Right: On 1 June, police clear the street near the White House as protesters demonstrate against the death of George Floyd. and NASCAR for Black Lives Matter may have also encouraged supporters who typically would sit on the sidelines to get involved. Summer Taylor, a Black Lives Matter protester who worked in a veterinary clinic, was killed in such an incident in Seattle. In a world of wild talk and fake news, help us stand up for the facts. There is a Black Lives Matter national organization, which says it has more than a dozen U.S. chapters, along with countless numbers of individuals who support the organization. was shot and killed at a pawn shop on 2 June 2020. hate crimes and rising political violence, wearing body armor and carrying several guns, shot in Compton while sitting in their patrol car, pawn shop in Minneapolis that had been set on fire. While they walked away from that confrontation, the fiance said, someone opened fire later and the 24-year-old mother was killed. ACLEDs dataset only focuses on political violence. Findings from Armed Conflict Location and Event Data raise concerns about continued violence during and after election day. During the final presidential debate on Oct. 22, when moderator Kristen Welker asked the president about racial strife and hate in America, he answered by saying he is the "least racist person in this room.". Trump has come under fire for encouraging crowds to head to the Capitol, inflaming tensions with another rally peddling baseless claims about voter fraud. St. Petersburg, FL ), a Democrat from Ohio, said it was no question (that) there is a double standard between how police treated Black Lives Matters protesters last summer and the pro-Trump supporters this week. You may opt-out by. Italia Kelly, 22, Iowa: Kelly was shot and killed around midnight on May 31 while leaving a protest outside a Walmart in Davenport, Iowa. ", What happened at the Capitol, you can't call that a protest anymore, said Miller-Idriss. 'The NYPD remains committed to continually improving its practices in every way possible,' the department said in a statement to the Times. Most of the protesters killed this year were shot to death, and many of the incidents involved confrontations at protests that escalated and turned deadly when at least one of the people involved had a gun. "Defund the police" was plastered on signs, chanted in protests and written on car windows at that September 2020 protest. The NYPD has admitted flouting its own rules on how to handle protesters, Protesters took to the streets in the Bronx on June 4, 2020, to protest the police-involved killing of George Floyd, Members of the NYPD are pictured preparing for the protesters as they made their way down 136th Street. Others were right-wing populists, whom he described as "rally-goers" who are "fanatical about Donald Trump and his presidency.". Candles and flowers form a tribute to Summer Taylor and Diaz Love during a rally near the King county courthouse on 22 July 2020 in Seattle. BLM and the failed Capitol insurrection cannot be compared, according to Cynthia Miller-Idriss, professor of education and sociology at American University and author of "Hate in the Homeland: The New Global Far Right. T he vast majority of Black Lives Matter protests more than 93%have been peaceful, according to a new report published Thursday by a . Nine of the people killed during protests were demonstrators taking part in Black Lives Matter protests. James Scurlock, a Black Lives Matter protester with an infant daughter, was shot to death in Omaha in May after a confrontation with a white bar owner outside the mans bar. His lawyer has argued the teenager, who came to Kenosha from Illinois, was also acting in self-defense. The comments section is closed. "The 117th Congress must understand that we have a mandate to legislate in defense of Black lives, the first step in that process is to root out white supremacy starting with impeaching the White supremacist in chief.". While its possible that more people said they protested than actually did, even if only half told the truth, the surveys suggest more than seven million people participated in recent demonstrations. Officials have said the 20-year-old Las Vegas resident charged in the shooting had not been participating in the protest before the attack, the Las Vegas Review-Journal reported. 'It is absolutely incumbent upon the police to make sure that does not proceed, because we won't tolerate violence,' he said. Video shows President Joe Biden recalling an alien encounter. One of two fatal shootings of young black men in Seattles self-declared Capitol Hill Autonomous Zone was not politically motivated, according to ACLEDs review of details in the case, but the June shooting of Antonio Mays Jr, a 16-year-old, was found to be connected to the broader unrest. This is the moment a riot broke out at a June 2020 Black Lives Matter protest in the Bronx, with the NYPD now agreeing to pay $21,500 to each of around 300 protesters kettled during the demonstration, Another image of the clash showed cops and protesters tussling close to a car. 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Chris Beaty, a 38-year-old former. Chris Beaty, 38, Indiana: Just a few feet from his apartment, the former Indiana University football player and local business owner was killed on May 30 amid unrest in Indianapolis. ", "It was as though two sets of rules apply," Morial said. A Black Lives Matter die-in over rail tracks, protesting alleged police brutality in Saint Paul, Minnesota (September 20, 2015) Black Lives Matter ( BLM) is a decentralized political and social movement that seeks to highlight racism, discrimination, and racial inequality experienced by black people. Well ask you to confirm this for your first post to Facebook. 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. By July 2020, many of the protests, which had been held every day since May 28, drew more than 1,000 participants. accusing Democrats of enabling civil unrest that ensued in some cities during the BLM protests. Topline: Though curfews are lifting and protests remain predominantly peaceful, the death toll from two weeks of demonstrations over the death of George Floyd continues to creep upward, with at least 19 peoplea majority of whom are blacknow dead. Jose Gutierrez, 28, Illinois: Gutierrez was shot on June 1 in the Chicago suburb of Cicero, where unrest and looting led the city to declare a state of emergency. Trump has portrayed people arrested in the protests as dangerous, left-wing radicals. All but one were killed by fellow citizens. 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 President Donald Trump speaks during a rally Wednesday, Jan. 6, 2021, in Washington. John Tiggs, 32, Illinois: Tiggs was fatally struck in the abdomen by shots fired inside a Metro PCS during lootings in the South Side of Chicago on May 31. The majority white "Stop the Steal" mob that stormed the nation's Capitol building was a mix of several right-wing extremist groups, according to Larry Rosenthal, chair and lead researcher of the Berkeley Center for Right-Wing Studies. A majority said that they watched a video of police violence toward protesters or the Black community within the last year. And that catalyst can now be amplified by the fact that individuals probably have more time to engage in protest activity.. George Floyd Memorial Service Filled With Tears, Raised Fists And Calls For Change (Forbes), Democrats Take A Knee For Floyd, Unveil Police Overhaul Legislation (Forbes), Man Drives Car Into Crowd Of Seattle Protesters Before Shooting Demonstrator (Forbes), This is a BETA experience. Indianapolis police have not verified those claims or released any details about the circumstances of the shooting, and no one has been charged, but ACLED categorized the shooting as potentially politically motivated. An amalgam of estimates from organizers, the police and local news reports often make up the official total. 2023 TIME USA, LLC. These far-right extremist groups were united by "a commitment to a tremendous set of disinformation about the election" citing unfounded claims of massive voter fraud and an illegitimate election, Miller-Idriss said. Stephon Clark died after being shot at least seven times in his grandmother's backyard in Sacramento, California, by police who were investigating a nearby break-in. Rep. Bush made history as the first Black Congresswoman to be elected in the state. If we added up all those protests during that period, were talking about hundreds of thousands of people, but not millions, she said. Robert Forbes, 55, California: Forbes died on June 6, a few days after he was struck by a car while peacefully protesting in California City. Others may have decided to file separate claims against he city, especially those who reported more severe injuries. The recent Black Lives Matter protests peaked on June 6, when half a million people turned out in nearly 550 places across the United States. People killed: In early June, news accounts reported the number of people killed during the Floyd protests at roughly a dozen, or as many as 19. Only a mobile phone was found. Rosenthal also described two subsets within the extremist groups. In cities where protests did turn violentthese demonstrations are largely confined to specific blocks, the report says. Says he has been to Afghanistan, Iraq and those areas twice as president. 970+ [1] Starting in May 2020, demonstrations over the police murder of George Floyd were held in the city of Portland, Oregon, concurrent with protests in other cities in the United States and around the world. New York City has agreed to pay more than 300 Black Lives Matter protesters $21,500 each after they were zip-tied, hit with batons and pepper-sprayed during a 2020 demonstration. The numbers claimed The latest flareup of protests against police brutality began May 26 in Minneapolis, where the previous day, George Floyd, a Black man, died after a white police officer. It went on to say that the 2020 protests were 'a challenging moment for the department as officers who themselves were suffering under the strains of a global pandemic did their utmost to help facilitate people's rights to peaceful expression, all while addressing acts of lawlessness, including wide-scale rioting, mass chaos, violence and destruction.'. Aaron Jay Danielson, a far-right Trump supporter, was shot after a rally in Portland in August. Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez said the Jan. 6 attack on the Capitol resulted in "almost 10 dead." Four people died that day, and five others -- all law enforcement officers -- died days, weeks and . After threats of an armed counterprotest, protesters showed up armed. Neal described the Black Lives Matter protests last year as "a multi-racial social justice movement, much like the civil rights movement in the 1960s. During these speeches, some lawmakers denounced what they called the white supremacy among the Capitol rioters, while others accused Democrats of hypocrisy by supporting Black Lives Matter protests but condemning Trump supporters. 14,000. Part of the Daily Mail, The Mail on Sunday & Metro Media Group. Since Floyds killing, there have been at least 38 incidents in which demonstrators have significantly damaged or torn down memorials around the country, the report states. But the kettling strategy was broadly defended at the time by Bill de Blasio and Police Commissioner Dermot Shea, who said it was needed because the protesters were defying curfews set after looters ransacked parts of Manhattan. What If They Were Black?: Commentators, Twitter Users Denounce Double Standard As Cops Take Selfies With Capitol Protesters (Forbes), Four Dead, 52 Arrested Amid Pro-Trump Capitol Riots (Forbes), 'Double standard': Black lawmakers and activists decry police response to attack on US Capitol (USA Today), This is a BETA experience. George Floyd was an unarmed African-American man who died while he was being detained by police in Minneapolis on May 25, 2020, shortly after 8:00 p.m. CDT, near the Cup Foods grocery store at the intersection of East 38th Street and Chicago Avenue.Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin knelt on Floyd's neck for nine minutes and 29 seconds, while other officers J. Alexander Kueng, Thomas . 'How much can business take?' The protests may also be benefitting from a country that is more conditioned to protesting. In total, the city could spend between $4million to $6million on the settlement. Cops said a man died after getting caught by the wheel of a FedEx truck and then dragged in St. Louis amid the city's protests Saturday morning, KMOV reported. In St. Louis, a man was killed after protesters blocked Interstate 44, set fires and tried to loot a FedEx. Floyd died after being restrained by Minneapolis police officers. That's the estimated number of arrests made across 49 U.S. cities during anti-racism protests last summer, according to the Washington Post. The Womens March of 2017 had a turnout of about three million to five million people on a single day, but that was a highly organized event. ", U.S. Rep. Ilhan Omar is "facing 40 years in prison and deportation after seven new crimes uncovered. "One set for these [pro-Trump] protesters and another set for not just Black Lives Matter but also civil rights protests.". In the latter case, what happened at the Capitol in January was an attempt to buttress white supremacy.". Comparisons between Black Lives Matter and what happened on Capitol Hill are false equivalencies, said several experts and advocates who spoke with ABC News. Republican Rep. Matt Gaetz of Florida defended Trump, saying "some have cited the metaphor that the president lit the flames Well, they lit actual flames!" On June 6, for example, at least 50,000 people turned out in Philadelphia, 20,000 in Chicagos Union Park and up to 10,000 on the Golden Gate Bridge, according to estimates by Edwin Chow, an associate professor at Texas State University, and researchers at the Crowd Counting Consortium. 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. Victor Cazares Jr was described by friends and family as a supporter of Black Lives Matter. As we reported two weeks after the protests began, a review of demonstrations in five major cities found that all of the protests started with violence, but then became largely peaceful. Their report states that more than 2,400 locations reported peaceful protests, while fewer than 220 reported violent demonstrations. The authors define violent demonstrations as including acts targeting other individuals, property, businesses, other rioting groups or armed actors. Their definition includes anything from fighting back against police to vandalism, property destruction looting, road-blocking using barricades, burning tires or other materials. The day before also saw a high number of arrests 90 nearly double the number seen on Wednesday. In Louisville, the photographer Tyler Gerth was shot and killed at a downtown park where protesters gathered. A group of demonstrators broke off from the march and blocked the Route 101 freeway. People killed: In early June, news accounts reported the number of people killed during the Floyd protests at roughly a dozen, or as many as 19. A deluge of public support from organizations like the N.F.L. (Read more about our partnership with Facebook.). By doing so, the lawsuit alleged, the NYPD violated the protesters' First Amendment right to freedom of expression as well as their Fourteenth Amendment rights to equal protection of the laws. In short, there isnt evidence to back the numbers in the claim or to blame Black Lives Matter for each part of the claim. Collectively, the recent Black Lives Matter protests more organic in nature appear to have far surpassed those numbers, according to polls. These groups were motivated by a sense of threat, Miller-Idriss said -- a "precarity" or "fear of something being taken away" they believed they deserve is what signaled the attacks on the Capitol, which she said is different from disenfranchisement felt by those supporting Black Lives Matter. "In the month since Republicans took the House majority," they are trying to "impose a 30% tax on everything. "I think making a connection that there was actually incitement of violence or that there's any equivalence in the violence itself, is just absurd. Lawyers said that while around 330 people were eligible to receive the payments, as many as 90 have already settled with the city in separate complaints. If a judge approves the settlement filed in Manhattan federal court on Tuesday, the New York Times reports, it would be one of the highest ever awarded per person in a class action case for mass arrests. Protests have taken place in all U.S. states as well as internationally, so the total number of deaths that have occurred during protests. Protests in Baltimore in April 2015 following the death of Freddie Gray Andrew BurtonGetty Images 2016 2016 saw Black Lives Matter organise many more protests against police brutality. A makeshift memorial dedicated to Tyler Gerth, a photographer who was shot and killed at a protest in Louisville. According to the Civis Analytics poll, the movement appears to have attracted protesters who are younger and wealthier. Protesters are holding numerous processions and memorial services to commemorate George Floyd on the day before his planned six-hour funeral in his hometown of Houston, Texas. 801 3rd St. S "Unusual cancers are exploding right into stage 4" and those cancer cells have the spike protein. [2] victims of police killings on a downtown street as demonstrations continue over his killing despite the dangers of the growing coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic on June 8, 2020 in Los Angeles, California. Long Waits, Short Appointments, Huge Bills. News reports at the height of demonstrations over Floyds killing cited dozens of deaths in connection with protests, but many of those turned out to be examples of deadly crimes carried out in the vicinity of protests, rather than directly related to the demonstrations themselves, the researchers concluded. Wife is shocked after husband of 15 years asks for permission to have an affair: 'I don't know what to do'. A man in a scarf raises his fist during protests in the Bronx during June 2020, which will now likely result in a $4-6 million settlement paid by the NYPD to kettled protesters, Others are seen protesting and offering help for anyone who'd been tear-gassed, as well as other items to make protesters more comfortable, New York City will now pay those protesters $21,500 under the proposed settlement agreement, as well as $2,500 to each class member who was given a Desk Appearance ticket and all 'reasonable attorneys fees and costs.'. The protesters took to the streets on June 4, 2020, to protest the police-involved murder of George Floyd in Minneapolis10 days earlier, when they say members of the New York Police Department boxed them in and prevented them from leaving in a practice known as 'kettling.'. So was Robert Forbes, a black protester from Bakersfield whose sister recalled him demonstrating decades earlier over the brutal police beating of Rodney King. The other includes white nationalists, those he said are "electrified and mobilize[d] going on the streets to stand up to Black Lives Matter and the fantasy of Antifa". He wasnt there to cause any violence. 2023 www.statesman.com. In Las Vegas, Jorge Gomez was wearing body armor and carrying several guns when he was shot to death by Las Vegas police at a protest in June. People could be heard in the video shouting: 'We're getting maced,' and telling police officers: 'You're going to kill someone.'. "Donald Trump asserts his role as the leader of the right-wing militias," said Rosenthal. "Like nothing was going to happen to them.". Mississippi lawmakers voted to retire their state flag, which prominently includes a Confederate battle emblem. Use of this site constitutes acceptance of our, Digital As for the numbers claimed in the post, the U.S. Justice Department told us it does not have figures on officer injuries or property damage resulting from civil disturbances, and the FBI said it had no comment. September 5, 2020 11:47 AM EDT. Suspicious devices were reportedly found at the Republican National Committee headquarters, which the FBI says it has now neutralized. James Scurlock, 22, Nebraska: A violent encounter with a white bar owner, Jake Gardner, during a protest in Omaha on May 30 led to the death of 22-year-old Scurlock, who is black. The post was flagged as part of Facebooks efforts to combat false news and misinformation on its News Feed. President-elect Joe Biden won the election by more than 70 electoral votes. Protesters are holding numerous processions and memorial services to commemorate George Floyd on the day before his planned six-hour funeral in his hometown of Houston, Texas. Some were members of far-right armed militias. According to the Civis Analytics poll, the movement appears to have attracted protesters who are younger and wealthier. Kids in England had to wear masks at school because No10 'didn't want an argument' with Nicola Sturgeon - Health ministers knew there was no evidence to justify making kids abide by rule of 6 - but No10 'didn't Charles evicting Harry and Meghan is the act of a King putting his country first: REBECCA ENGLISH reveals A royal princess at Eton? Damage caused: In late June, Fox News reported that according to insurance experts and city officials, the Floyd protests could eclipse the 1992 Los Angeles riots to become the most expensive civil disturbance in U.S. history. The geographic spread of protest is a really important characteristic and helps signal the depth and breadth of a movements support, said Kenneth Andrews, a sociology professor at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. The latest flareup of protests against police brutality began May 26 in Minneapolis, where the previous day, George Floyd, a Black man, died after a white police officer kneeled on his neck. The lawyers are seeking an additional $2.5million for those fees, according to court documents obtained by DailyMail.com. 20006, Florida "One movement, in the case of Black Lives Matter, is really a critique, an attempt to undermine white supremacy. But the amount of change that the protests have been able to produce in such a short period of time is significant. We appear to be experiencing a social change tipping point that is as rare in society as it is potentially consequential.. Black Lives Matter has been around since 2013, but theres been a big shift in public opinion about the movement as well as broader support for recent protests. Some protesters fainted, or lost consciousness and went into convulsions.'. The other four deaths included three who died of natural causes and one from a drug overdose. Neil said it's important to make the distinction between the Black Lives Matter movement and the Capitol siege. These tactics, the lawsuit argued, were approved directly by city leaders like then-Mayor Bill de Blasio and former Police Chief Terence Monahan who spoke out openly against the protests that caused widespread looting and destruction of property. Missouris first district has a majority Black population and usually leans blue, according to an election website. In Kenosha in August, a 17-year-old carrying a rifle he was not old enough to legally possess shot and killed two people, Joseph Rosenbaum and Anthony Huber, and seriously injured a third at a volatile late-night protest. ", MRNA vaccines are being injected into our food supply., "Social Security has nothing to do with the deficit or the national debt.". 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. Campbell determined that "census places with Black Lives Matter protests experience a 15% to 20% decrease in police homicides over the ensuing five years." He believes the decrease in deadly force . ", People not vaccinated against COVID-19 came out the best. Drinking or using tap water treated with chlorine is dangerous because chlorine is a poison., Joe Biden described America as the foothills of the Himalayas with Xi Jinping., Kid Rock tweeted, Some people wouldnt recognize tyranny if it slapped a mask on their face, made them stand 6 feet apart, and forced them to take a vaccine for a virus with a 99.8% survival rate., The train that derailed in Ohio was carrying over 300,000 gallons of a chemical that was banned in 1974.. A police officer climbed over the cop cars while wielding their batons, a Human Rights Campaign investigation found, A protester is pictured here being surrounded by officers at the protest on June 4, 2020, A protester at the Bronx demonstration is pictured with a flag saying 'Breathe', likely a reference to George Floyd's cry of 'I can't breathe' as he was murdered by Derek Chauvin 10 days earlier, A subsequent report from the Human Rights Campaign found the cops acted in a way that was 'unprovoked and without warning, whaling their batons, beating people from car tops, shoving them down to the ground and firing pepper spray in their faces.'. One, is comprised of anti-government militias, whom he referred to as "people who don't recognize the legitimacy" of government on both state and local levels and often deem themselves "sovereign citizens." During Wednesday's hearing, several Congress members made impassioned cases for and against impeaching President Trump. 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