[7][8] The civil unrest and protests began as part of international reactions to the murder of George Floyd, a 46-year-old African American man who was murdered during an arrest after Derek Chauvin, a Minneapolis Police Department officer, knelt on Floyd's neck for 9 minutes and 29 seconds[9] as three other officers looked on and prevented passers-by from intervening. 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. In 2016, Tony Timpa was killed by Dallas police officers in the same way as George Floyd. The figures come . [182] Many activists perceived the guilty verdict as just one step in the process to obtain justice over Floyd's murder. At least 200 cities had imposed curfews, and at least 27 states and Washington, D.C., activated over 62,000 National Guard personnel in response to the unrest. Citizen, a community safety app, also experienced a high spike in downloads. A friend of Underwood's said "He was a good man, everybody in the community loved him." Those clashes ended July 31, when state police took over from U.S. agents under a deal brokered by Brown and the U.S. Department of Homeland Security. [431][432][433], During a speech on July 3 at Mount Rushmore, U.S. president Donald Trump denounced the monument removals as part of a "left wing cultural revolution" to "overthrow the American Revolution". Protests have taken place in all U.S. states as well as internationally, so the total number of deaths that have occurred during protestslikely is unknown. 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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. Family and civil rights activists expressed disappointment and said it should have been for the 30-year maximum, and they advocated for passage of the federal George Floyd Justice in Policing Act legislation. 19 Creepy Ghost Towns of America | Cheapism.com [183] At nearly a year after Floyd's death, civil rights activists continued to call for passage of the federal George Floyd Justice in Policing Act. [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". That event was highly organized in contrast with BLM demonstrations, which have been much more organic. [423], On June 22, a crowd of rioters unsuccessfully attempted to topple Clark Mills' 1852 bronze equestrian statue of Andrew Jackson in Lafayette Square in President's Park, directly north of the White House in Washington, D.C.[424] Several days later, the United States Department of Justice (DOJ) charged four men with destruction of federal property for allegedly trying to bring down the statue. Tyler Newby, 29, has been arrested and charged with murder. Jaw-Dropping: Police Chief Association Releases Number of - Townhall "[220] This would have required invoking the Insurrection Act of 1807,[220] last used to quell the 1992 Los Angeles riots on May 1, 1992, by Executive Order 12804. Black Lives Matter Protesters Are Still Facing Felony Charges "[275], As unrest grew in the days after Floyd's murder, there was speculation by federal, state, and local officials that various extremist groups using the cover of the protests to foment general unrest in the United States. 'If we added up all those protests during that period, we're talking about hundreds of thousands of people, but not millions,' she said. [485][486], Artistic impressions of George Floyd's likeness became an icon of the protest movement that unfolded following his murder. He was a retired officer providing security for the store. Scurlock's death sparked new momentum in protests, with one protester calling him a hero. [260] Since 2015, such actions have been encouraged against Black Lives Matter protests by "Run Them Over" and "All Lives Splatter" memes online, as well as items posted on Fox News and on social media by police officers. arrested or met with force by police during a June 4, 2020, protest in the Bronx's Mott Haven neighborhood. DHS will always protect peaceful protesters in service to the Constitution and the American people. In Houston, Texas, Floyd's family held an event on April 9, 2021. The reportwasauthored by the head ofProperty Claim Services, which hastracked protest-related insurance claims for decades. "[371] NPR said that "a change of attitude seems to have swept through the national culture like a sudden wind. [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". [409] Protesters in San Francisco vandalized a statue of Miguel de Cervantes, a Spanish writer who spent five years as a slave in Algiers. [257][258] A project by ProPublica compiled 68 videos during the George Floyd protests of police officers who used what appeared to researchers to be excessive levels of force. ACLEDs dataset only focuses on political violence. BLM vs Capitol protests: This was the police response when it was Black 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. [473][474][475][476] That same week, episodes of 30 Rock, The Office, It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia,[citation needed] Community, The Golden Girls, and Peep Show that involved characters using blackface were either removed or edited from syndication and streaming services. Cellphone data used to arrest the Idaho quadruple-murder suspect proves that criticism of the 2000 Mules movies use of cell data is unfounded. [186], Over the weekend of June 6 and 7, surfers around the world held a "Paddle Out", a Hawaiian mourning tradition, for George Floyd and all the lives lost to police violence. 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. [336] 269 gigabytes of leaked internal law enforcement data spanning 10 years obtained by Anonymous were later published by the activist group Distributed Denial of Secrets on June 19 to coincide with Juneteenth. [55] While the protests died down within most of the United States a year after Floyd's death on May 2021, with calm being restored on the early hours of May 26, 2021. George Floyd Riots Caused Record-Setting $2 Billion in Damage, New [205] As a jury deliberated in Chauvin's criminal trial, a vigil for Floyd was held on April 19, 2021, in Melbourne, Australia. At the last Democratic presidential debate hosted by MSNBC and The Washington Post, moderator Kristen Welker asked the candidates . 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. Black Lives Matter protests attract not only BLM members but supporters and opponents, making it difficult to assign blame to BLM for particular incidents. [86] Shortly after, the official post-mortem declared Floyd's death a homicide. He leaves behind two young boys. [178] Prayer vigils seeking justice for Floyd were held in conjunction with the Chauvin trial at several locations. 'With being home and not being able to do as much, that might be amplifying something that is already sort of critical, something that's already a powerful catalyst, and that is the video,' said Daniel Q. Gillion, a professor at the University of Pennsylvania. [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. "[374] Reuters reported that Black candidates in June's primaries had benefited from "a national reckoning on racism. [272], During the week of May 30, 2020, 12 people, including protesters, journalists and bystanders, were partially blinded after being struck with police projectiles. [425], Soon afterwards, the DOJ announced the arrest and charging of a man who was not only allegedly seen on video climbing up onto the Jackson statue and affixing a rope that was then used to try to pull the statue down, but had on June 20 helped destroy Gaetano Trentanove's 1901 Albert Pike Memorial statue near Washington's Judiciary Square by pulling it from its base and setting it on fire. The protest was among of new set of peaceful protests in the United Kingdom to mark the one-year anniversary of Floyd's murder. and thousands of people were wounded or died. Many protests during the civil rights movement were in response to the perception of police brutality, . Louisville police chief fired after fatal shooting of David McAtee. 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. The group found that 2020 protests cost more than any other period of unrest in American history, as the average cost of demonstrations since 1950 has been about $90 million annually. 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. [96], Protests were held at several locations throughout the MinneapolisSaint Paul metropolitan area in subsequent days. Killings by Police Declined after Black Lives Matter Protests ", stated on February 26, 2023 in an Instagram post. 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. [114] Fifty-one arrests were reported that night, mostly for misdemeanor offenses, such as unlawful assembly. 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. Arkansas senator Tom Cotton also pushed for the U.S. Army's 101st Airborne Division to be deployed to quell the unrest, calling protesters "Antifa terrorists". [4], According to the Institute for Research and Education on Human Rights (IREHR), which mapped the appearance of various right-wing or far-right actors or extremist groups at rallies throughout the United States, there were 136 confirmed cases of right-wing participation at the protests by June 19, 2020, with many more unconfirmed. He was just standing there making sure that everybody is OK, Cazares sister told the Cicero Independiente. [219] On June 3, he said "If a city or state refuses to take the actions necessary to defend the life and property of their residents, then I will deploy the United States military and quickly solve the problem. While the post contains an element of truth, it presents a misleading comparison of the Freedom Convoy and Black Lives Matter protests. Fact Check: How Violent Are the Portland Protests? - The New York Times They include: Jorge Gomez:Gomez, 25, was shot andkilled by police on June 1 after a Las Vegas protest became unruly. [395][396][397], Scrutiny of, discussion of removal, and removal of civic symbols or names relating to the Confederate States of America (frequently associated with segregation and the Jim Crow era in the United States) has regained steam as protests have continued. [469][470][471] The BBC also removed the Little Britain series and its spinoff Come Fly with Me from the iPlayer and BritBox services as well as Netflix for its use of blackface. 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?". The largest share of protesters have come from the age group for people under the age of 35. [217][218] Trump later said he was not advocating violence, noting that the tweet could be read as either a threat or a statement of fact and that he intended for it to be read as "a combination of both".