Many of the protesters in the park were armed and on edge, and returned fire when Lopez started shooting, local news outlets reported. Calvin Horton Jr.:Horton, a 43-year-old Black man, was fatally shot outside of a Minneapolis pawn shopon May 27. "[239], On July 20, 2020, the Chicago Tribune reported that the Department of Homeland Security was preparing to send 150 federal agents to Chicago. 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. Wind farm construction is a possible cause of dead whales washing ashore in New Jersey. [124], Following Chauvin's verdict, many activists in Minneapolis did not perceive that "Justice for Floyd" was final as J. Alexander Kueng, Thomas Lane and Tou Thao still awaited trial, and issues of systemic racism and police reform had not been addressed satisfactorily. [6][43], The protests precipitated a worldwide debate on policing and racial injustice that has led to numerous legislative proposals on federal, state, and municipal levels in the U.S. intended to combat police misconduct, systemic racism, qualified immunity and police brutality. Campbell's research also indicates that these protests correlate with a 10 percent increase in murders in the areas that saw BLM protests. [299] Police said initial reports indicate that Foster was carrying an AK-47 style rifle, and was pushing his fiance's wheelchair moments before he was killed. [citation needed] During this time, multiple videos of the protests, looting, and riots were shared by journalists and protesters with many videos circulating widely on social media websites. After the death of George Floyd on May 25, protests and unrest have rocked Minneapolis and other cities. Nothing counted more clearly and powerfully than those . The law also made it a felony to destroy historically commemorative objects and structures, and in response to calls to "defund the police" requires police departments to justify budget reductions. 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At least 200 cities had imposed curfews, and at least 27 states and Washington, D.C., activated over 62,000 National Guard personnel in response to the unrest. [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. 'Without gainsaying the reality and significance of generalized white support for the movement in the early 1960s, the number of whites who were active in a sustained way in the struggle were comparatively few, and certainly nothing like the percentages we have seen taking part in recent weeks,' said Douglas McAdam, an emeritus professor at Stanford University who studies social movements. 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. [163], Protests continued over the weekend of June 19 in many cities, and observations of Juneteenth gained a new awareness. Las Vegas police officer Shay Mikalonis was shot in the head during the same protest, and reportedly remains paralyzed from the injury. The documentary Say His Name: Five Days of George Floyd, released in February 2021, contained footage of protests and unrest in a neighborhood of Minneapolis in the five days that elapsed between Floyd's murder and the criminal charges being filed against Derek Chauvin. Six police officers were killed in 10 days while working during protests against police violence and racial injustice in the spring of 2020. In Portland, Oregon, where Black Lives Matter protests had been held daily since Floyd's murder, demonstrators staged a sit-in. The fund has raised more than $7 million. "[374] Reuters reported that Black candidates in June's primaries had benefited from "a national reckoning on racism. The impetus for the bill were the killings of Floyd, Breonna Taylor, and other African Americans at the hands of police. [422] New Zealand Deputy Prime Minister Winston Peters called the scrutiny of colonial-era memorials a "wave of idiocy". In Portland, Oregon, however, Floyd's murder resulted in a yearlong period of "near-continuous protests" over racial injustice and police violence, at times featuring clashes between demonstrators and authorities and resulting in property damage. The six deaths that are not directly related to protests, or deaths whose relation to protests areunder investigation, include: Marquis Tousant:Tousant, a 23-year-old Black man, was found dead from a gunshot wound on June 1 in Davenport following a night of protests. Minneapolis officials renamed a stretch two block stretch of Chicago Avenue as George Floyd Perry Jr Place and designated it as one of seven cultural districts in city. 2020 is a year where numbers mattered, a year where numbers dominated the news and conversations all over the globe. [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". Many protests during the civil rights movement were in response to the perception of police brutality, . [366][367], A study by Zignal Labs identified three dominant themes in misinformation and conspiracy theories around the protests: unsubstantiated claims of antifa involvement, claims that Floyd's murder had been faked, and claims of involvement by the billionaire investor and philanthropist George Soros. Photograph by Alex . However, given the frequent ways this word has been used to describe Black Lives Matter protesters, the 17-year-old murder victim Trayvon Martin, and sadly, almost every black victim of police brutality there is an . Arkansas senator Tom Cotton also pushed for the U.S. Army's 101st Airborne Division to be deployed to quell the unrest, calling protesters "Antifa terrorists". [472], The week of June 24, 2020, several animated series that had black, mixed or non-white characters voiced by white actors, including Big Mouth, Central Park, Family Guy and The Simpsons, announced those characters would be recast with people of color. [434], On July 13, the Washington Redskins announced that their name and logo would be retired upon completion of "a thorough review of the name" that was first announced on July 3. "[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. [50][51] Demonstrations in Minneapolis during Chauvin's criminal trial and verdict announcement were largely peaceful. The criminal trial was scheduled to begin on June 13, 2022. [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. 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 . Your California Privacy Rights/Privacy Policy. Our fact-check work is supported in part by a grant from Facebook. [169] In Miami, Florida, protesters on September 7, 2020, commemorated Floyd's murder and pressured local authorities to enact changes to policing policies, such as banning chokeholds during arrests. Whats more, news coverage of the protests have also included numerous reports that identify law enforcement officers as causing injury to civilians. The protests, colloquially known as the"Freedom Convoy," began in late January after the Canadian government started requiring proof of COVID-19 vaccination for drivers crossing the U.S. border. Nine of the people killed during protests were demonstrators taking part in Black Lives Matter protests. Several demonstrations were held in Minneapolis the evening of June 25. [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. [87] Video footage of Officer Derek Chauvin applying 8 minutes 15 seconds of sustained pressure to Floyd's neck generated global attention and raised questions about the use of force by law enforcement. At the last Democratic presidential debate hosted by MSNBC and The Washington Post, moderator Kristen Welker asked the candidates . 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. [255] A study conducted by the Armed Conflict Location and Event Data Project found that about 93% of 7,750 protests from May 26 through August 22 remained peaceful and nondestructive. Sixof the deaths are either unrelated or the relation to protests is underinvestigation. More than 2,000 law enforcement officers were injured during protests, . [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. [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. [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. 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. It Never Happened", "Conflicting reports of looting at Soho Rolex store", "Fox News runs digitally altered images in coverage of Seattle's protests, Capitol Hill Autonomous Zone", "41 Cities, Many Sources: How False Antifa Rumors Spread Locally", "False claims of antifa protesters plague small U.S. cities", "Militias flocked to Gettysburg to foil a supposed Antifa flag burning, an apparent hoax created on social media", "Minneapolis protest misinformation stokes racial tensions", "Twitter became a major vehicle for misinformation about unrest in D.C.", "Twitter Suspends Hundreds Tweeting #dcblackout During Protests", "Misinformation About George Floyd Protests Surges on Social Media", "America convulses amid a week of protests, but can it change? Officers approached the car and ordered George Floyd, a 46-year-old African American man, who according to police "appeared to be under the influence", to exit the vehicle, at which point he "physically resisted". [170], To mark what would have been Floyd's 47th birthday, groups across the United States staged protest events on October 14, 2020. However, the post is wrong to claimprotesters saw no consequences in fact, over 10,000 protesters were arrested, most for low-level offenses. 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. This is in part because "antifa is a moniker, not a single group", making it difficult to attribute any violence directly to the movement. ", U.S. Rep. Ilhan Omar is "facing 40 years in prison and deportation after seven new crimes uncovered. You can subscribe to our print edition, ad-free app or electronic newspaper replica here. Batiste also appeared in concert with Matt Whitaker in a performance presented in partnership with Sing For Hope, performed on the steps of the Brooklyn Public Library. He had lots of friends. What . [490] The demonstrations thus sparked debate among commentators, political leaders, and health experts over coronavirus restrictions on gatherings. Scurlock's death sparked new momentum in protests, with one protester calling him a hero. Jose Gutierrez:Gutierrez, 28, was shot and killed on June 1 during a night of protests and looting in Cicero, Illinois. Despite the large number of arrests, The Hill reported most of those protesters were booked not for violent crimes, but for low-level offenses such as violating curfews. [19], The George Floyd protest movement began hours after his murder as bystander video and word of mouth began to spread. [154] Organizations involved with #ShutDownSTEM day included Nature Research, Massachusetts Institute of Technology and the American Physical Society. [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. The post cited an opinion column from the Wall Street Journal and a NYDaily News articleabout protest related deaths. Citizen, a community safety app, also experienced a high spike in downloads. [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. In 2019, 14 unarmed Black people were fatally shot by police. Blake has since filed a federal . The biggest ones and chains will likely reopen but chances are the smaller shops won't unless they have riot insurance. Of the 8,700 protests, 574 of them were riots that saw mass looting and destruction. [55], George Floyd Square in Minneapolis continued to be a place of protest for over two years after Floyd's murder,[145][146] with the movement there persisting into 2023. [288] 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. The death of George Floyd - a Black man who died after a Minneapolis police officer pressed his knee into Floyd's neck - in May of 2020 prompted hundreds of protests nationwide over the . Unfortunately, violent criminal activity is occurring in Portland. The costs have amounted to the costliest period of civil unrest in insurance . blm protest portland 7-25-20 ap.jpeg. But Perry has not yet faced any criminal charges, and a local prosecutor in Texas said the incident was still under investigation. Some reports have estimatedinsurance claims for damagesrelated to the 2020 protests totaled about $2 billion. Let him breathe. [4] By June 8, 2020, at least 19 people had died during the protests. A makeshift memorial dedicated to Tyler Gerth, a photographer who was shot and killed at a protest in Louisville. 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. The situation escalated the nights of May 27 to 29 where widespread arson, rioting, and looting took place, which were noted as a contrast to daytime protests that were characterized as mostly peaceful events. [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. Marvin Francois:Francois, a 50-year-old Black man, was shot and killedon May 31 a few blocks away from a protest in Kansas Citywhenthree men tried to steal his jeep. Their lawlessness celebrated and excused," reads text in the post, published by a page called The Right View of the United States. In 2019, 14 unarmed Black people were fatally shot by police. In protests seeking justice for George Floyd, a black man killed after a white police officer pinned his knee into his neck, several people have died. [345] At a press conference later the same day, Carter explained that he had "shared arrest data received in [his] morning police briefing which [he] later learned to be inaccurate". [454], On September 10, Ted Wheeler, the mayor and police commissioner of Portland, Oregon, banned city police from using tear gas for riot control purposes, but reiterated that police would respond to violent protests forcefully. BLM burned our cities and destroyed $2B of property. [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. 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. One study of the 1992 Los Angeles riots concluded that not only did the destruction cause $1 billion in initial property damage, over time it led to an economic decline of $3.8 billion in sales activity and at least $125 million in tax revenue.. [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. Michael Brown, 18, was killed by a police officer, in Ferguson, Missouri . [340], On June 3, as U.S. protests gained momentum, Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey tweeted a recommendation for users to download end-to-end encryption (E2EE) messaging app Signal. There are about 42 million Black Americans in the the U.S. For every 1 million, 31 are killed by the police. September 5, 2020 11:47 AM EDT. Planning permission to add it to the monument's base was granted the following year and proprietors also approved the change. He was known for always having his camera and being a "great photographer." 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. Six of the . 1. [455], Nine members of the Minneapolis City Council a veto-proof majority pledged on June 7 to dismantle the Minneapolis Police Department, despite opposition from Mayor Jacob Frey. 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. 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. "My friends got tear-gassed, time and time again. [68] In August 2019, Elijah McClain died after Aurora police ordered paramedics to administer ketamine under dubious circumstances. Everybody cared for him. As we reported two weeks after the protests began, a review of demonstrations in five major cities found that all of the protests started with violence, but then became largely peaceful. Often overshadowed by shocking images of violence and destruction, here . Everybody cared for him. [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. [329] In some cases, these displays of solidarity, such as police kneeling, have been recognized as occurring moments before police teargassed crowds or inflicted violence on them. Over 2,000 police officers sustained injuries in the line of duty during the first weeks of demonstrations that began May 26 over the death of George Floyd while in custody of the Minneapolis Police Department one day prior. What Happens Now? Jessica Doty-Whitaker, a white woman, was shot to death early one July morning in Indianapolis. [341] On June 6, an estimated half million people joined protests in 550 places in the United States. The suspect has not been identified or arrested. Cellphone data used to arrest the Idaho quadruple-murder suspect proves that criticism of the 2000 Mules movies use of cell data is unfounded. Kelly's aunt said she was the"bright, bubbly big personality in the room.. [482], In reaction to the higher sensitivity by customers for racial issues in the aftermath of Floyd's murder, multiple companies decided to rebrand some products. [416], In Washington, D.C., a statue of Mahatma Gandhi in front of the Indian Embassy was vandalized on the intervening night of June 2 and 3. In the Bronx many store owners woke up to broken storefronts, shattered glass and stolen goods.. An analysis of NYPD data by NBC New York has showed that out of the 118 arrests that were made in Bronx in June 2020, most . LA attorney is accused of blowing $10.2M of her law firm's money at Las Vegas hotel over six months - and took pictures with Aaron Rodgers, Tom Brady and Patrick Mahomes to showcase her fake 'lifestyle', Shock new poll shows Ron DeSantis LOSING to Donald Trump by 13 points as ex-president continues upping attacks against the Florida governor, Want a dog but can't bear a messy house? Damage caused: In late June, Fox News reported that according to insurance experts and city officials, the Floyd protests could eclipse the 1992 Los Angeles riots to become the most expensive civil disturbance in U.S. history. [387] A resurgence of COVID-19 (facilitated by mass protests) could exacerbate the 2020 stock market crash according to economists at RBC. 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