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. If we added up all those protests during that period, were talking about hundreds of thousands of people, but not millions, she said. 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Citing those tweets, analysts at a thinktank that monitors domestic terrorism classified the shooting as an act of violent far-right domestic terrorism. Unlike with past Black Lives Matter protests, nearly 95 percent of counties that had a protest recently are majority white, and nearly three-quarters of the counties are more than 75 percent white. Others were right-wing populists, whom he described as "rally-goers" who are "fanatical about Donald Trump and his presidency.". Your details from Facebook will be used to provide you with tailored content, marketing and ads in line with our Privacy Policy. 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. ", stated on February 26, 2023 in an Instagram post. 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. Data on unrest-related arrests from Washington D.C. Metropolitan police highlight the stark differences between authorities cracking down on racial justice protests last summer and an underwhelming law enforcement response to Wednesday's insurrection on Capitol Hill, after commentators drew comparisons between police response. 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. Two were conservatives killed after pro-Trump patriot rallies. Whats more, news coverage of the protests have also included numerous reports that identify law enforcement officers as causing injury to civilians. Video shows President Joe Biden recalling an alien encounter. Summer Taylor, a Black Lives Matter protester who worked in a veterinary clinic, was killed in such an incident in Seattle. 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. 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. The other four deaths included three who died of natural causes and one from a drug overdose. "Unusual cancers are exploding right into stage 4" and those cancer cells have the spike protein. I cover the world's richest people for Forbes. To do this we will link your MailOnline account with your Facebook account. The comments below have been moderated in advance. ACLED found that the overwhelming majority of the more than 9.000 Black Lives Matter demonstrations that took place across the US after the killing of George Floyd have been peaceful. 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. 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. The protests are colliding with another watershed moment: the countrys most devastating pandemic in modern history. 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. Black Lives Matter didnt respond to our requests for comment. 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. A 21-year-old man was killed in downtown Detroit after someone fired shots into a vehicle during a protest. 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. In short, there isnt evidence to back the numbers in the claim or to blame Black Lives Matter for each part of the claim. Right: On 1 June, police clear the street near the White House as protesters demonstrate against the death of George Floyd. ", People not vaccinated against COVID-19 came out the best. 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. 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. The post was flagged as part of Facebooks efforts to combat false news and misinformation on its News Feed. Turnout has ranged from dozens to tens of thousands in about 2,500 small towns and large cities. 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. A majority said that they watched a video of police violence toward protesters or the Black community within the last year. 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. They described the agreement to the Times as 'historic,' noting that the highest amount paid per person in a case of mass arrests was previously in 2010, when a federal judge awarded $18,000 per person to demonstrators arrested during a 2000 protest near the World Bank and International Monetary Fund buildings in Washington DC as part of a $13.7million settlement. 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. 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. 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. 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. 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. But the amount of change that the protests have been able to produce in such a short period of time is significant. 'How much can business take?' (Read more about our partnership with Facebook.). Some were members of far-right armed militias. 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. In the latter case, what happened at the Capitol in January was an attempt to buttress white supremacy.". 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.". 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. 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. To submit a letter to the editor for publication, write to, Black Lives Matter May Be the Largest Movement in U.S. History. 20006, Florida Oscar Cainer tells all. 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.'. 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. 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. 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. These figures would make the recent protests the largest movement in the countrys history, according to interviews with scholars and crowd-counting experts.". 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. 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.. Whether Foster threatened the driver with his gun is still disputed. During Wednesday's hearing, several Congress members made impassioned cases for and against impeaching President Trump. 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. ", "I don't see a parallel between the two," said Miller-Idriss. The Association detailed the unrest and compiled data from protests between May 25 and July 31 in MCCA member cities, Fox News reports. You can choose on each post whether you would like it to be posted to Facebook. And of those people, half said that it made them more supportive of the Black Lives Matter movement. According to authorities, four people died in or around Capitol grounds, including a woman shot who later died in hospital, and the city's mayor has extended a public emergency for 15 days. 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. His victory was certified when Congress convened to ratify the Electoral College vote on Jan. 6. 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. Rep. Bush made history as the first Black Congresswoman to be elected in the state. Las Vegas police officer Shay Mikalonis was shot in the head during the same protest, and reportedly remains paralyzed from the injury. Counting efforts are still ongoing, so the map is not comprehensive and totals shown are an average of high and low estimates. Really, its hard to overstate the scale of this movement, said Deva Woodly, an associate professor of politics at the New School. 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. Garrett Foster was reportedly carrying an AK-47 rifle when he was shot to death in July by an armed man who had been driving a car through a crowd of Black Lives Matter protesters in Austin. [2] Calvin L. Horton Jr., 43, Minnesota: Horton was fatally shot near the Minneapolis Police Departments Third Precinct two days after Floyds death in what is believed to be the first killing since the protests began. 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. 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. We appear to be experiencing a social change tipping point that is as rare in society as it is potentially consequential.. However, weeks after the election, Trump continuously pushed false claims and baseless theories of a rigged election, leading some to argue that it incited his followers and contributed to the siege of the Capitol. Videos posted online also showed police pushing protesters and arresting legal observers and even medical staff in the early days of the COVID pandemic. Across the United States, there have been more than 4,700 demonstrations, or an average of 140 per day, since the first protests began in Minneapolis on May 26, according to a Times analysis. A makeshift memorial dedicated to Tyler Gerth, a photographer who was shot and killed at a protest in Louisville. Supporters of U.S. President Donald Trump climb a wall during a protest against the certification of the 2020 presidential election results by the Congress, at the Capitol in Washington, Jan. 6, 2021. Fist fights broke out and, as night fell, Trump supporter Aaron "Jay" Danielson, 39, was fatally shot as he walked on a sidewalk. And those who were arrested eventually got their cases dismissed. 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. accusing Democrats of enabling civil unrest that ensued in some cities during the BLM protests. In the past, the president has denied accusations of racism. Cities and states across the country passed new laws banning chokeholds. Dorian Murrell, 18, Indiana: Only a few hours after Beatys death, Murrell was fatally wounded in an early morning shooting on May 31. Both Reinoehl and Perry have claimed they were acting in self-defense when they opened fire and that they felt their own lives were in danger. 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. Jessica Doty-Whitaker, a white woman, was shot to death early one July morning in Indianapolis. That came in response to looting and riots that swept New York in the wake of Floyd's killing by Minneapolis cop Derek Chauvin. ACLED highlights a recent Morning Consult poll in which 42% of respondents believe most protesters (associated with the BLM movement) are trying to incite violence or destroy property. ACLED suggests this disparity stems from political orientation and biased media framing such as disproportionate coverage of violent demonstrations., U.S.-based ACLED is funded by the State Departments Bureau of Conflict and Stabilization Operations as well as foreign governments and other organizations, including the Dutch Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the German Federal Foreign Office, the Tableau Foundation, the International Organization for Migration, and The University of Texas at Austin. 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. ), 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. "One set for these [pro-Trump] protesters and another set for not just Black Lives Matter but also civil rights protests.". 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!" 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. 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. 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 majority of those fatally caught in the crossfire of protests are black males. 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?". 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. ", "Many people of color, Black folks, are killed doing mundane things just literally sleeping in their home, walking down the block," Neal told ABC News. 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. Some protesters fainted, or lost consciousness and went into convulsions.'. The views expressed in the contents above are those of our users and do not necessarily reflect the views of MailOnline. Italia Kelly, 22, Iowa: Kelly was shot and killed around midnight on May 31 while leaving a protest outside a Walmart in Davenport, Iowa. 2023 TIME USA, LLC. 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. 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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". Palm Springs residents sue to remove 25-foot Marilyn Monroe statue depicting her iconic My Daily Horoscope: What does 2nd March hold for MY star sign? 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. That's the estimated number of arrests made across 49 U.S. cities during anti-racism protests last summer, according to the Washington Post. Its primary concerns are incidents of police . ". Even before George Floyd's death in 2020 sparked nationwide protests that enabled the continued mainstream growth of the BLM movement, M.I.A has not shied away from criticizing the movement for not highlighting the plight of people groups persecuted in other countries. 'Many protesters were left injured and bleeding. "Donald Trump asserts his role as the leader of the right-wing militias," said Rosenthal. By July 2020, many of the protests, which had been held every day since May 28, drew more than 1,000 participants. 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. Do you want to automatically post your MailOnline comments to your Facebook Timeline? 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. According to the Civis Analytics poll, the movement appears to have attracted protesters who are younger and wealthier. 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. 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. "In the month since Republicans took the House majority," they are trying to "impose a 30% tax on everything. (Read more about our partnership with Facebook.). The ACLED report includes protests toppling statues of colonial figures, slave owners and Confederate leaders as violent incidents. ACLED warns in the report that the U.S. is at heightened risk of political violence and instability going into the 2020 general election, citing trends in mass shootings, violent hate crimes and police killings.
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