[241], On June 26, 2020, President Trump signed an executive order permitting federal agencies to provide personnel "to assist with the protection of Federal monuments, memorials, statues, or property". "[377], The New York Times described the events in the wake of Floyd's murder and video that circulated of it as "the largest protests in the United States since the Civil Rights era. By a year later, police departments had disciplined 10 officers in connection to those captured on video. Photos: Demonstrators clash with police as they protest death of George Floyd in Minneapolis. The BLM riots and movement are killing people. [353] The Guardian mistakenly reported that "in normal times, they are only ever turned off when a president dies. [165] Rallies were held outside U.S. Embassies in Greece and Spain. Frustrated by the lack of media coverage over the deaths of Nina Pop, who was stabbed in Sikeston, Missouri, on May 3 and Tony McDade, who was shot by police in Tallahassee, Florida, on May 27, artist and drag performer West Dakota and her mentor, drag queen Merrie Cherry, decided to organize a silent rally inspired by the 1917 NAACP Silent Parade. 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. He was there for us, and (his death)has taken so much from us. [85], On June 1, a private autopsy commissioned by the family of Floyd found the death to be a homicide and that Floyd had died due to asphyxiation from sustained pressure, which conflicted with the original autopsy report done earlier that week. On June 14, an estimated 15,000 people gathered outside the Brooklyn Museum at Grand Army Plaza for the Liberation March, a silent protest in response to police brutality and violence against black transgender women. Rush, Arkansas. [353], On June 6, the New York Post reported that a NYPD source said $2.4million of Rolex watches had been looted during protests from a Soho Rolex store. [52], Local officials in MinneapolisSaint Paul prepared counter-protest measures in early 2022 for the start of the federal trial for the other three police officers at the scene of Floyd's murder. Published Jun 5, 2020. [165] Protests had occurred in over 40% of the counties in the United States. His family said he was not protesting. Another agency reported that 462 of their officers were injured during the protests in their . Officials in Minnesota and elsewhere proactively mobilized counter-protest measures for Chauvin's trial, but it did not result in unrest like what happened immediately after Floyd's murder. 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[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. In June 2020, as protests took . 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. His family said he was at the store to pay his bill. 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. PolitiFactreported in June 2020 that, while protests in several major cities started with violence, most demonstrations across the country were largely peaceful. [233], From at least July 14, 2020, unidentified federal officers wearing camouflage used unmarked vans to detain protesters in Portland, Oregonsometimes without explaining the reason for their arrest. [442], The New York City Police Department reported a 411% increase in police retirement application in the first week of July. Play it now! The name Black Lives Matter signals condemnation of the unjust killings of Black people by police (Black people are far more likely to be killed by police in the United States than white people) and the . [20] Protests first emerged at the East 38th and Chicago Avenue street intersection in Minneapolis, the location of Floyd's arrest and murder, and other locations in the MinneapolisSaint Paul metropolitan area of Minnesota. 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. 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?". Other demonstrators died when cars drove through or rammed into crowds of Black Lives Matter protesters. [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. A makeshift memorial dedicated to Tyler Gerth, a photographer who was shot and killed at a protest in Louisville. [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%. According to Meriam-Webster's dictionary definition, a thug is "a violent criminal."Obviously, this definition leaves the word open to define people of all ethnicities. ", People not vaccinated against COVID-19 came out the best. 33701 [143][144] On February 24, 2022, Kueng, Lane, and Thao were convicted on all federal civil rights charges they faced at trial. More than . [323] Others used personal Twitter pages to post video documentation of the protests to highlight police and protesters actions, as well as points of the protests they felt would not be reported. The town has placed blame on "outsiders.". 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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 at a 2020 protest. [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. found dead from a gunshot wound on June 1 in Davenport following a night of protests, arrested and charged with first-degree murder, said "He was a good man, everybody in the community loved him. Everybody cared for him. [37] By the end of June 2020, at least 14,000 people had been arrested. Brown was accompanied by his 22-year-old male friend Dorian . [157][158], On June 19, Juneteenth, the International Longshore and Warehouse Union (ILWU) shut down ports on the West Coast in solidarity with protesters. [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. [342] During the first week of June, the encrypted messaging app was downloaded over five times more than it had been during the week prior to Floyd's murder. Campbell's research also indicates that these protests correlate with a 10 percent increase in murders in the areas that saw BLM protests. [453] The order also created a national database of police officers with a history of using excessive force. This was a departure from Homeland Security's normal role of protecting against threats from abroad. In a world of wild talk and fake news, help us stand up for the facts. Recent videos of police violence towards protesters or toward the black community were a huge motivating factor as to why people participated for the first time. Some jurisdictions had proactively mobilized National Guard troops and declared states of emergency in preparation for possible violence,[181] and some businesses had boarded up to prevent potential looting. [47][48] Protests continued through 2020 and into 2021,[49] most notably in Minneapolis at the 38th and Chicago Avenue street intersection where Floyd was murdered that activists have referred to as George Floyd Square. [357] Rolex confirmed that "no watches of any kind were stolen, as there weren't any on display in the store. His family loved him., unclear if the death was related to protests. 11. [154] Organizations involved with #ShutDownSTEM day included Nature Research, Massachusetts Institute of Technology and the American Physical Society. 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. [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. [256] The police responded that such tactics are necessary to prevent vandalism and arson, and that police officers themselves have been assaulted with thrown rocks and water bottles. [171] Rallies and vigils were held in Minneapolis, Brooklyn, and Los Angeles, among other places. [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". [304] According to the federal charging documents, the 30-year-old Michael Robert Solomon of New Brighton, Minnesota, who pled guilty to federal charges, recruited Boogaloo adherent participation via Facebook and at least five others traveled to Minneapolis to participate in the unrest. Protesters remarked that the Chauvin murder conviction was "a small amount of justice of what [George Floyd] really deserves". [178] Prayer vigils seeking justice for Floyd were held in conjunction with the Chauvin trial at several locations. [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. [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. Nothing counted more clearly and powerfully than those . They already are. NYC will pay $21,500 to HUNDREDS of BLM . The biggest ones and chains will likely reopen but chances are the smaller shops won't unless they have riot insurance. 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 . Politico said the murder of George Floyd, captured on video, had "prompted a reckoning with racism [] for a wide swath of white America. He's not resisting arrest or nothing. [415] Protesters in Belgium have vandalized statues of King Leopold II of Belgium. [19], The George Floyd protest movement began hours after his murder as bystander video and word of mouth began to spread. [188] On May 19, 2021, in Nevada, protesters jammed phone lines to the state legislature after police reform legislation introduced as result of the global protest movement begun by Floyd's murder did not advance. At least 11 Americans have been killed while participating in political demonstrations this year and another 14 have died in other incidents linked to political unrest, according to new data from a non-profit monitoring political unrest in the United States. [346], Numerous eyewitness accounts and news reporters indicated that tear gas was used to disperse protesters in Lafayette Square. A report from the Armed Conflict Location and Event Data Project estimated that between May 26 and August 22, 93% of individual protests were "peaceful and nondestructive"[40][41] and research from the Nonviolent Action Lab and Crowd Counting Consortium estimated that by the end of June, 96.3% of 7,305 demonstrations involved no injuries and no property damage. [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". As for the numbers claimed in the post, the U.S. Justice Department told us it does not have figures on officer injuries or property damage resulting from civil disturbances, and the FBI said it had no comment. Nine days of protests nationwide following the death of George Floyd have left hundreds injured and at least 12 people dead. Opinion Antifa Far-right Donald Trump. [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. [501] Some law enforcement personnel in New York City who responded to protests were criticized for failing to wear face masks. [160][161], On June 17, in response to the protests, three different police reform plans, plans from the Republicans, the Democrats, and the White House, were unveiled aiming to curb police brutality and the use of violence by law enforcement. 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 . Streets Are From Federal Prisons", "Federal Plan to Control D.C. [33][34][35][36] The deployment constituted the largest military operation other than war in U.S. Moreover, a 2005 study examining similar riots in the 1960s found 'negative . Here's how the George Floyd movement compares", "A better Lake Street? 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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.