A great number of looters have had their charges dropped Credit: Reuters. [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. Six of the . By comparison, there are 197 million white Americans in the U.S. For every 1 million, 13 are killed by the police. His family loved him., unclear if the death was related to protests. [248] Months after Derek Chauvin's sentencing, another police officer involved in the case, Thomas Lane was sentenced to 3 years in prison on September 21, 2022. Jessica Doty-Whitaker, a white woman, was shot to death early one July morning in Indianapolis. Contrary to the claim in the post, manyBlack Lives Matterprotesters did face consequences. However, the post is wrong to claimprotesters saw no consequences in fact, over 10,000 protesters were arrested, most for low-level offenses. [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". Chauvin placed his left knee in the area of Floyd's head and neck. [388] The protests have disrupted national supply chains over uncertainty regarding public safety, a resurgence of COVID-19, and consumer confidence. [240] In The Nation, Jeet Heer also called the actions unconstitutional and wrote that "The deployment of unidentified federal officers is particularly dangerous in Portland and elsewhere in America, because it could easily lead to right-wing militias' impersonating legal authorities and kidnapping citizens. Tricky math exam question aimed at 10-year-olds stumps the internet - so are YOU smarter than a fifth grader? A bystander replies saying Floyd "ain't fine". PBS-produced Race Matters: America After George Floyd reported on ongoing protests in communities over issues of police brutality a year after Floyd's death. [415] Protesters in Belgium have vandalized statues of King Leopold II of Belgium. MCCA members say they experienced 8,700 total protest events during that roughly two-month period. 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. [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. Nov. 5, 2021. (Read more about our partnership with Facebook.). 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?". 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Several Fortune 500 retail companies, with large distribution networks, have scaled back deliveries and shuttered stores in high-impact areas. Protest-related damages cost about $2 billion, according to estimate. The figures come from four recent polls that found that 15 million people to 26 million people have been a part of demonstrations that spawned following the deaths of Ahmaud Arbery, Breonna Taylor and George Floyd (protest in New York). The views expressed in the contents above are those of our users and do not necessarily reflect the views of MailOnline. 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. Several protests over Floyd's murder, . In Kenosha in August, a 17-year-old carrying a rifle he was not old enough to legally possess shot and killed two people, Joseph Rosenbaum and Anthony Huber, and seriously injured a third at a volatile late-night protest. [270] The Committee to Protect Journalists has accused police officers of intentionally targeting news crews in an attempt to intimidate them from covering the protests. 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. ", U.S. Rep. Ilhan Omar is "facing 40 years in prison and deportation after seven new crimes uncovered. 33701 [261][262] In Buffalo, three Buffalo Police Department officers were struck by a car, and in Minneapolis, a Minnesota National Guard soldier fired 3 rounds at a speeding vehicle that was driving towards police officers and soldiers. PolitiFactreported in June 2020 that, while protests in several major cities started with violence, most demonstrations across the country were largely peaceful. [488][489], The protests occurred during the global COVID-19 pandemic, leading officials and experts to express concerns that the demonstrations could lead to further spread of SARS-CoV-2. [465] The streaming service HBO Max temporarily pulled the film Gone with the Wind until video that explains and condemns the film's racist depictions could be produced to accompany it. 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. [402], Birmingham, Alabama, Mayor Randall Woodfin ordered the removal of the Confederate Soldiers and Sailors Monument in Linn Park. They already are. [26][165], As of July 3, protests were ongoing. 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Tom Cotton calls for the US Army's toughest soldiers to quell 'domestic terrorism' and suggests protesters should be shown no mercy", "Mass. He's not resisting arrest or nothing. [332][333], On May 28, hacktivist group Anonymous released a video to Facebook and the Minneapolis Police Department entitled "Anonymous Message To The Minneapolis Police Department", in which they state that they are going to seek revenge on the Minneapolis Police Department, and "expose their crimes to the world". Black Lives Matter didnt respond to our requests for comment. Other law enforcement officers have been injured in non-fatal shootings this year, including two Los Angeles sheriffs deputies shot in Compton while sitting in their patrol car in mid-September, and two Louisville police officers shot in late September during a protest over the lack of serious charges against police officers in Breonna Taylors killing. [81][82], On May 26, Chauvin and the other three officers were fired. [319][320], Numerous individuals and celebrities used social media to document the protests, spread information, promote donation sites, and post memorials to George Floyd. [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. 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. [143][144] On February 24, 2022, Kueng, Lane, and Thao were convicted on all federal civil rights charges they faced at trial. NYC will pay $21,500 to HUNDREDS of BLM . [417][418][419] In London, another statue of Gandhi was vandalized by Black Lives Matter protesters along with the statue of Winston Churchill. A friend of Underwood's said "He was a good man, everybody in the community loved him." We need your help. And that catalyst can now be amplified by the fact that individuals probably have more time to engage in protest activity.'. [347] Despite this evidence, U.S. Park Police officials said, "USPP officers and other assisting law enforcement partners did not use tear gas or OC Skat Shells to close the area at Lafayette Park",[348][349] adding that they only used "pepper balls" and "smoke canisters". The COVID-19 recession has eroded large parts of state budgets which have, subsequently, struggled to finance the police overtime pay, security costs, and infrastructure repairs related to the demonstrations. [334][335] According to Bloomberg, the video was initially posted on an unconfirmed Anonymous Facebook page. Dorian Murrell: Murrell, an 18-year-old Black man, was fatally shot on May 31 following a night of protests in Indianapolis. July 8, 201604:08. Fourteenof the identified deaths were Black people. 878. [435][436], A week-long tour began July 28 in which a hologram of Floyd was projected on a monument to be removed, thereby "replacing" the monument with Floyd. Protests had continued for over a year after Floyd's murder. [256] Amnesty International issued a press release on May 31, 2021, calling for the police to end excessive militarized responses to the protests. [53][54][142][124] Protest demonstrations were held in the streets surrounding the courtroom building during the trial. "[239], On July 20, 2020, the Chicago Tribune reported that the Department of Homeland Security was preparing to send 150 federal agents to Chicago. 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. 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. [113] On October 7, 2020, several protests were held in Minneapolis to express anger over Chauvin's release from jail pending trial after he posted bond for his $1 million bail. District of Columbia "[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". [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". Photograph by Alex . [400][401] The United States Navy followed suit on June 9 at the direction of Michael M. Gilday, the Chief of Naval Operations. [359] The Fox News website also used a photograph of a burning scene from the Minnesota protests to illustrate their articles on Seattle's protests. Our only agenda is to publish the truth so you can be an informed participant in democracy. 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. Washington, DC Advertisement: Four of the officers pictured here died during incidents unrelated to the protests, and two of the pictured officers died prior to Floyd's death on May 25, 2020. [353] The Guardian mistakenly reported that "in normal times, they are only ever turned off when a president dies. More than 2,900 cases of police brutality have . At the last Democratic presidential debate hosted by MSNBC and The Washington Post, moderator Kristen Welker asked the candidates . [86] Shortly after, the official post-mortem declared Floyd's death a homicide. When zinc prices declined after the war, so did the town, and it was officially declared a ghost town in 1972. Nine days of protests nationwide following the death of George Floyd have left hundreds injured and at least 12 people dead. [324] One example was a viral photo that appears to show white women protesters standing with their arms locked between Louisville Metro Police Officers and protesters, with the caption describing the image and "This is love. 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. A mapping project of protest art after Floyd's death had by May 19, 2021, documented 2,100 entries of George Floyd-related and anti-racism art around the world, though much of it was from the Minneapolis and Saint Paul area. ", "ICE now says detainees held hunger strike in honor of George Floyd", "Watch inmates at a federal prison in downtown Chicago bang on walls and flash lights in solidarity with George Floyd protesters", "George Floyd death: US protests timeline", "Seattle mayor blasts Trump's threat to 'take back' city after protesters set up 'autonomous zone', "Free Food, Free Speech and Free of Police: Inside Seattle's 'Autonomous Zone', "How a March for Black Trans Lives Became a Huge Event", "We Must Do Better Fighting For Black Trans Lives", "ILWU to Shut Down West Coast Ports on Juneteenth in Solidarity with George Floyd Protesters", "United Auto Workers organizing 'peaceful and orderly stand downs' on Juneteenth for George Floyd and racial protests", "8 Minutes, 46 Seconds Became a Symbol in George Floyd's Death. Medics were unable to detect a pulse, and Floyd was pronounced dead at the hospital. [302][303] Two had pled guilty by May 2021. The DOJ's complaint alleged that the man had been captured on video dousing the federally-owned Pike statue with a flammable liquid, igniting it as it lay on the ground and using the fire to light a cigarette. Protests against police brutality and systemic racism sparked by the death of George Floyd have taken place across the U.S. for threeweeks. A June 22, 2020,article from The Washington Post tallied over 14,000 arrests made since May 27. T he vast majority of Black Lives Matter protests more than 93%have been peaceful, according to a new report published Thursday by a . [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. [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. ", People not vaccinated against COVID-19 came out the best. 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