In protests seeking justice for George Floyd, a black man killed after a white police officer pinned his knee into his neck, several people have died. It's time to disband them and reimagine public safety in Minneapolis. The claim in the post has been rated FALSE. 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. The surveys suggest that at the minimum, seven million people participated in demonstrations over the last several weeks. Washington, DC The Hill reported over 17,000 arrests had been made in the first two weeks of protests. A bystander replies saying Floyd "ain't fine". [289] A number of small businesses, already suffering from the economic impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, were harmed by vandalism, property destruction, and looting. Deaths at protests from Kenosha to Portland, but motive tells different The incident prompted the embassy to register a complaint with law enforcement agencies. [124], Following Chauvin's verdict, many activists in Minneapolis did not perceive that "Justice for Floyd" was final as J. Alexander Kueng, Thomas Lane and Tou Thao still awaited trial, and issues of systemic racism and police reform had not been addressed satisfactorily. Originating in Minneapolis, the protests have in many cases devolved into riots . BLM protests may be the largest in U.S. history - Mail Online [110], In many parts of the United States, protests over Floyd's murder gradually diminished over time. 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. [19], Organized protests began in Minneapolis on May 26, the day after George Floyd's murder and when a video of the incident had circulated widely in the media. [384] That same day reports from the Bureau of Labor Statistics estimated the unemployment rate among African Americans (covering the first two weeks of protests) was up 0.1%, rising to 16.8%. [411][412] The Lincoln Memorial, the World War II Memorial and the statue of General Casimir Pulaski were vandalized during the George Floyd protests in Washington, D.C.[413] On June 7, the statue of Edward Colston was toppled and thrown into Bristol Harbour by demonstrators during the George Floyd protests in the United Kingdom. [4][296] Their continued presence online has caused Facebook and TikTok to take action against their violent and anti-government posts. Whats more, news coverage of the protests have also included numerous reports that identify law enforcement officers as causing injury to civilians. . NYC will pay $21,500 to HUNDREDS of BLM protestors ", stated on February 26, 2023 in an Instagram post. The family is looking for answers, transparency and justice if the shooting was preventable. [115], In early 2021, Minneapolis and Hennepin County officials spent $1 million on fencing and other barricades for police stations and other government buildings to prepare for potential civil unrest during the trial of Derek Chauvin in March. [446] The Minneapolis police department banned police from using chokeholds;[447] Denver's police department also banned the use of chokeholds without exception, and also established new reporting requirements whenever a police officer holds a person at gunpoint. Some 19 per cent of Americans said they were new to protesting. [274] The American Academy of Ophthalmology has called on police departments to stop using rubber bullets for crowd control, writing in a statement that "Americans have the right to speak and congregate publicly and should be able to exercise that right without the fear of blindness. [44][449][450] It passed the House of Representatives one month after Floyd's killing, 236 to 181, with support from Democrats and three Republicans. [442], The New York City Police Department reported a 411% increase in police retirement application in the first week of July. 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. Scant evidence of antifa shows how sweeping the protests for racial justice have become, AP tally: Arrests at widespread US protests hit 10,000, How George Floyd protests evolved in 5 major cities, This summers Black Lives Matter protesters were overwhelmingly peaceful, our research finds. In relation to the post's claim, in 2019, 250Black people were fatally shot by the police. A suspect who was killed by police after snipers shot 12 Dallas officers, five fatally, "wanted to kill white . [40][310][311] Police made arrests in about 5% of protest events (deploying chemical irritants in 2.5% of events); 3.7% of protest events were associated with property damage or vandalism (including damages by persons not involved in the actual demonstration); and protesters or bystanders were injured or killed in 1.6% of events. [53][54] Relatively small protests took place during the trial and after the verdict announcement. [96], Protests were held at several locations throughout the MinneapolisSaint Paul metropolitan area in subsequent days. 80. 2020 is a year where numbers mattered, a year where numbers dominated the news and conversations all over the globe. 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. Cellphone data used to arrest the Idaho quadruple-murder suspect proves that criticism of the 2000 Mules movies use of cell data is unfounded. 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?". [81][82], On May 26, Chauvin and the other three officers were fired. Everybody cared for him. [88] On June 25, 2021, Chauvin was sentenced to 22 years and 6 months in prison with the possibility of supervised release after serving two-thirds of his sentence or 15 years for second-degree murder. The George Floyd protests were a series of both peaceful protests and riots against police brutality and racism that began in Minneapolis on May 26, 2020, and largely took place during 2020. "Unusual cancers are exploding right into stage 4" and those cancer cells have the spike protein. PBS-produced Race Matters: America After George Floyd reported on ongoing protests in communities over issues of police brutality a year after Floyd's death. In cities across the United States, tens of thousands of people have swarmed . Minnesota Governor Tim Walz deployed 100 National Guards troops, 100 Minnesota state police troops, and 75 conservation officers. Now, it is pledging change", "The Opinion-Mobilizing Effect of Social Protest against Police Violence: Evidence from the 2020 George Floyd Protests", "Powell Discusses Fed Policy and U.S. Jaw-Dropping: Police Chief Association Releases Number of - Townhall [438] President Trump cited this provision in his veto of the NDAA,[439] resulting in the only veto override of his presidency. What Experts Say May Depend on Who's Protesting What", "C.D.C. [300][301], By late 2020, the United States Attorney's office had charged three alleged adherents of Boogaloo Bois movement who attempted to capitalize on the unrest in Minneapolis in late May. Six of the . ", "Brianna Keilar: You are watching America's reckoning", "Seeds of honesty in a US reckoning on race", "Amid U.S. reckoning on race, Black candidates harness voters' fervor for change", "Opinion | Lincoln's D.C. statue is having a cultural reckoning of its own", "The Court of Master Sommeliers has been called out for racism. By then, Floyd's murder had resulted in one of the largest civil rights protest movements in recent decades, and the MinneapolisSaint Paul region had experienced a prolonged series of protests and intermittent unrest over issues of police brutality and racial injustice. Who caused the violence at protests? 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. The Real Insurrection: The BLM Riots - The American Spectator Here's why", "Experts warn large protests may 'become breeding grounds' for the coronavirus", "Mass gatherings, erosion of trust upend coronavirus control", "Despite Virus, Hundreds Arrested in Unrest Are Held in Cramped Jails", "N.Y.P.D. At the last Democratic presidential debate hosted by MSNBC and The Washington Post, moderator Kristen Welker asked the candidates . [373], In late June, The Christian Science Monitor's editorial board wrote: "It may still be too soon to say the U.S. has reached a true inflection point in its treatment of its citizens of African descent. ", fatally shot outside of a Minneapolis pawn shop, said he was a "loving, caring, god fearing man who leaves behind seven amazing children …", he had a big heart with his whole life ahead of him, taken into custody and released without charges, he was always positive and had a lot more left to give to the world, looking for answers, transparency and justice, was a bystander and Zion Haygood has been charged, log every fatal shooting by on-duty police officers, The Washington Post, police shootings database 2015-2020, WSJ opinion,The Myth of Systemic Police Racism, These are the 13 people who have died since George Floyd protests started last wee. [42] However, arson, vandalism, and looting that occurred between May 26 and June 8 caused approximately $12 billion in damages nationally, the highest recorded damage from civil disorder in U.S. history, and surpassing the record set during the 1992 Los Angeles riots. COVID-19 vaccines "provide zero benefit relative to risk for the young and healthy.". The post cited an opinion column from the Wall Street Journal and a NYDaily News articleabout protest related deaths. 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. A spokeswoman for the Insurance Information Institute told Scripps National News that "most likely" the Floyd protest "would lead to higher losses," but did not provide an estimate either. It found that municipalities where BLM protests have been held experienced as much as a 20 percent decrease in killings by police, resulting in an estimated 300 fewer deaths nationwide in 2014 . [87] Video footage of Officer Derek Chauvin applying 8 minutes 15 seconds of sustained pressure to Floyd's neck generated global attention and raised questions about the use of force by law enforcement. Portland had seen over one hundred consecutive days of protests since they began on May 28. [97] The unrest, including people overtaking the Minneapolis third precinct police station and setting it on fire the night of May 28, garnered significant national and international media attention. Princeton . ", and chanted, "One down! Were Several Cops Killed at George Floyd Protests? [288] We are no longer accepting comments on this article. [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. Fact-checking claim about deaths, damage from Black Lives Matter protests 31 Dec 2020. Three to go! [165], Solidarity protests over Floyd's murder quickly spread worldwide. Other demonstrators died when cars drove through or rammed into crowds of Black Lives Matter protesters. [421] A local Mori elder Taitimu Maipi, who had vandalized the statue in 2018, has also called for the city to be renamed Kirikiriroa. Protests Has 7,600 Personnel Tapped", "The DEA Has Just Been Authorized to Conduct Surveillance on Protesters", "Lawmakers Call For Halt To Covert Surveillance Of Protesters By DEA", "Federal Law Enforcement Use Unmarked Vehicles To Grab Protesters Off Portland Streets", "Federal officers are pulling Portland protesters into unmarked vehicles, reports say", "Feds Vowed to Quell Unrest in Portland. Unrest", "When 'Freedom' Means the Right to Destroy", "First came a pandemic. The killing of Michael Brown led to violent protests in Ferguson, Missouri. [176] Two days later, thousands marched in Boston to call for justice for Floyd as part of a coordinated, 17-state set of rallies. [334][335] According to Bloomberg, the video was initially posted on an unconfirmed Anonymous Facebook page. This piece was originally published on PolitiFact.com on August 7, 2020, Facebook posts: Black Lives Matter "injures 1000 police officers kills 36 people and does $8 billion in damage.". [403], A statue of America's first president, George Washington, has been torn down and American flag was burned by rioters in Portland, Oregon. And that catalyst can now be amplified by the fact that individuals probably have more time to engage in protest activity.'. arrested or met with force by police during a June 4, 2020, protest in the Bronx's Mott Haven neighborhood. 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. Of the 8,700 protests, 574 of them were riots that saw mass looting and destruction. [178] Prayer vigils seeking justice for Floyd were held in conjunction with the Chauvin trial at several locations. Campbell's research also indicates that these protests correlate with a 10 percent increase in murders in the areas that saw BLM protests. Louisville, Kentucky - When mass protests erupted in Louisville, Kentucky, on May 28, one of Chanelle Helm's biggest worries was for the young people who took to the streets . Lanell is one of thousands arrested during summer 2020's calls for an end to police violence and oppression; in Chicago, he is one of over 160 individuals still facing felony charges and . The biggest ones and chains will likely reopen but chances are the smaller shops won't unless they have riot insurance. While the post contains an element of truth, it presents a misleading comparison of the Freedom Convoy and Black Lives Matter protests. [405] The statues targeted included a bust of Ulysses S. Grant and statue of Theodore Roosevelt. Richmond, Virginia, was the first stop. 14 Days Of Protests, 19 Dead - Forbes [226][227], As of June 5, 2020, 2,950 federal law enforcement personnel from a dozen agencies, including the Secret Service, Capital Police, Park Police, Customs and Border Protection, FBI's Hostage Rescue Team, Bureau of Prisons' Special Operations Response Team, DEA's Special Response Team, ATF, and Marshals Service's Special Operations Group, have been dispatched to assist local authorities, with most of them being garrisoned in D.C.[228][229][230][231] The DEA's legal authority was specifically expanded by the Department of Justice beyond usual limits to include surveillance of protesters and the ability to arrest for non-drug related offenses. 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[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". He was a retired officer providing security for the store. The victims include a 77-year-old man who was a . You can subscribe to our print edition, ad-free app or electronic newspaper replica here. "[74] Floyd then goes silent and motionless. U.S. death toll grows as George Floyd protests continue "[371] NPR said that "a change of attitude seems to have swept through the national culture like a sudden wind. Dave Patrick Underwood, a black 53-year-old federal officer, was shot and killed during a protest in Oakland, Calif., on Friday night, according to the FBI. Chris Beaty:Beaty, a 38-year-old Black man was fatally shot on May 30 after an eruption of violence at an Indianapolis protest. 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