A Crowd On The National Capital Grounds Protest Over The Brutal Death of George Floyd At The Hands Of Police.
Pics were made at the Capitol Reflecting Pool and Ulysses S. Grant Memorial on the U.S. Capitol Grounds, in Washington, D.C.
Copyright Joseph Young May 30, 2020
A Crowd On The National Capital Grounds Protest Over The Brutal Death of George Floyd At The Hands Of Police.
Pics were made at the Capitol Reflecting Pool and Ulysses S. Grant Memorial on the U.S. Capitol Grounds, in Washington, D.C.
Copyright Joseph Young May 30, 2020
A Crowd On The National Capital Grounds Protest Over The Brutal Death of George Floyd At The Hands Of Police.
Pics were made at the Capitol Reflecting Pool and Ulysses S. Grant Memorial on the U.S. Capitol Grounds, in Washington, D.C.
Copyright Joseph Young May 30, 2020
A Crowd On The National Capital Grounds Protest Over The Brutal Death of George Floyd At The Hands Of Police.
Pics were made at the Capitol Reflecting Pool and Ulysses S. Grant Memorial on the U.S. Capitol Grounds, in Washington, D.C.
Copyright Joseph Young May 30, 2020
A Crowd On The National Capital Grounds Protest Over The Brutal Death of George Floyd At The Hands Of Police.
Pics were made at the Capitol Reflecting Pool and Ulysses S. Grant Memorial on the U.S. Capitol Grounds, in Washington, D.C.
Copyright Joseph Young May 30, 2020
A Crowd On The National Capital Grounds Protest Over The Brutal Death of George Floyd At The Hands Of Police.
Pics were made at the Capitol Reflecting Pool and Ulysses S. Grant Memorial on the U.S. Capitol Grounds, in Washington, D.C.
Copyright Joseph Young May 30, 2020
A Crowd On The National Capital Grounds Protest Over The Brutal Death of George Floyd At The Hands Of Police.
Pics were made at the Capitol Reflecting Pool and Ulysses S. Grant Memorial on the U.S. Capitol Grounds, in Washington, D.C.
Copyright Joseph Young May 30, 2020
A Crowd On The National Capital Grounds Protest Over The Brutal Death of George Floyd At The Hands Of Police.
Pics were made at the Capitol Reflecting Pool and Ulysses S. Grant Memorial on the U.S. Capitol Grounds, in Washington, D.C.
Copyright Joseph Young May 30, 2020
A Crowd On The National Capital Grounds Protest Over The Brutal Death of George Floyd At The Hands Of Police.
Pics were made at the Capitol Reflecting Pool and Ulysses S. Grant Memorial on the U.S. Capitol Grounds, in Washington, D.C.
Copyright Joseph Young May 30, 2020
A Crowd On The National Capital Grounds Protest Over The Brutal Death of George Floyd At The Hands Of Police.
Pics were made at the Capitol Reflecting Pool and Ulysses S. Grant Memorial on the U.S. Capitol Grounds, in Washington, D.C.
Copyright Joseph Young May 30, 2020
A Crowd On The National Capital Grounds Protest Over The Brutal Death of George Floyd At The Hands Of Police.
Pics were made at the Capitol Reflecting Pool and Ulysses S. Grant Memorial on the U.S. Capitol Grounds, in Washington, D.C.
Copyright Joseph Young May 30, 2020
A Crowd On The National Capital Grounds Protest Over The Brutal Death of George Floyd At The Hands Of Police.
Pics were made at the Capitol Reflecting Pool and Ulysses S. Grant Memorial on the U.S. Capitol Grounds, in Washington, D.C.
Copyright Joseph Young May 30, 2020
A Crowd On The National Capital Grounds Protest Over The Brutal Death of George Floyd At The Hands Of Police.
Pics were made at the Capitol Reflecting Pool and Ulysses S. Grant Memorial on the U.S. Capitol Grounds, in Washington, D.C.
Copyright Joseph Young May 30, 2020
A Crowd On The National Capital Grounds Protest Over The Brutal Death of George Floyd At The Hands Of Police.
Pics were made at the Capitol Reflecting Pool and Ulysses S. Grant Memorial on the U.S. Capitol Grounds, in Washington, D.C.
Copyright Joseph Young May 30, 2020
A Crowd On The National Capital Grounds Protest Over The Brutal Death of George Floyd At The Hands Of Police.
Pics were made at the Capitol Reflecting Pool and Ulysses S. Grant Memorial on the U.S. Capitol Grounds, in Washington, D.C.
Copyright Joseph Young May 30, 2020
A Crowd On The National Capital Grounds Protest Over The Brutal Death of George Floyd At The Hands Of Police.
Pics were made at the Capitol Reflecting Pool and Ulysses S. Grant Memorial on the U.S. Capitol Grounds, in Washington, D.C.
Copyright Joseph Young May 30, 2020
A Crowd On The National Capital Grounds Protest Over The Brutal Death of George Floyd At The Hands Of Police.
Pics were made at the Capitol Reflecting Pool and Ulysses S. Grant Memorial on the U.S. Capitol Grounds, in Washington, D.C.
Copyright Joseph Young May 30, 2020
A Crowd On The National Capital Grounds Protest Over The Brutal Death of George Floyd At The Hands Of Police.
Pics were made at the Capitol Reflecting Pool and Ulysses S. Grant Memorial on the U.S. Capitol Grounds, in Washington, D.C.
Copyright Joseph Young May 30, 2020
A Crowd On The National Capital Grounds Protest Over The Brutal Death of George Floyd At The Hands Of Police.
Pics were made at the Capitol Reflecting Pool and Ulysses S. Grant Memorial on the U.S. Capitol Grounds, in Washington, D.C.
Copyright Joseph Young May 30, 2020
A Crowd On The National Capital Grounds Protest Over The Brutal Death of George Floyd At The Hands Of Police.
Pics were made at the Capitol Reflecting Pool and Ulysses S. Grant Memorial on the U.S. Capitol Grounds, in Washington, D.C.
Copyright Joseph Young May 30, 2020
A Crowd On The National Capital Grounds Protest Over The Brutal Death of George Floyd At The Hands Of Police.
Pics were made at the Capitol Reflecting Pool and Ulysses S. Grant Memorial on the U.S. Capitol Grounds, in Washington, D.C.
Copyright Joseph Young May 30, 2020
A Crowd On The National Capital Grounds Protest Over The Brutal Death of George Floyd At The Hands Of Police.
Pics were made at the Capitol Reflecting Pool and Ulysses S. Grant Memorial on the U.S. Capitol Grounds, in Washington, D.C.
Copyright Joseph Young May 30, 2020
A Crowd On The National Capital Grounds Protest Over The Brutal Death of George Floyd At The Hands Of Police.
Pics were made at the Capitol Reflecting Pool and Ulysses S. Grant Memorial on the U.S. Capitol Grounds, in Washington, D.C.
Copyright Joseph Young May 30, 2020
A Crowd On The National Capital Grounds Protest Over The Brutal Death of George Floyd At The Hands Of Police.
Pics were made at the Capitol Reflecting Pool and Ulysses S. Grant Memorial on the U.S. Capitol Grounds, in Washington, D.C.
Copyright Joseph Young May 30, 2020
A Crowd On The National Capital Grounds Protest Over The Brutal Death of George Floyd At The Hands Of Police.
Pics were made at the Capitol Reflecting Pool and Ulysses S. Grant Memorial on the U.S. Capitol Grounds, in Washington, D.C.
Copyright Joseph Young May 30, 2020
Joseph Young is a photographer living in Washington, DC. His photography has appeared in the Washington Post Magazine, Washington Times, Washington Afro Newspaper and Washington Informer. He earned a bachelor degree in art from the University of the District of Columbia, with a focus on photography, as well as, a bachelor degree in English. He is the grant recipient from the DC Commission on the Arts and Humanities for his photography series about the homeless in the nation's capital. His photography is also in the collection of the Smithsonian Anacostia Community Museum.
As for his influences, well, of course, Paul Strand, Lewis Hine, W. Eugene Smith, Robert Frank, Gordon Parks, Roy Decarava, Ernest Withers, Edward Hopper, Latoya Ruby Frazier, John Szarkowski, who said photography was born perfect and the Emmett Till open casket photo.
