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. Says he has been to Afghanistan, Iraq and those areas twice as president. Marc Morial, president and CEO of the National Urban League, said the double standard in policing is "a long-standing issue of both covert and overt racism and how law enforcement reacts to protest. David Dorn, a 77-year-old retired St Louis police officer. 2023 www.statesman.com. Las Vegas police officer Shay Mikalonis was shot in the head during the same protest, and reportedly remains paralyzed from the injury. 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." 14,000. 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. 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 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.". 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. (Read more about our partnership with Facebook.). 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 2014-2019. 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. 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. 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. 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 the month since Republicans took the House majority," they are trying to "impose a 30% tax on everything. Fist fights broke out and, as night fell, Trump supporter Aaron "Jay" Danielson, 39, was fatally shot as he walked on a sidewalk. Long Waits, Short Appointments, Huge Bills. In the latter case, what happened at the Capitol in January was an attempt to buttress white supremacy.". Protests nationwide began in the aftermath of the May 25 death of Floyd, a handcuffed Black man captured on cell-phone video pleading for his life as Minneapolis police officers held him face-down on the ground, one with a knee planted on the back of Floyd's neck. Rep. Bush made history as the first Black Congresswoman to be elected in the state. ", In a video statement released following the vote, the president condemned last week's violence, but did not take responsibility for his role in the events. That was a single day in more than a month of protests that still continue to today. Protesters have been seriously injured by the use of nonlethal weapons and physical violence while a number of police officers are also recovering from injuries from shootings, stabbings, and objects thrown at them during protests. 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. 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According to the lawsuit, obtained by DailyMail.com, protesters were marching down the Mott Haven section of the Bronx on June 4, 2020, when police surrounded them on 136th Street between 7pm and 7.30pm ahead of a citywide curfew at 8pm. Black Lives Matter protests attract not only BLM members but supporters and opponents, making it difficult to assign blame to BLM for particular incidents. We appear to be experiencing a social change tipping point that is as rare in society as it is potentially consequential.. 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. Breonna Taylor, 26, was fatally shot inside her Louisville, Ky., home in March by police who were conducting a raid at the home as part of a narcotics investigation connected to her ex-boyfriend.. Counting efforts are still ongoing, so the map is not comprehensive and totals shown are an average of high and low estimates. 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. ACLEDs dataset only focuses on political violence. 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. 'Many protesters were left injured and bleeding. An amalgam of estimates from organizers, the police and local news reports often make up the official total. Dave Patrick Underwood, 53, California: Underwood was shot May 30 while on guard duty outside a federal courthouse in Oakland and was one of two officers targeted in a drive-by shooting amid nearby protests. "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. 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. 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. 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. 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. Turnout has ranged from dozens to tens of thousands in about 2,500 small towns and large cities. 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. By Sanya Mansoor. 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 rioters also displayed symbols of white supremacist extremism including a noose stationed across the Capitol which, according to Miller-Idriss, "symbolizes the horrific history of lynching," but also refers to a white supremacy code that signals a "day of reckoning when traitors will be hung in the streets.". But tallies by teams of crowd counters are revealing numbers of extraordinary scale. 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. Official govt docs expose Michelle Obamas 14 year history as a man., "Woody Harrelsons 60 seconds in the middle of his monologue was cut out of the edits released after the show., BREAKING Trump preps Marines to stop presidential coup.. O'Reilly said the chant meant "dead police officers". The protests may also be benefitting from a country that is more conditioned to protesting. [2] He wasnt there to cause any violence. A group of demonstrators broke off from the march and blocked the Route 101 freeway. District of Columbia By posting your comment you agree to our house rules. There are scattered news reports that dont entirely back up each part of the claim, and we found no official figures. Your California Privacy Rights / Privacy Policy. In short, there isnt evidence to back the numbers in the claim or to blame Black Lives Matter for each part of the claim. "Like nothing was going to happen to them.". Do Not Sell or Share My Personal Information. Still, many people continue to believe that Black Lives Matter protests are largely violentcontrary to the reports findings. Javar Harrell, 21, Michigan: Harrell was shot May 29 as protests erupted in Detroit; his family has said that he was not protesting and its not clear whether his death is connected to the protests. 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. Lee Keltner, a navy veteran who made custom western hats, was shot after a patriot rally in Denver on 10 October. The majority of those fatally caught in the crossfire of protests are black males. 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. ", What happened at the Capitol, you can't call that a protest anymore, said Miller-Idriss. 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According to the Civis Analytics poll, the movement appears to have attracted protesters who are younger and wealthier. The settlement is expected to be finalized in October, according to the Gothamist, with victims likely receiving compensation before the end of the year. The vast majority of demonstrations were peaceful and leading BLM activists repeatedly distanced themselves from agent provocateurs and instigators. 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. '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. 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. He was just standing there making sure that everybody is OK, Cazares sister told the Cicero Independiente. The protest happened the day after Harris County Deputy Darren Goforth was shot to death by a black male suspect in Houston, Texas. While the group isnt necessarily directing each protest, it provides materials, guidance and a framework for new activists, Professor Woodly said. Amid a racial reckoning in 2020, BLM protests across the country fought against racial injustice, police brutality and advocated for numerous Black Americans that had been violently killed. Italia Kelly, 22, Iowa: Kelly was shot and killed around midnight on May 31 while leaving a protest outside a Walmart in Davenport, Iowa. ), 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. People could be heard in the video shouting: 'We're getting maced,' and telling police officers: 'You're going to kill someone.'. (AP). In St. Louis, a man was killed after protesters blocked Interstate 44, set fires and tried to loot a FedEx. 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?". 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. The age group with the largest share of protesters was people under 35. Stark differences have been pointed out between the protests for racial justice and the riot stoked by unfounded claims of a stolen presidential election. Here's the headline for those 2020 BLM riots . 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? 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. ", "I don't see a parallel between the two," said Miller-Idriss. 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. "One movement, in the case of Black Lives Matter, is really a critique, an attempt to undermine white supremacy. Neil said it's important to make the distinction between the Black Lives Matter movement and the Capitol siege. 'It is absolutely incumbent upon the police to make sure that does not proceed, because we won't tolerate violence,' he said. 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. During Wednesday's hearing, several Congress members made impassioned cases for and against impeaching President Trump. 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.'. 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. President-elect Joe Biden won the election by more than 70 electoral votes. "One set for these [pro-Trump] protesters and another set for not just Black Lives Matter but also civil rights protests.". Wind farm construction is a possible cause of dead whales washing ashore in New Jersey. His lawyer has argued the teenager, who came to Kenosha from Illinois, was also acting in self-defense. ", "It was as though two sets of rules apply," Morial said. Some protesters fainted, or lost consciousness and went into convulsions.'. 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. That came in response to looting and riots that swept New York in the wake of Floyd's killing by Minneapolis cop Derek Chauvin. 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. 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. Collectively, the recent Black Lives Matter protests more organic in nature appear to have far surpassed those numbers, according to polls. 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. 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. Protesters gather at a rally for slain teenager Trayvon Martin in Sanford, Fla., March 22, 2012. 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. This piece was originally published on PolitiFact.comon August 7, 2020, Facebook posts: Black Lives Matter "injures 1000 police officers kills 36 people and does $8 billion in damage.". If you arent moved by the George Floyd video, you have nothing in you, he said. 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. 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. 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. 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. And suddenly, there is this summons from the president of the United States.". 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. With being home and not being able to do as much, that might be amplifying something that is already sort of critical, something thats already a powerful catalyst, and that is the video, said Daniel Q. Gillion, a professor at the University of Pennsylvania who has written several books on protests and politics. You may opt-out by. 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 . The alleged shooter, Steven Nelson Lopez, was homeless and had a history of severe mental illness, and had reportedly been asked to leave the park earlier because of his behavior. . One of the reasons there have been protests in so many places in the United States is the backing of organizations like Black Lives Matter. By Larry Buchanan,Quoctrung Bui and Jugal K. PatelJuly 3, 2020. 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. 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.. 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. These figures would make the recent protests the largest movement in the countrys history, according to interviews with scholars and crowd-counting experts.". Protests under the Black Lives Matter banner have rocked streets in cities big and small. These figures would make the recent protests the largest movement in the countrys history, according to interviews with scholars and crowd-counting experts. Other demonstrators died when cars drove through or rammed into crowds of Black Lives Matter protesters. ", People not vaccinated against COVID-19 came out the best. 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. In the past, the president has denied accusations of racism. Part of the Daily Mail, The Mail on Sunday & Metro Media Group. Your comment will be posted to MailOnline as usual. When Black people are protesting there's an over-militarization of communities. 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. The day before also saw a high number of arrests 90 nearly double the number seen on Wednesday. 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. The comments section is closed. Professor Woodly said that the civil rights marches in the 1960s were considerably smaller in number. Half of those who said they protested said that this was their first time getting involved with a form of activism or demonstration. 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. Fires burn around downtown during a second night of protests after the police shooting of Jacob Blake in Kenosha, Wisc., Aug 24, 2020. Why Royce White Thinks NBA Players Should Get Out of the Bubble. How many people have died in Floyd protests? The post was flagged as part of Facebooks efforts to combat false news and misinformation on its News Feed. Chris Beaty, a 38-year-old former. 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