11. [268], According to the U.S. Press Freedom Tracker, at least 100 journalists have been arrested while covering the protests, while 114 have been physically attacked by police officers. 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?". Patrick Underwood:Underwood, a 53-year-old Black man, was shot and killed on May 30 while working as a contract security officer in Oakland. His family said he was at the store to pay his bill. Estimates vary, but news outlets reported thousands of protesterswere arrested in the months following Floyds death in May 2020. By a year later, police departments had disciplined 10 officers in connection to those captured on video. 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.". [273] By June 21, at least 20 people had suffered serious eye injuries. . There is a Black Lives Matter national organization, which says it has more than a dozen U.S. chapters, along with countless numbers of individuals who support the organization. [33][34][35][36] The deployment constituted the largest military operation other than war in U.S. [203][204], Floyd's murder came as the global Black Lives Matter movement had been slowly building for years, but outrage over what was captured in a bystander's video and Floyd's dying words, "I can't breathe", resulted in solidarity protests in more than 50 countries and led to what was described as a "social awaking" on issues of racial injustice and brought renewed attention on past police brutality cases. 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. In 2015 the death of Freddie Gray in Baltimore police custody resulted in riots in the city and nationwide protests as part of the Black Lives Matter movement. Kate Middleton wows on BAFTA red carpet alongside Prince William as she recycles a white Alexander McQueen gown with $22 Zara earrings and black opera gloves, Dramatic velvet veils, flamboyant puff sleeves and VERY risqu necklinesAnya Taylor-Joy and Ellie Goulding lead the BAFTAs worst dressed, The nation's 'leading star': Prince and Princess of Wales watch on as Dame Helen Mirren pays tribute to the late Queen at the BAFTAs. [322], A remix of Childish Gambino's song "This is America" and Post Malone's "Congratulations" was used heavily by protesters sharing footage of protests and police action on TikTok. Play it now! [477][478][479][480], In light of the protests, Brooklyn Nine-Nine co-star Terry Crews said that the first four episodes of the show's eighth season had to be rewritten. More than 2,000 law enforcement officers were injured during protests, . His lawyer has argued the teenager, who came to Kenosha from Illinois, was also acting in self-defense. Gutierrez was a bystander and Zion Haygood has been charged with first degree murder. [86] Shortly after, the official post-mortem declared Floyd's death a homicide. [421] A local Mori elder Taitimu Maipi, who had vandalized the statue in 2018, has also called for the city to be renamed Kirikiriroa. Many have stated that the current unrest is due to the current political and cultural system of overlooking, ignoring and oppression of Black Americans, calling it a racial reckoning. Lee Keltner, a navy veteran who made custom western hats, was shot after a patriot rally in Denver on 10 October. Damages caused by the 2020 Black Lives Matter protests were estimated to cost $2 billion, a number that could "still go higher . In St Louis, Barry Perkins, a father of two, was killed after being dragged and run over by a FedEx truck during a protest in May. In Louisville, the photographer Tyler Gerth was shot and killed at a downtown park where protesters gathered. The bills, which conflate peaceful protests, riots and looting, imposed harsher punishment on individuals found guilty of unlawful assembly and public disorder, as well as provided immunity for motorists that hit protestors. [365] Also, some accounts shared a photo of a major fire burning near the Washington Monument, which was actually an image from a television show. Victor Cazares Jr was described by friends and family as a supporter of Black Lives Matter. Minnesota Governor Tim Walz deployed 100 National Guards troops, 100 Minnesota state police troops, and 75 conservation officers. [205] In Canada and France, where Floyd's murder initiated protests, activists were unsatisfied with the levels of reform made by officials at nearly a year after Floyd's murder. [253] On May 29, 2020, civil rights leader Andrew Young stated that riots, violence, and looting "hurt the cause instead of helping it"[254] while George Floyd's family also denounced the violent protests. [360][361][362] As a result of the rumors, several people were harassed. [4][296] Their continued presence online has caused Facebook and TikTok to take action against their violent and anti-government posts. There are scattered news reports that dont entirely back up each part of the claim, and we found no official figures. 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A skirmish soon broke out between the vandals and protesters trying to stop them. Chauvin placed his left knee in the area of Floyd's head and neck. During that period, there were 8,700 protests nationwide; 574 were declared riots with violence and other criminal acts. [143][144] On February 24, 2022, Kueng, Lane, and Thao were convicted on all federal civil rights charges they faced at trial. The victims include a 77-year-old man who was a . Medics were unable to detect a pulse, and Floyd was pronounced dead at the hospital. There does appear to be some correlation in activism and disdain for Trump and his administration. 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. And that catalyst can now be amplified by the fact that individuals probably have more time to engage in protest activity.'. [139][140][141], In early 2022, local officials prepared counter-protest measures and for potential unrest ahead of the January 20 schedule start of the federal civil rights trial of Kueng, Lane, and Thao. Of the 14 Black people killed, sixwere either not directly involved in protests, were killed after protests took place or the death'srelation to protests isunder investigation. 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. 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. USA Today, "Fact check: More Black people died in 2019 police shootings than in George Floyd protests," June 18, 2020 YouTube, Scripps National News story , June 12, 2020 Email, Manali Basu . [4] A large number of white nationalists did not appear in response to the protests, although "a handful of apparent lone actors" were arrested for attempting to harm protesters. Based on our research, we rate PARTLY FALSE the claim that Black Lives Matter protesters caused $2 billion worth of damage and faced no consequences. Washington, DC "[370] Deva Woodly, Associate Professor of Politics at The New School for Social Research, wrote: "We are living in a world-historical moment. 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. [177] In Salt Lake City, activists protested Floyd's murder by staging a car caravan on March 6, 2021. 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. [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". USA TODAY reached out to Wright and The Right View of the United Statesfor comment. Other demonstrators died when cars drove through or rammed into crowds of Black Lives Matter protesters. [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. "[375] By early July, The Washington Post was running a regularly updated section titled "America's Racial Reckoning: What you need to know. [172], For some Black Americans, particularly a group interviewed in George Floyd's hometown in Houston, Texas, the protests over Floyd's murder transformed to greater political activity and increased voter turnout in the November 2020 election. (Read more about our partnership with Facebook.). BLACK Lives Matter protests and "riots" after the death of George Floyd did as much as $2billion worth of damage. 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. Civil rights marches in the 1960s were not nearly as big, the professor added. Whats more, news coverage of the protests have also included numerous reports that identify law enforcement officers as causing injury to civilians. [382][383] Curfews instated by local governments in response to both the pandemic and protests have also "restricted access to the downtown [areas]" to essential workers, lowering economic output. [94][98] After state officials mobilized Minnesota National Guard troops in its largest deployment since World War II,[99][100] the violent unrest subsided and mostly peaceful protests resumed. ", People not vaccinated against COVID-19 came out the best. [189], By late May 2021, Floyd's murder, and the video of it, had given way to a yearlong, nationwide movement featuring the largest mass protests in United States history. How 2020 protests changed insurance forever, Exclusive: $1 billion-plus riot damage is most expensive in insurance history. Official George Floyd Memorial Fund - Floyd's family has started the Official George Floyd Memorial Fund to establish financial help for his family. blm protest portland 7-25-20 ap.jpeg. Calls for Masks at Large Gatherings, Warning of Crowd Risks", "Fauci underscores concerns about protests spreading coronavirus", "U.S. cities fear George Floyd protests may fuel new wave of coronavirus outbreaks", "Protests don't appear to be driving coronavirus surge in Seattle area or elsewhere, researchers say", "NBER Working Paper No. A review of international protests for independence by Erica Chenoweth, a professor at Harvard Kennedy School, found that roughly 3.5 per cent of a country's population protest to unseat government leadership. [331] After the Dallas Police Department asked Twitter users to submit videos of protesters' illegal activity to its iWatch Dallas app, submissions of K-pop videos led to the temporary removal of the app due to "technical difficulties". [33] On May 29, Trump tweeted "when the looting starts, the shooting starts", which Twitter marked as "glorifying violence". Contrary to the claim in the post, manyBlack Lives Matterprotesters did face consequences. Jose Gutierrez:Gutierrez, 28, was shot and killed on June 1 during a night of protests and looting in Cicero, Illinois. "[354] A 2015 stock photograph of the White House, edited to show the lights turned off, was shared tens of thousands of times online,[355] including by Hillary Clinton. [271] Some journalists covering the protests in Minneapolis had their tires slashed by Minnesota State Patrol troopers and Anoka County sheriff's deputies. [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. Donald Trump's presidential campaign demanded news outlets retract reports of "tear gas" use. He had lots of friends. [316], The Minneapolis-based Star Tribune newspaper received the 2021 Pulitzer Prize for the breaking news it reported of Floyd's murder and the resulting aftermath. These figures would make the recent protests the largest movement in the countrys history, according to interviews with scholars and crowd-counting experts.". 'Really, it's hard to overstate the scale of this movement,' said Deva Woodly, an associate professor of politics at the New School. Of the 8,700 protests, 574 of them were riots that saw mass looting and destruction. "[371] NPR said that "a change of attitude seems to have swept through the national culture like a sudden wind. [426], On June 30, after the Mississippi Legislature obtained a two-thirds majority in both houses to suspend rules in order to pass a bill addressing the Confederate Battle Flag on the Mississippi state flag, Governor Tate Reeves signed a bill that relinquished the state flag, mandated its removal from public premises within 15 days, and established a commission to propose a new flag design that excluded the Confederate Battle Flag and included the motto "In God We Trust". Says he has been to Afghanistan, Iraq and those areas twice as president. Two were conservatives killed after pro-Trump patriot rallies. The U.S. Justice Department told us it does not have numbers on officer injuries or property damage resulting from civil disturbances. Indiananapolis. "[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. [251] Several protests over Floyd's murder, including one in Chicago,[252] turned into riots. Bibliography. [307] A 26-year-old man from Boerne, Texas, who self-identified as a local leader of the Boogaloo movement, also faced federal riot charges for allegedly shooting 13 rounds from an AK-47-style machine gun into the Minneapolis third police precinct building while people were inside, looting it, and helping to set it on fire the night of May 28, 2020.

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