", "New government-funded 'food pyramid' says Lucky Charms are healthier than steak. PolitiFactreported in June 2020 that, while protests in several major cities started with violence, most demonstrations across the country were largely peaceful. [289] President Donald Trump, after announcing a drop in overall unemployment from 14.7% to 13.3% on June 5, stated that strong economic growth was "the greatest thing [for race relations]" and "George Floyd would have been proud [of the unemployment rate]". A Facebook Live livestream recorded by a bystander showed Officer Derek Chauvin kneeling on Floyd's neck. "[358], A June 12 article by The Seattle Times found that Fox News published a photograph of the Capitol Hill Autonomous Zone that had been digitally altered to include a man armed with an assault rifle. [116] In early March, in the days preceding Chauvin's trial, local organizers staged peaceful protests[117] with thousands of people marching in the streets. [24] Jon Batiste, bandleader for The Late Show with Stephen Colbert, took part in a Juneteenth day of protests, marches, rallies and vigils to "celebrate, show solidarity, and fight for equal rights and treatment of Black people" in Brooklyn. By comparison, there are 197 million white Americans in the U.S. For every 1 million, 13 are killed by the police. "[377], The New York Times described the events in the wake of Floyd's murder and video that circulated of it as "the largest protests in the United States since the Civil Rights era. "[370] Deva Woodly, Associate Professor of Politics at The New School for Social Research, wrote: "We are living in a world-historical moment. [154] Organizations involved with #ShutDownSTEM day included Nature Research, Massachusetts Institute of Technology and the American Physical Society. [160][161], On June 17, in response to the protests, three different police reform plans, plans from the Republicans, the Democrats, and the White House, were unveiled aiming to curb police brutality and the use of violence by law enforcement. But contrary to the narrative and according to a new study from Princeton University, over the past four months hundreds of "protests" have turned into violent, destructive riots. People initially came out to protest systemic racism and police violence, but say the federal response has raised the stakes. Who caused the violence at protests? And that catalyst can now be amplified by the fact that individuals probably have more time to engage in protest activity.'. (Read more about our partnership with Facebook.). "[458] Despite pledges by city council members to the end the Minneapolis Police Department, a proposed amendment to the Minneapolis city charter which was approved by the Minneapolis City Council on June 26 would only rename the police department and change its structure if approved by voters. [174], By December, the protest movement was still "deeply rooted" at George Floyd Square, an occupied protest of the East 38th Street and Chicago Avenue intersection in Minneapolis where Floyd was killed. According to Meriam-Webster's dictionary definition, a thug is "a violent criminal."Obviously, this definition leaves the word open to define people of all ethnicities. 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As the New York Times reported July 3, four recent polls "suggest that about 15 million to 26 million people in the United States have participated in demonstrations over the death of George Floyd and others in recent weeks. No arrests have been made. (Read more about our partnership with Facebook.). [5] Among the losses in Minneapolis was Minnehaha Commons, an under-construction, $30million redevelopment project for 189 units of affordable housing, which was destroyed by fire after being torched on May 27, 2020. [409] Protesters in San Francisco vandalized a statue of Miguel de Cervantes, a Spanish writer who spent five years as a slave in Algiers. [195] Several street protests were held in many locations in the United States to mark the anniversary. It was the second-largest city in the state, and one of the most prosperous. From the coronavirus counters and the 2020 U.S. Census to the number of protests that were ignited around the globe and even to the ways ballots were counted, the year 2020 was about being counted in more ways than one. Black Lives Matter didnt respond to our requests for comment. 20006, Florida ", and chanted, "One down! Official George Floyd Memorial Fund - Floyd's family has started the Official George Floyd Memorial Fund to establish financial help for his family. Blake has since filed a federal . Kate Middleton wows on BAFTA red carpet alongside Prince William as she recycles a white Alexander McQueen gown with $22 Zara earrings and black opera gloves, Dramatic velvet veils, flamboyant puff sleeves and VERY risqu necklinesAnya Taylor-Joy and Ellie Goulding lead the BAFTAs worst dressed, The nation's 'leading star': Prince and Princess of Wales watch on as Dame Helen Mirren pays tribute to the late Queen at the BAFTAs. His family said he was peacefully protesting, not looting, and placed the blame on the FedEx driver. [468] The episode, which included racial slurs about the West Indies cricket team, now features a disclaimer at the beginning warning of "offensive content and language". [89][90] Organizers of the rally emphasized keeping the protest peaceful. Officials in Minnesota and elsewhere proactively mobilized counter-protest measures for Chauvin's trial, but it did not result in unrest like what happened immediately after Floyd's murder. 2016 saw Black Lives Matter organise many more protests against police brutality towards Black people. Brown was accompanied by his 22-year-old male friend Dorian . The article Hernandez cited as a sourcereported 13 deaths and nine of the people identified in the articlewere Black. The data is compiledfrom the news, social media and police reports. Police declared the gathering a riot and made five arrests. [337] The leaked documents revealed that law enforcement agencies had been covertly monitoring protestors' private communication over social media, and that both federal and local law enforcement had been stoking fear among police officers, likely setting the stage for the escalation of violence against protestors by police. [293] Other analysis found that persons involved in visible crimes such as arson or property damage were not ideologically organized, although some were motivated by anger towards police. [309] According to the Armed Conflict Location and Event Data Project, an estimated 93%96.3% of demonstrations were peaceful and nondestructive, involving no injuries or no property damage. [151][36], In Seattle, starting in early June, protesters occupied an area of several city blocks after the police vacated it, declaring it the Capitol Hill Autonomous Zone, where according to protesters "the police are forbidden, food is free and documentaries are screened at night". More than 2,000 law enforcement officers were injured during protests, . There are also people who have participated in demonstrations, which have occurred in hundreds of cities, who may have no allegiance to Black Lives Matter, or may even oppose it, and have rioted or committed other acts of violence making it even more difficult to determine how a violent incident occurred. The family is looking for answers, transparency and justice if the shooting was preventable. [83] Chauvin was charged with third-degree murder and second-degree manslaughter;[84] the former charge was later changed to second-degree murder. Often overshadowed by shocking images of violence and destruction, here . There are about 42 million Black Americans in the the U.S. For every 1 million, 31 are killed by the police. [448], In June 2020, Democrats in Congress introduced the George Floyd Justice in Policing Act of 2020, a police reform and accountability bill that contains measures to combat police misconduct, excessive force, and racial bias in policing. Protests had continued for over a year after Floyd's murder. [416], In Washington, D.C., a statue of Mahatma Gandhi in front of the Indian Embassy was vandalized on the intervening night of June 2 and 3. 27408: Black Lives Matter Protests, Social Distancing, and COVID-19", "Did Floyd Protests Lead to a Virus Surge? However, given the frequent ways this word has been used to describe Black Lives Matter protesters, the 17-year-old murder victim Trayvon Martin, and sadly, almost every black victim of police brutality there is an . [441], Around 170 Atlanta police officers walked off of the job in mid-June following unresolved grievances in the Rayshard Brooks case. The six deaths that are not directly related to protests, or deaths whose relation to protests areunder investigation, include: Marquis Tousant:Tousant, a 23-year-old Black man, was found dead from a gunshot wound on June 1 in Davenport following a night of protests. Her fiance told media outlets that her shooting had been preceded by a tense argument with some passerby about the use of a racial slur and the statements, Black Lives Matter v All Lives Matter. [361] Hundreds of members of armed self-proclaimed militias and far right groups gathered in Gettysburg National Military Park on Independence Day in response to a fake online claim that antifa protesters were planning on burning the U.S. [208][209], For some, the so-called "George Floyd effect" had demonstrators and activists connecting historic racism and social injustice to contemporary, local examples of police brutality. Similar movementshave cropped up across the world, with demonstrations against COVID-19 restrictions also taking place in Belgium and the Netherlands. [455], Nine members of the Minneapolis City Council a veto-proof majority pledged on June 7 to dismantle the Minneapolis Police Department, despite opposition from Mayor Jacob Frey. Victor Cazares Jr.:Cazares, 27, was also shot and killed in Cicero, Illinois on June 1near a grocery store. [364], Twitter suspended hundreds of accounts associated with spreading a false claim about a communications blackout during protests in Washington, D.C., or a claim that authorities had blocked protesters from communicating on their smartphones. This is not progress.". Thank you for supporting our journalism. According to the text on the GoFundMe page, a portion of the money collected will go to caring for Floyd's children and setting up educational funds . Then, looting. [297][298] On July 25, 2020, 28-year old armed Black Lives Matter protester Garrett Foster was shot and killed in an altercation with a motorist in Downtown Austin. [451] A Republican reform bill was blocked in the U.S. Senate by all but two Democrats; neither party negotiated the contents of the bill with the other. But it has certainly reached a reflection point. Police areinvestigating and seeking witnesses of the incident. While a Chicago resident was quickly charged in the shooting death of another man, Jose Gutierrez, that same day in Cicero, the Cicero police department did not respond to requests for comment about whether anyone had yet been charged in Cazaress death. [321] The petition was both the largest and fastest-growing in the site's history,[321] reaching over 13million signatures. Photos: Demonstrators clash with police as they protest death of George Floyd in Minneapolis. Combined, the posts accumulated more than 5,000 shares within a week. [224] On June 11, the fencing was taken down, and some signs were collected by Smithsonian Museum curators from the National Museum of African American History and Culture. [359] The Fox News website also used a photograph of a burning scene from the Minnesota protests to illustrate their articles on Seattle's protests. This is not the case. The new data on fatalities and violence at American protests comes from a database created by the Armed Conflict Location and Event Data project (ACLED), a non-profit, working in collaboration with a group of researchers at Princeton. In total, 8,700 protests took place in major American cities during that time period. New York City has agreed to pay more than 300 BLM protesters $21.500 each after they were zip-tied, hit with batons and pepper sprayed at a 2020 protest. Dallas police shootings: 5 officers dead in 'ambush' at protest. "In the month since Republicans took the House majority," they are trying to "impose a 30% tax on everything. His aunt said,John had a big heart. A report from the Armed Conflict Location and Event Data Project estimated that between May 26 and August 22, 93% of individual protests were "peaceful and nondestructive"[40][41] and research from the Nonviolent Action Lab and Crowd Counting Consortium estimated that by the end of June, 96.3% of 7,305 demonstrations involved no injuries and no property damage. Many works appeared on plywood that covered up boarded-up windows and doors as result of unrest. [318] Public outrage over the contents of the video became an inflection point that sparked the largest civil-rights protests in U.S. history as Americans confronted topics of structural racism and police reform. [203][204], Floyd's murder came as the global Black Lives Matter movement had been slowly building for years, but outrage over what was captured in a bystander's video and Floyd's dying words, "I can't breathe", resulted in solidarity protests in more than 50 countries and led to what was described as a "social awaking" on issues of racial injustice and brought renewed attention on past police brutality cases. [353] The Guardian mistakenly reported that "in normal times, they are only ever turned off when a president dies. [4][38][39] By June 2020, more than 19 people had died in relation to the unrest. There are scattered news reports that dont entirely back up each part of the claim, and we found no official figures. [33][34][35][36] The deployment constituted the largest military operation other than war in U.S. Younger and wealthier Americans are also participating in more of the demonstrations. July 8, 201604:08. Heres why: Some Facebook commenters focused on professional sports leagues support of Black Lives Matter when they read this Facebook post: "BLM injures 1000 police officers kills 36 people and does $8 billion in damage and gets celebrated by pro sports?". Tricky math exam question aimed at 10-year-olds stumps the internet - so are YOU smarter than a fifth grader? [33] On May 29, Trump tweeted "when the looting starts, the shooting starts", which Twitter marked as "glorifying violence". [242] Following the executive order, the Department of Homeland Security sent officers from Customs and Border Protection to Portland, Oregon, Seattle, and Washington, D.C. The protests reached into every corner of the United States and touched nearly every strand of society. Of the 8,700 protests, 574 of them were riots that saw mass looting and destruction. A review of international protests for independence by Erica Chenoweth, a professor at Harvard Kennedy School, found that roughly 3.5 per cent of a country's population protest to unseat government leadership. Jessica Doty-Whitaker, a white woman, was shot to death early one July morning in Indianapolis. [323] Others used personal Twitter pages to post video documentation of the protests to highlight police and protesters actions, as well as points of the protests they felt would not be reported. [189], By late May 2021, Floyd's murder, and the video of it, had given way to a yearlong, nationwide movement featuring the largest mass protests in United States history. [250], By June 22, 2020, police had made 14,000 arrests in 49 cities since the protests began, with most arrests being locals charged with low-level offenses such as violating curfews or blocking roadways. blm protest portland 7-25-20 ap.jpeg. [467] This was later removed by the BBC. [285], Contrastingly, several mid-June investigations by news agencies including The Washington Post and The Associated Press concluded there was no solid evidence of antifa involvement in causing violence during the protests, contradicting prior claims by law enforcement officials. Numbers tell part of the story: On June 1, one of the early days of the Black Lives Matter protests, law enforcement in Washington logged 289 arrests, but during the deadly, multiple-hour Capitol . Protesters remarked that the Chauvin murder conviction was "a small amount of justice of what [George Floyd] really deserves". He later criticized their use of the word "fury" to describe his comments. [393], On May 31, Walmart temporarily closed several hundred of its stores as a precaution. Opinion Antifa Far-right Donald Trump. [213] On May 25, 2021, protesters took the streets in Germany[214] and demonstrators took a knee in and raised their fists at rallies in Glasgow, London, and Edinburgh. On June 10, thousands of academics, universities, scientific institutions, professional bodies and publishing houses around the world shut down to give researchers time to reflect and act upon anti-Black racism in academia. Follow us on Facebook! In this combination of photos, on June 7, 2020, protesters participating in a Black Lives Matter rally, left, march to downtown Pittsburgh to protest the death of George Floyd and people listen as . Contrary to the claim in the post, manyBlack Lives Matterprotesters did face consequences. The COVID-19 recession has eroded large parts of state budgets which have, subsequently, struggled to finance the police overtime pay, security costs, and infrastructure repairs related to the demonstrations. [134][135][136], Though the City of Minneapolis began the process of reopening the street intersection at George Floyd Square to vehicular traffic in June 2021, organizers of the protest movement rooted there still considered their presence an "occupation" and "resistance". No arrests have been made. Many of the protesters in the park were armed and on edge, and returned fire when Lopez started shooting, local news outlets reported. [162] On June 25, NPR reported that the hopes for passage were doubtful because they were "short-circuited by a lack of bipartisan consensus on an ultimate plan [and] the issue is likely stalled, potentially until after the fall election". The impetus for the bill were the killings of Floyd, Breonna Taylor, and other African Americans at the hands of police. It could reshape 2020", "Will This Be The Moment Of Reckoning On Race That Lasts? Nothing counted more clearly and powerfully than those . Officer Kueng held Floyd's back and Lane held his legs. 878. Multiple major cities have been devastated by violent riots and looting sprees following the death of George Floyd in Minneapolis on May 25. 'If we added up all those protests during that period, we're talking about hundreds of thousands of people, but not millions,' she said. MPD Officers Thomas K. Lane and J. Alexander Kueng arrived with their body cameras turned on. [273] By June 21, at least 20 people had suffered serious eye injuries. The law also made it a felony to destroy historically commemorative objects and structures, and in response to calls to "defund the police" requires police departments to justify budget reductions. Originating in Minneapolis, the protests have in many cases devolved into riots . [353], On June 6, the New York Post reported that a NYPD source said $2.4million of Rolex watches had been looted during protests from a Soho Rolex store. [356] While the photograph did not depict the building at the time of the protests, Deputy White House Press Secretary Hogan Gidley confirmed that the lights "go out at about 11 p.m. almost every night". Below left: A demonstrator is taken into custody by police after a curfew took effect during a protest over the death of George Floyd, on 1 June 2020 near the White House. [50][51] Demonstrations in Minneapolis during Chauvin's criminal trial and verdict announcement were largely peaceful. Chauvin does not remove his knee until an ambulance arrives. ", stated on February 26, 2023 in an Instagram post. [442], The New York City Police Department reported a 411% increase in police retirement application in the first week of July. Calls for Masks at Large Gatherings, Warning of Crowd Risks", "Fauci underscores concerns about protests spreading coronavirus", "U.S. cities fear George Floyd protests may fuel new wave of coronavirus outbreaks", "Protests don't appear to be driving coronavirus surge in Seattle area or elsewhere, researchers say", "NBER Working Paper No. As stated above . Marchers walk along a street during a rally to remember James Scurlock on 7 June 2020 in Omaha. [210] Movements spawned by Floyd's murder, which served as a catalyst,[209] were still active in Australia, Brazil, India, Japan, New Zealand, Nigeria, United Kingdom, and elsewhere by May 2021. 80. Video shows President Joe Biden recalling an alien encounter. [4] However, there was a scattered number of armed paramilitary-style militia movement groups and there were "several cases where members of these groups discharged firearms, causing chaos or injuring protesters". 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In Louisville, the photographer Tyler Gerth was shot and killed at a downtown park where protesters gathered. [366][367], A study by Zignal Labs identified three dominant themes in misinformation and conspiracy theories around the protests: unsubstantiated claims of antifa involvement, claims that Floyd's murder had been faked, and claims of involvement by the billionaire investor and philanthropist George Soros. The damages were met with criticism and resulted in curfews across the country. [399], On June 5, making specific reference to events in Charlottesville in 2017, the United States Marine Corps banned the display of the Confederate Battle Flag at their installations. [5][106] Private insurance covered less than half of the estimated damages, which had a disproportionate effect on small business owners, many of who were immigrants and people of color. 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[357] Rolex confirmed that "no watches of any kind were stolen, as there weren't any on display in the store. [221] Massachusetts Representative Seth Moulton said federal troops should "lay down [their] arms" if deployed in the United States. MPD Officers Derek Chauvin and Tou Thao then arrived and made more failed attempts to get Floyd into the squad car. "[351], On the night of May 31, exterior lights on the north side of the White House went dark as usual at 11:00 pm,[352] while protesters were demonstrating outside. In cities across the United States, tens of thousands of people have swarmed . Nine days of protests nationwide following the death of George Floyd have left hundreds injured and at least 12 people dead.

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