Following the murder of George Floyd by Minneapolis Police on May 25, a wave of protests swept across all fifty states. The country has seen peaceful marches, and occasionally riots, in which protestors voiced their rage and grief over America’s history of police brutality, and how it has lead to the murder of George Floyd, Breonna Taylor, Sean Monterrossa, and many more. At the time of this writing, the Bay Area is in its 15th consecutive day of protest. This collection of photos shows the initial days of action in San Francisco, from May 31 to June 6.

Protesters storm the golden gate bridge. Hundreds spill into the roadway and halt traffic on the Golden Gate Bridge.
(Kit Castagne)

June 6—Having been confined to the pedestrian walkways for most of the march, protesters spill into the roadway and halt traffic on the Golden Gate Bridge.

A group of protesters marches down Powell Street wearing masks.
(Kit Castagne)

May 31—A group of protesters marches down Powell Street.

Police line up in front of the Swarovski store in Union Square. The store had been looted the night before. One cop makes eye contact with the photographer.
(Kit Castagne)

May 31—Police line up in front of the Swarovski store in Union Square. The store had been looted the night before.

A man watches protesters march past from behind the glass of an office building on Market Street.
(Kit Castagne)

May 31—A man watches protesters march past from within an office building on Market Street.

A woman stands inside Grace Jewelers on O’Farrell Street and observes the damage inside the store after looters had torn through the metal gates and robbed the store the night before.
(Kit Castagne)

May 31—A woman surveys the damage to Grace Jewelers on O’Farrell Street after looters had torn through the metal gates and robbed the store the night before.

A group of about 20 Police officers trail a protest marching away from City Hall.
(Kit Castagne)

May 31—Police officers trail a protest marching away from City Hall.

Protesters raise the American flag on the Golden Gate Bridge. Tons of people fill the frame, holding signs and standing on the roadway.
(Kit Castagne)

June 6—Protesters raise the American flag on the Golden Gate Bridge.

A dense crowd of protestors fills the whole frame of the photograph. The crowd is marching marches down San Francisco's 18th Street.
(Kit Castagne)

June 3—At the largest of San Francisco’s George Floyd protests to date, a dense crowd marches down 18th Street.

A dense throng of protestors encircle a police car on the Golden Gate Bridge. In the background, the bridge's red cables can be seen.
(Kit Castagne)

June 6—Protesters encircle a police car on the Golden Gate Bridge.

On San Francisco's Market Street, two police officers stand guard in front of a police van with its lights on. They are armed with rubber bullet weapons.
(Kit Castagne)

May 31—Police armed with rubber bullet weapons stand at the edge of a protest on Market Street.

A black protester raises their fist at the San Francisco entrance to the Golden Gate Bridge. In the photo, only the fist can be seen jutting up into the clear blue sky. An American flag flies in the background.
(Kit Castagne)

June 6—A protester raises their fist at the San Francisco entrance to the Golden Gate Bridge.

The silhouette of a police officer can be seen standing on San Francisco's 17th street. The sun shines behind them.
(Kit Castagne)

June 3—A police officer stands in a closed off 17th street as protesters gather around the Mission police station.

Protestors march down San Francisco's 16th street. In the foreground, a protestor wears a mask that says "six feet back" in red letters. In the background, three protestors stick their heads out of the sunroof of a car, holding signs. All around them, protestors march and carry signs.
(Kit Castagne)

June 3—Protesters march down 16th street.

A line of police stand behind a barrier in front of protesters at the Mission police station.
(Kit Castagne)

June 3—A line of police stand behind a barrier in front of protesters at the Mission police station.

A dense group of protestors stand in the southbound lanes of the golden gate bridge. The northbound lanes remain free of protestors, for now.
(Kit Castagne)

June 6—A police officer rushes to communicate with fellow officers as an increasing number of protesters gather in the Golden Gate Bridge roadway.

In the background, police stand in a line, blocking off Geary Street. In the foreground, several protestors make a line facing them, kneeling down with their fists in the air.
(Kit Castagne)

May 31—Protesters kneel in front of a line of police in Union Square.

A shattered window in Union Square.
(Kit Castagne)

May 31—A broken window in Union Square.

A man with a power washer removes anti-police graffiti from Union Square’s Dewey Monument. The graffiti says "all cops die" in blue spray paint.
(Kit Castagne)

May 31—A man with a power washer removes anti-police graffiti from Union Square’s Dewey Monument.

A close up shot of a police officer's belt, on which hangs a baton, a gun, gloves, and other weapons.
(Kit Castagne)

June 3—Police wait outside the Mission police station as the city’s curfew draws near.

In the foreground, a protester sits on the onramp to the Bay Bridge. He is cross legged in with his hands on his knees and his eyes closed. Behind him, a line of police of motorcycles keep protesters from marching onto the Bay Bridge.
(Kit Castagne)

May 31—A protester sits in front of police assigned to keep protesters from marching onto the Bay Bridge.

Protestors and Aztec dancers in colorful apparel and feather head dresses march toward the Mission police station.
(Kit Castagne)

June 3—Protesters dance and march towards The Mission police station.

A protestor walks on the median of the Golden Gate Bridge with a megaphone.
(Kit Castagne)

June 6—After news breaks that a woman in labor is stuck in the halted Golden Gate Bridge traffic, a protester with a megaphone asks marchers to unblock the road.

A protester holds a sign that says "if you are not an ally you're an enemy" with the black power fist below it. Behind her, the blue sky and a one of the classic bridge towers can be seen.
(Kit Castagne)

June 6—A protester holds a sign while standing on the Golden Gate Bridge’s median strip.

A police officer stares into the camera as he watches protestors from behind a barrier on 17th st.
(Kit Castagne)

June 3—A police officer watches protesters from behind a barrier on 17th street.

The morning after widespread looting in Union Square, a worker covers the windows of Macy’s with plywood.
(Kit Castagne)

May 31—The morning after widespread looting in Union Square, a worker covers the windows of Macy’s with plywood.

Broken glass and overturned mannequins inside a looted Urban Outfitters in Union Square.
(Kit Castagne)

May 31—Broken glass and overturned mannequins inside a looted Urban Outfitters in Union Square.

Broken windows at the Union Square Louis Vuitton store on Union Square.
(Kit Castagne)

May 31—Broken windows at the Union Square Louis Vuitton store on Union Square.

A worker clears glass from, and installs plywood over the broken windows of Acne Studios on Geary Street.
(Kit Castagne)

May 31—A worker clears glass from, and installs plywood over the broken windows of Acne Studios on Geary Street.

From the roof of a building overlooking Dolores Park, 2 police officers observe the growing protest gathering outside Mission High School.
(Kit Castagne)

June 3—From the roof of a building overlooking Dolores Park, police observe the growing protest gathering outside Mission High School.

Protesters kneel together and raise their fists on the Golden Gate Bridge.
(Kit Castagne)

June 6—Protesters kneel together and raise their fists on the Golden Gate Bridge.

Kit Castagne is a San Francisco native photographer who has spent his career covering music and current events in the Bay Area, Boston, and New York. Find him online here, or on Instagram at: @kit_castagne