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Damage in Boston After Protests

'I never thought something like this could happen in Boston'

Jessica Rinaldi / The Boston Globe

Boston police release names, charges for 53 people arrested following protests

Photos: See the destruction in the wake of Sunday's violence as the cleanup begins

Businesses vandalized

A running list of the Boston businesses that have been vandalized, looted June 1, 2020 | 3:44 PM

Mayor Marty Walsh arrives at a recent press conference.

Boston Protests

Mayor Walsh says Sunday's violence 'hurt a community that is already hurting' June 1, 2020 | 3:41 PM

Gov. Charlie Baker speaks at his daily coronavirus press conference in the Gardner Auditorium of the State House on May 29, 2020. (Sam Doran/Pool)

Livestream: Charlie Baker's Monday press conference after Boston protests June 1, 2020 | 3:15 PM

Protesters hold up their hands as they face police after a demonstration over the death of George Floyd, an unarmed black man who died in Minneapolis Police custody, in Boston, Massachusetts on May 31, 2020. - Authorities imposed curfews in the capital Washington and other major US cities on May 31 to prevent fresh rioting after anti-racism protestors again took to the streets to voice their fury at police brutality. (Photo by Joseph Prezioso / AFP) (Photo by JOSEPH PREZIOSO/AFP via Getty Images)

BOSTON PROTESTS

MBTA defends decision to close downtown Boston stations following protests June 1, 2020 | 3:14 PM

Letters from the Dear Heroes Project on display at a hospital in Chicago.

How thank you notes from New Jersey students were distributed throughout Boston's hospitals June 1, 2020 | 2:26 PM

BOSTON, MA - 6/24/2014: Adult Little Blue Penguins on exhibit at the New England Aquarium. Baby penguins that have recently hatched at the New England Aquarium and the biologists who lead a team that have been very successful in breeding penguins and helping sustain some of the endangered populations around the world. The baby penguins getting weighed, being fed and chilling with their parents outside of the actual habitat, since they are newborn. (David L Ryan/Globe Staff Photo) SECTION: LIFESTYLE TOPIC babypenguins(1)

Despite rumors, no one looted penguins from the New England Aquarium June 1, 2020 | 2:14 PM

VIOLENCE IN BOSTON

Ayanna Pressley urges focus on movement, legislation in wake of violence in Boston June 1, 2020 | 1:51 PM

Jabin Botsford

Trump calls governors 'weak,' urges them to use force against unruly protests June 1, 2020 | 1:11 PM

Boston, MA - 5/28/2020 - Mayor Martin J. Walsh arrives at today media availability accompanied by BAA C.E.O. Tom Grilk and BPD Commissioner William Gross The Mayor made the announcement that this years running of the Boston Marathon is cancelled due to to COVID-19. - (Barry Chin/Globe Staff), Section: Metro, Reporter: Globe Staff, Topic: 29CORONAMAIN

Watch: Marty Walsh's Monday press conference after Boston protests June 1, 2020 | 12:48 PM

Minneapolis police chief tells George Floyd's family the 3 other officers are ‘complicit’ in his death June 1, 2020 | 12:34 PM

BOSTON, MA - MAY 30-SATURDAY: Mayor Marty Walsh speaks to the Boston community during a prayer vigil for George Floyd who was killed by police in Minnesota May 30, 2020, in Boston, Massachusetts. (Photo by Paul Connors/Media News Group/Boston Herald)

Salem police apologize to Marty Walsh and Charlie Baker after 'wildly inappropriate tweet' June 1, 2020 | 12:18 PM

Protesters gather outside the Massachusetts State House during a demonstration over the death of George Floyd, an unarmed black man who died in Minneapolis Police custody, in Boston, Massachusetts on May 31, 2020. - Authorities imposed curfews in the capital Washington and other major US cities on May 31 to prevent fresh rioting after anti-racism protestors again took to the streets to voice their fury at police brutality. (Photo by Joseph Prezioso / AFP) (Photo by JOSEPH PREZIOSO/AFP via Getty Images)

What did you experience from Boston's protests on Sunday? June 1, 2020 | 12:16 PM

Boston, MA - 5/31/20 - A protester holds up a fist in front of the burning gate of the Boston Public Garden as protestors try to barricade the police out as they get pushed through the Boston Commons on May 31, 2020. (Blake Nissen/ For The Boston Globe)

Global anger grows over George Floyd's death in Minneapolis June 1, 2020 | 11:56 AM

Boston, MA - 5/31/20 - A woman holds up a photograph of George Floyd as she takes part in a rally held to protest the death of George Floyd who was killed by a police officer. (Jessica Rinaldi/Globe Staff)

Barack Obama releases statement on ongoing nationwide protests and how to ‘bring about real change’ June 1, 2020 | 11:38 AM

12-year-old girl run over while sunbathing in Raynham driveway June 1, 2020 | 10:56 AM

A large group of protesters marched from Nubian Square on Malcolm X Boulevard towards Boston Police Headquarters on Sunday.

Will protests spark a 2nd viral wave? June 1, 2020 | 10:46 AM

Finished boots sit on a conveyor belt before being packaged at the L.L. Bean Inc. manufacturing facility in Brunswick, Maine,on Sept. 9, 2015. MUST CREDIT: Bloomberg photo by Shiho Fukada.

LL Bean is reopening its flagship store closed in mid-March June 1, 2020 | 9:58 AM

Flavored tobacco sales are now limited to smoking bars in Mass. Here's what to know. June 1, 2020 | 8:05 AM

Steven Senne / AP

BOSTON PROTESTS

Police: About 40 people arrested, 7 officers transported to hospitals after protests turned violent June 1, 2020 | 7:36 AM

Floyd's brother pleads for peace, Trump takes combative tone June 1, 2020 | 4:31 AM

Boston, MA - 5/31/20 - Police stand in front of a store outside of Downtown Crossing after the windows were smashed following a march to protest the death of George Floyd who was killed by a police officer. (Jessica Rinaldi/Globe Staff)

Here's what Charlie Baker said after Boston's George Floyd protests turned violent June 1, 2020 | 12:39 AM

Jessica Rinaldi / The Boston Globe

25 photos of the chaotic scene in downtown Boston following a day of peaceful protests June 1, 2020 | 12:15 AM

People throw items at a police car passing the State House in Boston, Sunday night following a march and gathering to protest the death of George Floyd, who died after being restrained by Minneapolis police officers on May 25.

Mayor Walsh 'angered' by 'acts of destruction and violence' May 31, 2020 | 11:12 PM

A Boston Firefighter prepares to put out a burning Boston Police car on Tremont Street.

Violence erupts in downtown Boston following peaceful State House rally May 31, 2020 | 10:31 PM

A protest against police brutality moves to the steps of the Massachusetts State House on Sunday.

Boston protests

Several thousand in Boston protest George Floyd's death May 31, 2020 | 8:46 PM

Protesters with Antifa symbols on their shields demonstrate in Portland, Ore., Aug. 4, 2018. President Trump said Sunday that the United States would designate the group of far-left anti-fascism activists as a terrorist organization.

Trump says U.S. will declare Antifa a terrorist group May 31, 2020 | 6:54 PM

Hundreds of protesters gathered at Government Center on Sunday.

BOSTON PROTESTS

Photos: Another day of demonstrations as protesters march in downtown Boston May 31, 2020 | 5:38 PM

A large group of protesters marched from Nubian Square to Boston Police Headquarters. They were led by local religious leaders including members of the Boston Baptist Ministers Conference, Black Ministerial Alliance, Ministers in Action and the Massachusetts Council of Churches. According to a post on Facebook by the organizers, the demonstration was to pray for all the hurt and brokenhearted, to protest the continued killing of black people, and to call forth justice in our city our Commonwealth and our Nation. When they got to the BPD headquarters, as part of the demonstration they are pictured as they had an 8 minute 46 second moment of silence, recognizing the amount of time that a Minneapolis police officer had his knee on the neck of George Floyd.

Boston Protests

'Black Boston' clarifies Sunday evening protest at Government Center May 31, 2020 | 5:28 PM

CANTERBURY, N.H.

2 drown in Merrimack River in Canterbury, N.H. May 31, 2020 | 5:21 PM

Hundreds of people gather at John F. Kennedy Plaza outside the Lowell Police Station during a peaceful vigil for George Floyd and other victims of police brutality and racism in the US in Lowell, Massachusetts on May 30, 2020.

'Police must be better': Local chiefs, departments react to killing of George Floyd May 31, 2020 | 5:11 PM