During the two-hour event, participants walked through downtown, waving signs with phrases like “Black Lives Matter” and shouting chants such as “no justice, no peace” and “say his name: George Floyd.”[3] On June 15, one pro-police rally and one pro-reform rally were held at the same spot, with both drawing around 100 protesters.

[6] On June 5, over 400 people marched in downtown Moab and blocked Highway 191 to protest police brutality.

[8] On June 1, an estimated 300 people gathered at Dozier Field in a demonstration, where they took a knee for eight minutes and forty-six seconds in honor of George Floyd.

[10] Later that afternoon evening, between "dozens"[11] and "hundreds"[12] of protesters demonstrated in front of the Provo Police Department building downtown.

Two separate protests, organized by the Southern Utah Black Lives Matter chapter, were held on May 30.

Governor Gary Herbert activated the National Guard, deploying 200 soldiers and a Black Hawk helicopter.

[21] Mayor Erin Mendenhall was on board the military helicopter and imposed the city's first citywide curfew[22] from Saturday night to Monday morning.

[22] On May 30, a Salt Lake City police officer was filmed pushing an unarmed, 67-year-old man walking with a cane to the ground.

The car was overturned, damaged with fists, feet, and objects including skateboards and flag poles, and then set on fire.

The Tooele County Democratic Party held a coinciding event at the city park where speakers rallied against police brutality.