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.". The biggest ones and chains will likely reopen but chances are the smaller shops won't unless they have riot insurance. [328][329][330] Official social media accounts of police departments boosted positive images of collaboration. While they walked away from that confrontation, the fiance said, someone opened fire later and the 24-year-old mother was killed. 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. State and local officials also made plans to deploy thousands of police officers and National Guard soldiers. [453] The order also created a national database of police officers with a history of using excessive force. The criminal trial was scheduled to begin on June 13, 2022. DHS will always protect peaceful protesters in service to the Constitution and the American people. Black Lives Matter's history from Trayvon Martin to George Floyd. 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. [310], The protests were the subject of extensive media coverage, documentaries, and television specials. Protests against police brutality and systemic racism sparked by the death of George Floyd have taken place across the U.S. for threeweeks. "[370] Large amounts of journalistic and academic sources have viewed the protests as forcing Americans to face racial inequality, police brutuality and other racial and economic issues. [468] The episode, which included racial slurs about the West Indies cricket team, now features a disclaimer at the beginning warning of "offensive content and language". [44][449][450] It passed the House of Representatives one month after Floyd's killing, 236 to 181, with support from Democrats and three Republicans. [215][216], At least 200 cities in the U.S. had imposed curfews by early June, while more than 30 states and Washington, D.C., activated over 96,000 National Guard and State Guard service members. "[120], According to the American Political Science Review, the George Floyd protests led to a reduction in favorability toward the police among politically liberal Americans, and further exacerbated racial and political tensions and attitudes regarding the "race and law enforcement" debate in the U.S.[378], The Property Claim Services (PCS) of the U.S. Insurance industry states that in the "unrest that took place from May 26 to June 8" 2020 in 140 U.S. cities in 20 states was "the costliest civil unrest in U.S. history", and that insured losses are "estimated at over $2 billion". [225] U.S. Customs and Border Protection, authorized to provide aerial surveillance "to assist law enforcement and humanitarian relief efforts" when requested, provided drone imagery during the protests. The reportwasauthored by the head ofProperty Claim Services, which hastracked protest-related insurance claims for decades. There are scattered news reports that dont entirely back up each part of the claim, and we found no official figures. [337] The leaked documents revealed that law enforcement agencies had been covertly monitoring protestors' private communication over social media, and that both federal and local law enforcement had been stoking fear among police officers, likely setting the stage for the escalation of violence against protestors by police. Authorities allege Carrillo and an accomplice used the protestas cover for the killing. Barry Perkins III:Perkins, a 29-year-old Black man, waskilled on May 30 after reportedly being dragged for several blocks by a FedEx truck in St. Louis. Summer Taylor, a Black Lives Matter protester who worked in a veterinary clinic, was killed in such an incident in Seattle. [390][391] A community organization in Atlanta's Buckhead neighborhood said that between $10million and $15million in property damage (excluding losses from looting) was incurred over the weekend of May 2931, mostly along storefronts along Peachtree Street and Phipps Plaza. MPD Officers Thomas K. Lane and J. Alexander Kueng arrived with their body cameras turned on. The former Indiana University football player was known as "Mr. Many of the protesters in the park were armed and on edge, and returned fire when Lopez started shooting, local news outlets reported. Black Lives Matter didnt respond to our requests for comment. Moreover, a 2005 study examining similar riots in the 1960s found 'negative . [451] Speaker Nancy Pelosi summarized Democratic opposition to the Senate bill: "it's not a question that it didn't go far enough; it didn't go anywhere". history. Michael Brown On August 9, 2014, 18-year-old Michael Brown was shot and killed by police officer Darren Wilson in Ferguson, Missouri, a suburb of St. Louis. [256] These incidents have provoked "growing concern that aggressive law enforcement tactics intended to impose order were instead inflaming tensions". [4][38][39] By June 2020, more than 19 people had died in relation to the unrest. [243] Critics accused federal authorities of overstepping their jurisdiction and using excessive force against protesters. [196] In New York City, protesters marched and then knelt for 9 minutes and 29 seconds while blocking traffic. [69] In March 2020, the fatal shooting of Breonna Taylor by police executing a search warrant at her Kentucky apartment was also widely publicized. 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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. subscribe to our print edition, ad-free app or electronic newspaper replica here. [498], A protest march in Minneapolis on May 26, 2020, "Black Lives Fucking Matter", "A.C.A.B. Nothing counted more clearly and powerfully than those . Only 3.7% of the events involved property damage or vandalism, according to the analysis. 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Louisville, Kentucky - When mass protests erupted in Louisville, Kentucky, on May 28, one of Chanelle Helm's biggest worries was for the young people who took to the streets . 2020 is a year where numbers mattered, a year where numbers dominated the news and conversations all over the globe. The post shows a Feb. 11 tweet fromBryan Dean Wright, an opinion writer and former CIA officer. Thousands of visitors protested and grieved at the site. Police were involved in the incident. At the time of the post, the four other people were not identified. [66] Several nationally publicized incidents occurred in Minnesota, including the 2015 shooting of Jamar Clark in Minneapolis; the 2016 shooting of Philando Castile in Falcon Heights;[67] and the 2017 shooting of Justine Damond. [406][407] BLM activist Shaun King tweeted that statues, murals, and stained glass windows depicting a white Jesus should be removed. Several protests over Floyd's murder, . ", People not vaccinated against COVID-19 came out the best. 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. He leaves behind four children. Some of the earliest demonstrations, particularly in Minneapolis where Floyd was killed, turned violent,resultingin damages to buildings and other property. [50][51] Demonstrations in Minneapolis during Chauvin's criminal trial and verdict announcement were largely peaceful. 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. Brown was accompanied by his 22-year-old male friend Dorian . Chauvin does not remove his knee until an ambulance arrives. Our fact-check work is supported in part by a grant from Facebook. [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. 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. Lee Keltner, a navy veteran who made custom western hats, was shot after a patriot rally in Denver on 10 October. [487] Paintings of Floyd appeared on exterior walls in many cities in the United States and around the world. In 2020, law enforcement agencies made more than 14,000 protest-related arrests, often detaining people who engaged in civil disobedience, as well as acts of violence. [5][106] Private insurance covered less than half of the estimated damages, which had a disproportionate effect on small business owners, many of who were immigrants and people of color. In addition to the people killed while demonstrating, at least 14 more Americans have been killed in other incidents linked to political unrest this summer, including seven people shot during alleged looting of businesses, among them David Dorn, a retired police officer shot during the robbery of a pawn shop in St Louis; two California law enforcement officers murdered by an alleged anti-government Boogaloo extremist, one person found dead in a pawn shop in Minneapolis that had been set on fire; an eight-year-old shot to death in Atlanta; and a Louisville restaurant owner who was shot dead by the national guard. Richmond, Virginia, was the first stop. July 8, 201604:08. The post was flagged as part of Facebooks efforts to combat false news and misinformation on its News Feed. [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. [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. 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. More than . 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[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. The leak consisted of over a million documents, in what investigative journalist and founder of the groupEmma Bestcalled "the largest published hack of American law enforcement agencies". Everybody cared for him. [30][31][32] At least 200 cities in the U.S. had imposed curfews by early June 2020, while more than 30 states and Washington, D.C. activated over 96,000 National Guard, State Guard, 82nd Airborne, and 3rd Infantry Regiment service members. After the death of George Floyd on May 25, protests and unrest have rocked Minneapolis and other cities. ", "What to know about 4 officers charged in George Floyd's death", "Ex-cop Derek Chauvin guilty of murder and manslaughter in death of George Floyd", "Derek Chauvin sentenced to 22.5 years in death of George Floyd", "The Death of George Floyd Reignited a Movement. Play it now! [427][428][429][430] The flag contained the infamous Confederate symbol in the canton (upper left corner) of the flag, and was the last U.S. state flag to do so. These figures would make the recent protests the largest movement in the countrys history, according to interviews with scholars and crowd-counting experts.". [177] In Salt Lake City, activists protested Floyd's murder by staging a car caravan on March 6, 2021. MPD Officers Derek Chauvin and Tou Thao then arrived and made more failed attempts to get Floyd into the squad car. [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". Your California Privacy Rights/Privacy Policy. It's true that, in 2020, protests over Floyd's death were estimated to have caused about $2 billion in damage. 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. 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. 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. [392] The damage to downtown Chicago's central business district (near the Magnificent Mile) was reported to have sustained "millions of dollars in damage" according to Fortune. [171] Rallies and vigils were held in Minneapolis, Brooklyn, and Los Angeles, among other places. Black Lives Matter didnt respond to our requests for comment. [316] The ABC-produced After Floyd: The Year that Shook America examined the "generation-defining movement" of Floyd's death and Our America: A Year of Activism reflected on the year-long period of activism on social justice issues that followed. Anotherclaim surfaced Feb. 15 on Facebook. 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. Getty Images. [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. [312][313] In August 2020, the occupied protests at 38th Street and Chicago Avenue in Minneapolis was the subject of a multi-part PBS News Hour series, "George Floyd Square: The epicenter of a protest movement that's swept the world"[314] and in December 2020, it was the subject of a monthlong series by Minnesota Public Radio, "Making George Floyd's Square: Meet the people transforming 38th and Chicago". That means from 2014 to 2019, there were somewhere . Dorn, a 77-year-old retired St. Louis police officer who served 38 years on the force was shot and killed by looters at a pawn shop early Tuesday,June 2, 2020, police said. Fourteen Black people have died during theprotests, but not all of these deaths were directly caused by the protests. Some police responded to protests with instances of notable violence, including against reporters. In 2015, the Washington Post started to log every fatal shooting by on-duty police officersin the U.S. More than 4,700 demonstrations have happened in the United States since May 26, averaging out to roughly 140 per day. FEMAIL reveals the 10 breeds you need to know about, 'We're hoping for the best': Saving Private Ryan star Tom Sizemore's manager gives grim update after actor, 61, with drug abuse history remains in critical condition after suffering brain aneurysm at 2am, Body found during search for missing UK mother Nicola Bulley - nearly a mile from where she was last seen three weeks ago, Bernie Sanders calls to 'fight ageism' after 2024 Republican candidate Nikki Haley demands mandatory mental competency test for all politicians over 75, 'Rest easy Mr. President. [16] Chauvin and the other three officers involved were later arrested. The aftermath of the Black Lives Matter protests where do they stand now? [393], On May 31, Walmart temporarily closed several hundred of its stores as a precaution. "[75] After some time, a bystander points out that Floyd was bleeding from his nose while another bystander tells the police that Floyd is "not even resisting arrest right now", to which the police tell the bystanders that Floyd was "talking, he's fine". The surveys suggest that at the minimum, seven million people participated in demonstrations over the last several weeks. [105][106][107][104] About 60% of the local financial losses were uninsured. [492] Public health experts and mayors urged demonstrators to wear face coverings, follow physical separation (social distancing) practices, engage in proper hand hygiene, and seek out COVID-19 testing. [353] The Guardian mistakenly reported that "in normal times, they are only ever turned off when a president dies. An informal tally from Forbesshows that as of June 8, there have been at least 19 reporteddeathsthat have happenedduringprotests. [76][77], Although the police report stated that medical services were requested prior to the time Floyd was placed in handcuffs,[78] according to the Minneapolis Star Tribune, Emergency Medical Services arrived at the scene six minutes after getting the call. You can subscribe to our print edition, ad-free app or electronic newspaper replica here. Six of the . [368], A week into the protests, The Washington Post stated that the current situation suggests that the status quo was undergoing a shock, with the article stating "the past days have suggested that something is changing. [4][296] Their continued presence online has caused Facebook and TikTok to take action against their violent and anti-government posts. A June 22, 2020,article from The Washington Post tallied over 14,000 arrests made since May 27. At least 1,360 counties in the United States - roughly 40 per cent - have had some form of Black Lives Matter protests (demonstrations in Washington D.C.). 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