Factbox: People of color whose deaths inspired wave of U.S. protests

An image of George Floyd is hung above people taking part in a protest to defund the police in a place they are calling the "City Hall Autonomous Zone" in the Manhattan borough of New York City, New York, U.S., June 25, 2020. REUTERS/Carlo Allegri

(Reuters) - The killing of George Floyd by a Minneapolis police officer last month has spawned a wave of protests and national soul-searching over systemic racism in the United States, while focusing new attention on other recent cases involving violence against ethnic minorities.

The following are some of the most prominent cases involving deaths of people of color that have surfaced in recent weeks: