AP PHOTOS: Looking back at 10 days in 2020 of fervent non-stop protests for George Floyd

As cellphone video documenting the last breaths of George Floyd spread across the internet, so did the collective outrage.

For 10 consecutive days after his murder at the hands of Minneapolis police officers on Memorial Day in 2020, protests erupted across the U.S., not just in major cities but suburbs and small towns, too.

Five years later, the Justice Department under President Donald Trump has canceled a settlement with Minneapolis and Louisville, Kentucky, to reform their police departments.

“It’s a symbolic nod from the state to police departments around the nation that they can continue discriminating and abusing Black people without worry,” the Movement for Black Lives said in remarks exclusive to The Associated Press. "So while they attempt to rollback our wins and erase our history, we will continue to care for one another ... so we can keep working toward our vision of freedom and liberation that this administration fears.”

Images from that time show how the risks of a still raging pandemic did not deter demonstrators. Some marched. Others kneeled. Many referenced Floyd’s final words: “I can’t breathe.” His face and “Black Lives Matter” became avatars on signs, streets and public buildings.

Some police officers faced down protesters with riot gear while others knelt in solidarity.

In one image that perfectly encapsulates the tension, a police officer and a protester — both Black — clasp their hands in the middle of a standoff during a New York City rally for justice for Floyd.

This is a photo gallery curated by AP photo editor Patrick Sison in New York.

Demonstrators kneel during a solidarity protest for George Floyd, Saturday, June 13, 2020, in West Point, N.Y. (AP Photo/Eduardo Munoz Alvarez, File)

The casket of George Floyd is placed in the chapel for his funeral service at the Fountain of Praise church, Tuesday, June 9, 2020, in Houston. (AP Photo/David J. Phillip, Pool, File)

A protester and a police officer clasp hands in the middle of a standoff during a solidarity rally calling for justice over the death of George Floyd, in New York, on June 2, 2020. (AP Photo/Wong Maye-E, File)

A demonstrator is arrested as police attempt to take control of the streets in Portland, Ore., on Saturday, Sept. 5, 2020, as protests reached 100 consecutive nights since George Floyd was killed. (AP Photo/Paula Bronstein, File)

Police use chemical irritants and crowd control munitions to disperse protesters during a demonstration in Portland, Ore., Saturday, Sept. 5, 2020. (AP Photo/Noah Berger, File)

A protester holds a U.S. flag at Monument Circle following a non-violent sit-in at the Statehouse in Indianapolis, Saturday, June 6, 2020, against police brutality sparked by the death of George Floyd. (AP Photo/Michael Conroy, File)

Demonstrators protest near the White House in Washington on Saturday, June 6, 2020, over the death of George Floyd. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin, File)

People attend a rally outside Jackson Square in New Orleans, Friday, June 5, 2020, protesting the death of George Floyd. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert, File)

Retired Marine Todd Winn, wearing a mask which reads "I Can't Breathe," participates in a protest in front of the Utah State Capitol in Salt Lake City on Friday, June 5, 2020, amid protests around the world in the wake of the death of George Floyd. (AP Photo/Rick Bowmer, File)

Demonstrators protest across the street from a Confederate memorabilia store in Kennesaw, Ga., on Friday, June 5, 2020, following the death of George Floyd. (AP Photo/Mike Stewart, File)

Standing next to a statue of Frederick Douglass, Sen. Kamala Harris, D-Calif., left, Senate Minority Leader Sen. Chuck Schumer of N.Y., center, and Sen. Cory Booker, D-N.J., right, pause during a prayer Capitol Hill in Washington, Thursday, June 4, 2020, during an event to commemorate the life of George Floyd. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh, File)

Atlanta police prepare to enforce a 9 p.m. curfew as demonstrators chant in Atlanta on Tuesday, June 2, 2020, following the death of George Floyd. (AP Photo/John Bazemore, File)

People rally in Houston on Tuesday, June 2, 2020, to protest the death of George Floyd. (AP Photo/David J. Phillip, File)

Police officers surround a group of people outside Radio City Music Hall in New York, Monday, June 1, 2020, before arresting them during protests against the death of George Floyd. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig, File)

A Statue of Liberty painting is seen through a smashed Dolce and Gabbana store window in the SoHo neighborhood of New York on Monday, June 1, 2020. (AP Photo/Mark Lennihan, File)

Philadelphia police and National Guard kneel at the suggestion of Police Deputy Commissioner Melvin Singleton, unseen, outside police headquarters in Philadelphia, Monday, June 1, 2020, during a march calling for justice over the death of George Floyd. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke, File)

Demonstrators gather to protest the death of George Floyd, near the White House in Washington on Sunday, May 31, 2020. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon, File)

Motorists are ordered to the ground from their vehicle by police on South Washington Street in Minneapolis on Sunday, May 31, 2020, during a protest following the death of George Floyd. (AP Photo/John Minchillo, File)

Demonstrators march around a large globe sculpture in Flushing Meadows Corona Park in the Queens borough of New York, Sunday, May 31, 2020, to protest the death of George Floyd. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig, File)

Several street bridges over the Chicago River remain closed early Sunday morning, May 31, 2020 in Chicago, after a night of unrest and protests over the death of George Floyd. (AP Photo/Charles Rex Arbogast, File)

A protester is doused with a liquid to help neutralize the effects of tear gas fired by police outside the Minneapolis 5th Police Precinct, Saturday, May 30, 2020, in Minneapolis, as protests continued following the death of George Floyd. (AP Photo/John Minchillo, File)

An officer swings a baton as demonstrators clash with police near the White House in Washington, on Saturday, May 30, 2020, during a protest against the death of George Floyd. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci, File)

Tear gas fills the air after Denver Police fired canisters on Saturday, May 30, 2020, during a protest outside the state capitol over the death of George Floyd. (AP Photo/David Zalubowski, File)

People loot and burn an Office Depot store Friday, May 29, 2020, in Minneapolis, following the death of George Floyd. (AP Photo/John Minchillo, File)

Law enforcement officers stand in formation along Lake Street near Hiawatha Avenue as fires burn after a night of unrest and protests in Minneapolis on Friday, May 29, 2020, following the death of George Floyd. (David Joles/Star Tribune via AP, File)

Protesters and residents watch as police in riot gear walk down a residential street in St. Paul, Minn., on Thursday, May 28, 2020, amid protests over the death of George Floyd. (AP Photo/John Minchillo, File)

A police officer stands guard on a bridge near City Hall in downtown Los Angeles, on Wednesday, May 27, 2020, during a protest against the death of George Floyd. (AP Photo/Ringo H.W. Chiu, File)

A protester carries a U.S. flag upside down, a sign of distress, next to a burning building in Minneapolis, on Thursday, May 28, 2020, during protests over the death of George Floyd. (AP Photo/Julio Cortez, File)

TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — The Kansas City Chiefs announced Monday they will leave their longtime home at Arrowhead Stadium for a new, domed stadium that will be built across the Kansas-Missouri state line and be ready for the start of the 2031 season.

The announcement came shortly after a council of Kansas lawmakers voted unanimously inside a packed room at the state Capitol to allow for STAR bonds to be issued to cover up to 70% of the cost of the stadium and accompanying mixed-use district.

The bonds will be paid off with state sales and liquor tax revenues generated in a defined area around it.

“The location of Chiefs games will change,” Chiefs owner Clark Hunt said after the meeting, “but some things won't change. Our fans will still be the loudest in the NFL, our games will still be the best place in the world to tailgate, and our players and coaches will be ready to compete for championships, because on the field or off the field, we are big dreamers, and we're ready for the next chapter.”

The Chiefs intend their $3 billion stadium project to be built in Kansas City, Kansas, near the Kansas Speedway and a retail district known as The Legends. The area is home to Children's Mercy Park, the home of MLS club Sporting Kansas City, and Legends Field, the home of the Kansas City Monarchs minor league baseball team.

The Chiefs also plan to build a $300 million practice facility in the Kansas City-metro suburb of Olathe, Kansas.

“Today's announcement is truly historic. Actually, it's a little surreal,” Kansas Gov. Laura Kelly said. “Today's announcement will touch the lives of Kansans for generations to come. Today's announcement is a total game-changer for our state.

“We have always been Chiefs fans,” Kelly said. “Now we are Chiefs family.”

Kansas Lt. Gov. David Toland, the state’s commerce secretary, said it had committed to issuing $2.4 billion in bonds to cover 60% of the project’s roughly $4 billion cost. State officials also foresee more than 20,000 new construction jobs to be created.

While the final location for the stadium has not been decided, Chiefs president Mark Donovan said it would seat about 65,000, or about 10,000 fewer fans than Arrowhead Stadium. That follows a trend across professional sports of building stadiums and arenas that have fewer overall seats but more amenities, luxury seating and premium spaces.

“We have a lot of work to do. We're still early in the process,” Hunt said. “In the months ahead, we will hire an architect and contractor and get to work on the five-plus-year timeline to build a new stadium.”

The move by the Chiefs is a massive blow to Missouri lawmakers and Gov. Mike Kehoe, who had been working on their own funding package to prevent a third NFL franchise and the second in a decade from leaving their borders; the Rams left St. Louis for Los Angeles in part due to their inability to secure funding to help replace The Dome at America’s Center.

Kehoe had backed a special legislative session in June to authorize bonds covering up to 50% of the cost of new or renovated stadiums, plus up to $50 million of tax credits for each stadium and unspecified aid from local governments.

“They thought new and shiny was better than old and reliable,” Kehoe said after the Chiefs' announcement, adding that the club was in discussions with Missouri officials about staying at a renovated or rebuilt Arrowhead Stadium as late as last week.

“We won’t give up. We’ll look for cracks in the armor and find out if there’s a Missouri Show-Me solution through our sports act.”

The Chiefs originally planned an $800 million renovation of Arrowhead Stadium in a joint effort with the Royals, who are similarly planning to build a new facility to replace Kauffman Stadium. The facilities sit a couple hundred yards apart, across a parking lot, and both teams have leases with Jackson County, Missouri, that expire in January 2031.

Last year, Jackson County voters soundly defeated a local sales tax extension which would have helped to pay for those renovations to the football stadium while helping to fund a new ballpark for the Royals in downtown Kansas City, Missouri.

The Royals were not discussed by Kansas lawmakers Monday, but momentum appears to be building behind their own move across the state line. An affiliate of the club already has purchased the mortgage on a tract of land in Overland Park, Kansas.

“While the Chiefs aren’t going far away and aren’t gone yet, today is a setback as a Kansas Citian, a former Chiefs season ticket-holder and lifelong Chiefs fan,” said Quinton Lucas, the mayor of Kansas City, Missouri. “Business decisions are a reality and we all understand that, but Arrowhead Stadium is more — it’s family, tradition and a part of Kansas City we will never leave.”

Hunt has long said his preference was to renovate Arrowhead Stadium, which was beloved by his father and team founder, the late Lamar Hunt. It is considered one of the jewels of the NFL, alongside Lambeau Field in Green Bay, and is revered for its tailgating scene and home-field advantage; it currently holds the Guinness World Record for the loudest stadium roar.

This summer, Arrowhead Stadium will host six World Cup matches, including matches in the Round of 32 and quarterfinals.

Lamar Hunt established the Chiefs on Aug. 14, 1959. The team was originally based in Dallas and known as the Texans, but Hunt was convinced by then-Kansas City Mayor H. Roe Bartle to relocate the team to Missouri with promises of tripling the team's season-ticket sales and expanding the seating capacity of Municipal Stadium.

In 1972, the team moved into Arrowhead Stadium at the Truman Sports Complex just east of downtown Kansas City.

The stadium has undergone numerous renovations through the years, allowing it to stay relevant in a changing sports landscape. But there has been little economic development around the stadium, the facility itself is starting to show wear and tear, and there is a limit to the number of luxury suites and amenities that the franchise can utilize to help drive revenue.

While the Hunt family has long loved Arrowhead Stadium, it has warmed in recent years to the idea of a replacement.

Not only would it solve many of the shortcomings of the Chiefs' longtime home, a new facility with a fixed or retractable roof would allow them to use it year-round. That would mean the potential for hosting more concerts and events, college football bowl games, the Final Four and perhaps one of Lamar Hunt's long-held dreams: a Super Bowl.

“Chiefs fans on both sides of the state line can tell you that the success we've enjoyed together has elevated the profile of the entire region,” Clark Hunt said. “Sports are woven into the fabric of this community. If you travel and go to New York or Los Angeles or Europe or South America, you don't have to tell people which side of the state line you're from. You tell them you're from Kansas City, and there's a pretty good chance their response might have something to do with the Chiefs.”

Skretta reported from Kansas City, Missouri. AP writers David Lieb and Heather Hollingsworth also contributed.

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Kansas Senate President Ty Masterson, R-Andover, confers with members of the Legislature's staff before a meeting of legislative leaders to review a proposal for issuing bonds to help the Kansas City Chiefs build a new stadium on the Kansas side of the Kansas City metropolitan area, Monday, Dec. 22, 2025, at the Statehouse in Topeka, Kan. (AP Photo/John Hanna)

Kansas City Chiefs Chairman and CEO Clark Hunt watches the start of a meeting of legislative leaders who had the power to decide whether the state issues bonds to help the Chiefs finance a new stadium on the Kansas side of the Kansas City metropolitan area, Monday, Dec. 22, 2025, at the Statehouse in Topeka, Kan. (AP Photo/John Hanna)