The new data highlights the danger of the presence of guns during politically charged protests, and raises concerns about continued violence during and after election day, when many Americans anticipate delays, confusion and protests before the winner of the presidential race is confirmed. 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. Barry Perkins, 29, Missouri: The St. Louis resident was reportedly run over and killed by a FedEx truck while attending a protest on May 30. 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. David McAtee, 53, Kentucky: McAtee was shot on the morning of June 1 as National Guard troops and local police tried to disperse crowds of protestors in Louisville; his death led to the immediate firing of Louisville Metro Police Chief Steve Conrad, as two of the officers involved in the shooting had not activated body cameras. "In the month since Republicans took the House majority," they are trying to "impose a 30% tax on everything. The 1992 riots, which followed the acquittal of four police officers in the beating of Rodney King, cost $1.4 billion in 2020 dollars, according to the report, which did not give a specific damage estimate for the Floyd protests. 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. Videos posted online also showed police pushing protesters and arresting legal observers and even medical staff in the early days of the COVID pandemic. Officers injured: The New York Post reported on June 8, citing the U.S. Justice Department, that more than 700 law enforcement officers were injured on the job during nationwide protests over Floyds death. A makeshift memorial dedicated to Tyler Gerth, a photographer who was shot and killed at a protest in Louisville. Shea also claimed the Bronx protest was organized by 'outside agitators,' and de Blasio said, 'There was a specific pre-announced threat of violence, and then people appeared at the protest with weapons and gasoline. 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.". Rioters that led the insurrection on the Capitol were a mix of "far-right extremists" and self-proclaimed patriots who believe they were called to defend democracy, according to Miller-Idriss. LOS ANGELES, CA - JUNE 08: A drone aerial view shows a memorial service for George Floyd and other [+] 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. 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. 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. 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. Marchers walk along a street during a rally to remember James Scurlock on 7 June 2020 in Omaha. The Armed Conflict Location & Event Data Project (ACLED) analyzed more than 7,750 Black Lives Matter demonstrations in all 50 states and Washington D.C. that took place in the wake of George Floyds death between May 26 and August 22. You can choose on each post whether you would like it to be posted to Facebook. Other demonstrators died when cars drove through or rammed into crowds of Black Lives Matter protesters. That was a riot, it was sedition, it was an insurrection, a siegeit was a domestic terrorist attack.. 727-821-9494. stated on July 25, 2020 in a Facebook post: Black Lives Matter "injures 1000 police officers kills 36 people and does $8 billion in damage. Turnout has ranged from dozens to tens of thousands in about 2,500 small towns and large cities. On 1 June, a day of widespread protests across the country, he was shot to death outside a neighborhood grocery store in Cicero, Illinois, that he was reportedly trying to protect. "Defund the police" was plastered on signs, chanted in protests and written on car windows at that September 2020 protest. In cities where protests did turn violentthese demonstrations are largely confined to specific blocks, the report says. He didnt even have a weapon., America's protest crackdown: five months after George Floyd, hundreds face trials and prison, Original reporting and incisive analysis, direct from the Guardian every morning. Neil said it's important to make the distinction between the Black Lives Matter movement and the Capitol siege. Jorge Gomez, 25, Las Vegas: Gomez was shot by officers during a protest that turned violent on June 1; Gomez was armed and allegedly pulled a gun at officers. 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Officers wielding batons then swung at the protesters and hit them with pepper spray, before restraining hundreds of the demonstrators with plastic zip ties for violating a citywide curfew. You have reached your limit of free articles. In Minneapolis, the City Council pledged to dismantle its police department. On June 1 alone, more than five times the number of people were arrested than on the day the Capitol was stormed, with 289 people booked. "Unusual cancers are exploding right into stage 4" and those cancer cells have the spike protein. A 21-year-old man was killed in downtown Detroit after someone fired shots into a vehicle during a protest. A majority said that they watched a video of police violence toward protesters or the Black community within the last year. "Those people who call themselves 'patriots,' they have lived with the idea of a spark that would lead to the civil war it's been in their largely fantasy world for four decades. 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 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.". Without gainsaying the reality and significance of generalized white support for the movement in the early 1960s, the number of whites who were active in a sustained way in the struggle were comparatively few, and certainly nothing like the percentages we have seen taking part in recent weeks, said Douglas McAdam, an emeritus professor at Stanford University who studies social movements. ", "It was as though two sets of rules apply," Morial said. During the Black Lives Matter protests last summer, over 500 people were arrested in one day . 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Right: On 1 June, police clear the street near the White House as protesters demonstrate against the death of George Floyd. Figures show stark differences between arrests at Black Lives Matter protests and Capitol Hill in [+] D.C. Just 52 people were arrested in Washington D.C. Wednesday after Trump supporters stormed the U.S. Capitol and interrupted Congress certifying President-elect Joe Bidens win. By Larry Buchanan,Quoctrung Bui and Jugal K. PatelJuly 3, 2020. "It caught on really fast," Lisbon said of the "defund" message which even made its way into the 2020 presidential campaign. In her speech during the hearing, Rep. Maxine Waters, D-Calif., condemned the president for "radicalizing his supporters" and "inciting them to willingly join with White supremacists, Neo-Nazis and para-military extremists in a siege of the United States Capitol building. 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 . 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. Two unidentified males died in Philadelphia on the night of June 2; one suspected looter was killed by the owner of a gun shop and the other was killed trying to blow up an ATM on the sidewalk. 'We had every right to protest, yet the City of New York made an explicit statement that day that the people of the Bronx are at will to be terrorized,' Samiera Sierra, one of the protesters who sued the city said in a statement to the Times. More than 2,000 law enforcement officers were injured in the first weeks of protests over the summer following the in-custody death of George Floyd, according to a report from the Major Cities Chiefs Association. We found no evidence that the toll from protests against police brutality is as high as the numbers in the post. St. Petersburg, FL And suddenly, there is this summons from the president of the United States.". It looks, for all the world, like these protests are achieving what very few do: setting in motion a period of significant, sustained, and widespread social, political change, Professor McAdam said. 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. These figures would make the recent protests the largest movement in the countrys history, according to interviews with scholars and crowd-counting experts. Danielsons suspected killer, Michael Reinoehl, was a leftwing protester who called himself an anti-fascist, and who was later shot to death by law enforcement officials, an outcome Donald Trump referred to as retribution. These figures would make the recent protests the largest movement in the countrys history, according to interviews with scholars and crowd-counting experts.". 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. More than 40 percent of counties in the United States at least 1,360 have had a protest. After threats of an armed counterprotest, protesters showed up armed. As officials investigate further, the number is paltry when compared to the arrests made in D.C. during protests for racial justice last summer after George Floyd was killed in police custody, with hundreds of people being arrested for unrest-related offenses over the course of a few days. 2023 www.statesman.com. PolitiFact Texasis a partnership of the Austin American-Statesman, Houston Chronicle and the San Antonio Express-News to help you find the truth in Texas politics. Video and photographs of the incident appear to show Keltner slapping a security guard for a local news crew, who responds by pulling out a gun and shooting him. 'It is absolutely incumbent upon the police to make sure that does not proceed, because we won't tolerate violence,' he said. Magazines, political orientation and biased media framing, Or create a free account to access more articles, 93% of Black Lives Matter Protests Have Been Peaceful, New Report Finds. Whats more, news coverage of the protests have also included numerous reports that identify law enforcement officers as causing injury to civilians. Wife is shocked after husband of 15 years asks for permission to have an affair: 'I don't know what to do'. ", U.S. Rep. Ilhan Omar is "facing 40 years in prison and deportation after seven new crimes uncovered. 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. While the group isnt necessarily directing each protest, it provides materials, guidance and a framework for new activists, Professor Woodly said. In a world of wild talk and fake news, help us stand up for the facts. He was just standing there making sure that everybody is OK, Cazares sister told the Cicero Independiente. O'Reilly said the chant meant "dead police officers". Oscar Cainer tells all. Stephen Yang It is galling, but by now we should be used to the protected. His victory was certified when Congress convened to ratify the Electoral College vote on Jan. 6. ACLED, a widely cited source for data on civilian casualties in Yemen, has been a non-partisan monitor of protests and violence in the Middle East, Asia, Europe and Latin America, and launched its US Crisis Monitor in July, citing concerns over hate crimes and rising political violence. These figures would make the recent protests the largest movement in the countrys history, according to interviews with scholars and crowd-counting experts.". The comments section is closed. The age group with the largest share of protesters was people under 35 and the income group with the largest share of protesters was those earning more than $150,000. 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. The unrest in some cities after some Black Lives Matter protests included vandalism and looting; however, many of these events were rooted in confrontations with police after peaceful protesters left. A group of demonstrators broke off from the march and blocked the Route 101 freeway. Victor Cazares Jr., 27, Illinois: Cazares was killed by a shot to the head in Cicero in a separate incident on the same day; both deaths have been ruled as homicides. In this combination of photos, demonstrators, left, protest June 4, 2020, in front of the U.S. Capitol in Washington, over the death of George Floyd and on Jan. 6, 2021, supporters of President Donald Trump rally at same location. To submit a letter to the editor for publication, write to, Black Lives Matter May Be the Largest Movement in U.S. History. We need your help. Rep. Bush made history as the first Black Congresswoman to be elected in the state. Do you want to automatically post your MailOnline comments to your Facebook Timeline? 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. Counting efforts are still ongoing, so the map is not comprehensive and totals shown are an average of high and low estimates. There was a "stark difference" in the makeup of the Black Lives Matter protests and the Capitol riots, according to professor Mark Anthony Neal, chair of the Department of African and African American Studies at Duke University. Protesters took to the streets following the police-involved . Mississippi lawmakers voted to retire their state flag, which prominently includes a Confederate battle emblem. "Like nothing was going to happen to them.". Between May 30 and June 2 2020, the height of the racial justice protests, 427 "unrest-related" arrests were made in D.C., including 24 juveniles, the police department says. Washington, DC At least six people were arrested in Washington D.C. Tuesday as Trump supporters flocked to the capital. 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. Italia Kelly, 22, Iowa: Kelly was shot and killed around midnight on May 31 while leaving a protest outside a Walmart in Davenport, Iowa. 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. 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. The 1992 riots, which followed the acquittal of four police officers in the beating of Rodney King, cost $1.4 billion in 2020 dollars, according to the report, which did not give a specific damage estimate for the Floyd protests. The death of George Floyd - a Black man who died after a Minneapolis police officer pressed his knee into Floyd's neck - in May of 2020 prompted hundreds of protests nationwide over the summer.. 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!" Federal authorities launched an active investigation into the attack on the Capitol and there are over 275 open investigations, Acting U.S. Attorney Michael Sherwin told reporters on a conference call Friday. In St. Louis, a man was killed after protesters blocked Interstate 44, set fires and tried to loot a FedEx. BLM protesters are arrested by NYPD for violating the 8 p.m. curfew at 136th Street and Brooke Avenue in the Bronx. Even protests to unseat government leadership or for independence typically succeed when they involve 3.5 percent of the population at their peak, according to a review of international protests by Erica Chenoweth, a professor at Harvard Kennedy School who co-directs the Crowd Counting Consortium, which collects data on crowd sizes of political protests. That was a single day in more than a month of protests that still continue to today. The vast majority of demonstrations were peaceful and leading BLM activists repeatedly distanced themselves from agent provocateurs and instigators. 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. "[Rioters] acted with an extraordinary sense of impunity," said Rosenthal. T he vast majority of Black Lives Matter protests more than 93%have been peaceful, according to a new report published Thursday by a . David Dorn, a 77-year-old retired St Louis police officer. The adversarial stance that the Trump administration has taken on issues like guns, climate change and immigration has led to more protests than under any other presidency since the Cold War. The day before also saw a high number of arrests 90 nearly double the number seen on Wednesday. I cover the world's richest people for Forbes. Half of those who said they protested said that this was their first time getting involved with a form of activism or demonstration. Surveillance. Others may have decided to file separate claims against he city, especially those who reported more severe injuries. In Louisville, the photographer Tyler Gerth was shot and killed at a downtown park where protesters gathered. 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. 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. Whether Foster threatened the driver with his gun is still disputed. In Colorado Springs, a mixture of armed and unarmed Black Lives Matter protesters gathered to mark the one year anniversary of the shooting of De'Von Bailey, protesting in the neighborhood of the officer who shot and killed him. He wasnt there to cause any violence. Note: Surveys are of the adult population in the United States, Source: 2018 Census via Social Explorer; Crowd Counting Consortium protests database; New York Times protests database, from The Washington Post and the Kaiser Family Foundation. Fist fights broke out and, as night fell, Trump supporter Aaron "Jay" Danielson, 39, was fatally shot as he walked on a sidewalk. 801 3rd St. S According to authorities, four people died in or around Capitol grounds, including a woman shot who later died in hospital, and the citys mayor has extended a public emergency for 15 days. The Capitol was put on lockdown Wednesday after hundreds of Trump supporters broke through police lines and stormed the building, disrupting the Electoral College certification process and forcing the nations lawmakers to flee or take shelter. 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 tension reached a new high last weekend when the pro-Trump caravan motored into downtown, with some shooting paintballs and spraying bear repellent at Black Lives Matter protesters who tried to block the streets. 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. 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. Use of this site constitutes acceptance of our, Digital (AP). And those who were arrested eventually got their cases dismissed. Before he was shot, several protesters told Gomez they disapproved of him being armed, and even a journalist questioned him about why he was holding his gun in his hand with his finger on the trigger, the Las Vegas Sun reported. 1800 I Street NW The victims include a 77-year-old man who was a retired St. Louis police captain and a 22-year-old woman from Davenport, Iowa. Stark differences have been pointed out between the protests for racial justice and the riot stoked by unfounded claims of a stolen presidential election. Summer Taylor, a Black Lives Matter protester who worked in a veterinary clinic, was killed in such an incident in Seattle. Industry chief demands planned corporation tax hike from 19 to 25% in this Ukrainian soldier takes out five Russian tanks and three armoured vehicles in ONE DAY using US-supplied protest the police-involved murder of George Floyd in Minneapolis, Do not sell or share my personal information. 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. Collectively, the recent Black Lives Matter protests more organic in nature appear to have far surpassed those numbers, according to polls. DailyMail.com has also reached out to the Police Benevolent Association for comment. Besides the spike in demonstrations on Juneteenth, the number of protests has fallen considerably over the last two weeks according to the Crowd Counting Consortium. All but one were killed by fellow citizens. ". ", What happened at the Capitol, you can't call that a protest anymore, said Miller-Idriss. The Black Lives Matter movement was founded in 2013 after the verdict in the murder trial for the killing of Trayvon Martin, a Black teenager who was killed while walking home in Florida. 20006, Florida In addition to these 19 known fatalities, the past two weeks have seen numerous violent encounters between police and protesterswith both sides sustaining serious injuries. During Wednesday's hearing, several Congress members made impassioned cases for and against impeaching President Trump. We focused on the rest, and found that the biggest problem with the post, leaving aside the numbers claimed, is the lack of proof that Black Lives Matter caused the violence that is claimed. Fiery exchanges took place when House lawmakers convened Wednesday to impeach President Donald Trump for a historic second time, just one week after a mob of his supporters attacked the Capitol grounds. Here's the headline for those 2020 BLM riots . The vast majority of Black Lives Matter protestsmore than 93%have been peaceful, according to a new report published Thursday by a nonprofit that researches political violence and protests across the world. 'Many protesters were left injured and bleeding. Soon, the lawsuit says, 'police indiscriminately struck protesters with batons, threw them to the ground and sprayed them with a chemical agent.'. She described how some were "intentional in their planning" and arrived "tactically prepared to storm the Capitol" carrying weapons, cuffs and mace. Whats more, news coverage of the protests have also included numerous reports that identify law enforcement officers as causing injury to civilians. 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. Comparisons between Black Lives Matter and what happened on Capitol Hill are false equivalencies, said several experts and advocates who spoke with ABC News. Two were conservatives killed after pro-Trump patriot rallies. 14,000. Chase Mayo comforts his wife, Anna Mayo, the sister of Garrett Foster, during a vigil in memory of Foster on 26 July 2020, in Austin, Texas. No gasoline or weapons were ever recovered from the scene, though, and the lawsuit claims 'no justification exists for the brutal and indiscriminate force used against Plaintiff and other peaceful protesters.'. 2023 TIME USA, LLC. Seventy-three of the 118 people arrested in the . Your California Privacy Rights / Privacy Policy. An amalgam of estimates from organizers, the police and local news reports often make up the official total. In a news . 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