In St. Louis and Las Vegas, officers were shot and wounded, and in New York City and Buffalo, N.Y., they were injured after being struck by cars. The authorities were investigating the fatal shooting of a federal officer, a contract security guard for the Department of Homeland Security, outside a federal courthouse in Oakland, Calif. People of African descent compromise less than 1% of New Zealand's population. Published Jan. 7. During recent protests in Colombia over inequality and police brutality, local activist groups say at least 43 people have been killed by police. He was just standing there making sure that everybody is OK, Cazares sister told the Cicero Independiente. And while the church is near a primarily Black neighborhood, the congregation is largely white, the minister said. The full RealClearInvestigations database with the side-by-side information is here. Brown had just robbed a convenience store and was killed by an officer he was attacking in an attempt to take his gun. Images claiming to show pro-Trump protests in Washington, D.C., are actually photos from 2018 March for Our Lives rally and 2017 Women's March. WebFourteen Black people have died during the protests, but not all of these deaths were directly caused by the protests. Garner resisted arrest, the cops used an appropriate amount of force subduing him and he died because of underlying health issues (acute and chronic bronchial asthma, obesity, and heart disease.). A makeshift memorial dedicated to Tyler Gerth, a photographer who was shot and killed at a protest in Louisville. Some allegedly endured solitary confinement and other mistreatment. A coalition of faith leaders praying at the site where George Floyd died in Minneapolis. He was doing something in public that he knew would lead to an arrest if he was caught. Some climbed atop a large red CNN sign outside the media companys headquarters and spray-painted messages on it. Over the 10 weeks cited by the report, more than 16,200 people were arrested for protest-related crimes. Second Amendment Win: Federal Judge Blocks Illinois Ban on Some Semi-Automatic Rifles, Mag Kennedy Surges Despite Bias and Censorship, WATCH: Pennsylvania Democrats' Savage Responses to Joe Biden's 2024 Announcement. An image used in the claim shows the National Guard at the steps of the Lincoln Memorial after it was vandalized, not at the U.S. Capitol. That doesnt lead me to a real good place about the state of our nation, our legal system, or the future. Note: Surveys are of the adult population in the United States, Source: 2018 Census via Social Explorer; Crowd Counting Consortium protests database; New York Times protests database, from The Washington Post and the Kaiser Family Foundation. That autopsy also concluded that Mr. Floyd had no underlying medical problem that caused or contributed to his death.. Maybe that comes from the bad old days of the civil rights movement when the police werent always fair to black Americans. Another extended his baton toward him with both hands. But thousands of miles away in France, his death sparked unprecedented protests against anti-Black violence the roots of which are far different than the United States, but the experience of which is all too familiar. A viral image depicting Democrats storming the U.S. Capitol to protest Kavanaugh's Supreme Court confirmation is false. And in Kentucky, Gov. In New York, lawmakers repealed a law that kept police disciplinary records secret. 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. "Put simply we no longer see a Britain where the system is deliberately rigged against ethnic minorities," the report from the Commission on Race and Ethnic Disparities said. Police thanked his group for their presence and gave them water in response to a request from Rittenhouse. But Black Lives Matter protesters there say that comes from a reluctance to speak directly about race and discrimination. In Indianapolis, a person was killed and three others injured after shots were fired at demonstrators. Renee Jones Schneider/Star Tribune, via Associated Press. Moreover, the overwhelming majority of police shootings are justified and those that arent are USUALLY punished in a court of law. Some demonstrators vandalized police vehicles with graffiti and targeted the precinct house where the four officers had been assigned, said John Elder, a police spokesman. The situation in Minneapolis, is no longer, in any way, about the murder of George Floyd. 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. In Detroit, a 21-year-old man was fatally shot as he sat in a car when protesters took to the streets. Terms under which this service is provided to you, California - Do Not Sell My Personal Information. If you believe #Blacklivesmatter, he was a gentle giant who was innocently strolling home and then was needlessly shot to death by an officer while his hands were up. The National Guard troops ultimately sent were deployed in Wisconsin by Gov. Fact check: Quotes from Democratic leaders about riots, unrest taken out of context. An image of a purported character from "The Simpsons" dressed infur, a horned hat, painted face and tattoos has been altered to falsely claim that the show predicted the Capitol riot ahead of time. WebTwo people were killed over the weekend amid unrest in Indianapolis, including 38-year-old Chris Beaty, a former offensive lineman for Indiana University. While they walked away from that confrontation, the fiance said, someone opened fire later and the 24-year-old mother was killed. We rated this claim, which circulated on Facebook, False. Revolving door? "There is this refusal to take into account the history of slavery and colonization, and how race was part of it and how we're still dealing with the legacy," said Nathalie Etoke, an associate professor of Francophone and Africana Studies at the City University of New York Graduate Center. Jacob Blake sues Kenosha police officer Rusten Sheskey, who shot him in the back in August, "In 2010, (Wisconsin Republicans) inherited a multi-Billion dollar deficit Today we are looking at a projected surplus approaching 7 Billion. Either the very weak Radical Left Mayor, Jacob Frey, get his act together and bring the City under control, or I will send in the National Guard & get the job done right.. "And so that's what has changed for our community since George Floyd in D.C. "We have taken one step forward and about five steps back since the BLM movement in the U.K.," Ayton said. published Jan. 13. Lee Keltner, a navy veteran who made custom western hats, was shot after a patriot rally in Denver on 10 October. One protest in Wellington drew more than 20,000 people. Your California Privacy Rights / Privacy Policy. Fact check: Image of 'Simpsons' character doctored to mimic Capitol riot participant. There are actual statistics on this that show how silly this whole hysteria has become. This gets people killed. There will NEVER be a time when mistakes arent made. On Friday, May 29, "We have built a stronger community and reimagined a world where we keep us safe and we can build a world without police," Neenee Taylor, the former mass engagement and rapid response coordinator for Black Lives Matter D.C., told CBS News. pic.twitter.com/NrElZrlfvu. -Authorities have pursued the largely Trump-supporting Capitol rioters with substantially more vigor than suspected wrongdoers in the earlier two cases. "A lot of people tell me, 'Yolanda, don't risk your life by marching in the streets knowing it can put you at risk,'" said Yolanda Perea, a human rights defender in Choc. Fact check: Meme inaccurately portrays police action at New York BLM protest. Mr. Walz later said that he had activated thousands of additional National Guard troops to send to Minneapolis but had declined the Armys offer to deploy military police units. Published Feb. 3, Fact check: Viral photo shows 2011 Wisconsin protests, not 2018 Kavanaugh protests at U.S. Capitol. investigation after the video showed that the official police account of the arrest had borne little resemblance to what actually occurred. Demonstrators began organizing in other cities. Months after the protests, the government commissioned a report examining institutional racism in the U.K. In remarks about the unrest in several cities across the United States, Mr. Trump threatened to deploy the military to states where governors and mayors could not bring violence and the looting under control. pic.twitter.com/cqsQHDEwXB. The goose-stepping Anti-fa and Black Lives Matter terrorist-thugs carried out a true, year-long insurrection, featuring the occupation of and destruction of neighborhoods; the destruction of businesses; the destruction of courthouses and police stations; the desecration of synagogues; attacks upon law enforcement officers; the murder of innocents funny how the vile Dhimmi-crats arent at all interesting in convening a committee to investigation this insurrection, which the Dhimmi-crats enabled, lauded, rationalized and otherwise supported, at every turn. "Because we don't want to end up like the United States.". The comments section is closed. Protesters march through London towards Parliament Square in support of the Black Lives Matter movement on July 5, 2020, in the aftermath of the death of George Floyd in police custody in the U.S. Minneapolis to pay $8.9 million over Chauvin's misconduct from 2017, 11 more officers face misconduct charges in troubled Ohio police department, Louisville police violated constitutional rights, Justice Department says, 20 more hours of video from arrest of Tyre Nichols to be released, Deputies suspended in Tyre Nichols case didn't keep bodycams on, tore down and vandalized statues of slave traders, 2019 mass shootings at two mosques in Christchurch, push peaceful protesters from Lafayette Square. Really, its hard to overstate the scale of this movement, said Deva Woodly, an associate professor of politics at the New School. The recent Black Lives Matter protests peaked on June 6, when half a million people turned out in nearly 550 places across the United States. Two were conservatives killed after pro-Trump patriot rallies. This leads to huge increases in criminal activity which gets people killed. Activists say the cases of Floyd and Ordez inspired people to record incidents with police. Even protests to unseat government leadership or for independence typically succeed when they involve 3.5 percent of the population at their peak, according to a review of international protests by Erica Chenoweth, a professor at Harvard Kennedy School who co-directs the Crowd Counting Consortium, which collects data on crowd sizes of political protests. But Blake was not convicted of any prior gun offenses. It's false to claim President-elect Joe Biden condemned violence on Jan. 6 but didn't condemn violent protests by Black Lives Matter or antifa last summer. Gift Article Share Out of 7,750 protests last summer associated with BLM and Antifa, 570 turned into violent riots that killed 25 people and caused $1- $2 billion of property damage. With being home and not being able to do as much, that might be amplifying something that is already sort of critical, something thats already a powerful catalyst, and that is the video, said Daniel Q. Gillion, a professor at the University of Pennsylvania who has written several books on protests and politics. The adversarial stance that the Trump administration has taken on issues like guns, climate change and immigration has led to more protests than under any other presidency since the Cold War. Months later, a grand jury voted not to indict them. The new data highlights the danger of the presence of guns during politically charged protests, and raises concerns about continued violence during and after election day, when many Americans anticipate delays, confusion and protests before the winner of the presidential race is confirmed. The 1/6 events were counter-revolutionary acts by wreckers and Kulaks and have to be suppressed with the utmost vigor. Professor Woodly said that the civil rights marches in the 1960s were considerably smaller in number. Wearing We Cant Breathe T-shirts and pumping their hands in the air, protesters gathered in Minneapolis on June 2 at the site of Mr. Floyds death. was shot and killed at a pawn shop on 2 June 2020. hate crimes and rising political violence, violent far-right domestic terrorism, 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. But Perry has not yet faced any criminal charges, and a local prosecutor in Texas said the incident was still under investigation. Blake had an active warrant for sexual assault and several other crimes related to domestic violence at the time he was shot. The video showed him motionless on the ground and bleeding. Published Jan. 6. Published Jan. 13. Some people threw bottles and debris at officers, who responded with pepper spray and arrests. According to the Civis Analytics poll, the movement appears to have attracted protesters who are younger and wealthier. Las Vegas police officer Shay Mikalonis was shot in the head during the same protest, and reportedly remains paralyzed from the injury. WebDuring recent protests in Colombia over inequality and police brutality, local activist groups say at least 43 people have been killed by police. An amalgam of estimates from organizers, the police and local news reports often make up the official total. After four nights of chaos in Minneapolis, Mr. Frey called on people to stay home. That was a single day in more than a month of protests that still continue to today. Mr. Floyd is heard repeatedly saying, I cant breathe, in the video. Counting efforts are still ongoing, so the map is not comprehensive and totals shown are an average of high and low estimates. David Dorn, a 77-year-old retired St Louis police officer. WebTwo people were killed over the weekend amid unrest in Indianapolis, including 38-year-old Chris Beaty, a former offensive lineman for Indiana University. And Rittenhouse was living with his single mother in Antioch, Ill., not Kenosha. According to the Hennepin County Medical Examiners office, Mr. Floyd died of cardiopulmonary arrest complicating law enforcement subdual, restraint, and neck compression. The office also said that Mr. Floyd suffered from heart disease, was high on fentanyl and had recently used methamphetamines. ACLEDs dataset only focuses on political violence. Terrence Floyd, wearing a white T-shirt, visits the place where his brother, George Floyd, died in police custody on May 25. The claim that Black Lives Matter protesters in Louisville protected a cop during protests and a U.S. Capitol Police officer died due to injuries sustained while on-duty is true. The count could carry a longer prison sentence than the third-degree murder charge he initially faced. Published Jan. 7. Were any of them put into permanent lockdown solitary still awaiting their first hearings, like the political prisoners of 1/6 have been? Yet another was a federal officer working security during a protest. We rated this claim, from Facebook, True. The "WH Office of Pardon Attorney" is not assisting Trump in preparing pardons for the rioters involved with violence at the U.S. Capitol. These figures would make the recent protests the largest movement in the countrys history, according to interviews with scholars and crowd-counting experts. Chase Mayo comforts his wife, Anna Mayo, the sister of Garrett Foster, during a vigil in memory of Foster on 26 July 2020, in Austin, Texas. Except none of that is true. "Oil pulling improves overall oral health, strengthens gums, helps prevent cavities, whitens teeth and reduces plaque. ", New Zealand has a global reputation for peace and tolerance. 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. Rioters burned down an active precinct with cops initially in it, set up a literal city-state, and killed 34 people. Half of those who said they protested said that this was their first time getting involved with a form of activism or demonstration. "BLM rioters just burned down a black church in a black community with a BLM sign out front. That night, protesters also clashed with the police across Brooklyn and Lower Manhattan, leaving officers and demonstrators injured. One of the reasons there have been protests in so many places in the United States is the backing of organizations like Black Lives Matter. Assuming intelligence and objective, critical analysis is your first mistake in what is spewed out as news these days. So, if the goal is supposed to be to stop the police from ever making a mistake, its pie in the sky. Whatever the reason for it, it exists and the Black Lives Matter movement has greatly exacerbated it for its own purposes. Today, many of the Black people living in France emigrated from those colonies. Citing those tweets, analysts at a thinktank that monitors domestic terrorism classified the shooting as an act of violent far-right domestic terrorism. All crickets! Corrections and clarifications: The Associated Press,citing unidentified sources, reported in January that Officer Brian Sicknick may have been hit in the head by a fire extinguisher. Nine of the people killed during protests were demonstrators taking part in Black Lives Matter protests. https://www.nytimes.com/article/george-floyd-protests-timeline.html. -With authorities applying lenient prosecutorial standards in many major cities torn by the summer riots, the vast majority of charges last year were dismissed, as were charges in the Inauguration 2017 unrest. Hands up, dont shoot! That could be my son! What if Im next? Its all garbage well, unless youre a criminal whos resisting arrest or more likely, trying to kill an officer. On the flip side, liberals and their allies in the mainstream press have worked overtime to downplay more apropos contrasts conservatives have made between the Capitol riots and last years Antifa/Black Lives Matter-led riots, the latter of which took place over a period of several months in Democrat-run cities across America after the May 25th, 2020 officer-involved death of Minneapolis resident George Floyd. Put another way, not only are black men far more likely to be shot by other black men than police officers, theres a better chance that a black American who obeys a cops instructions will be struck by lightning than there is that he will be shot by a police officer. After Minneapolis police killed George Floyd, Black Lives Matter protests spread across the nation. Claims that members of antifa were identified among rioters at the U.S. Capitol by a facial recognition company are false. Blood was seen immediately pooling behind his head. At least six people have been killed in violence connected to the protests that started after Mr. Floyd died in police custody. Published Jan. 9. "The kind of escapism that we indulged in in the past wouldn't suffice anymore," Mazbou Q said. Of those 990 shootings, 730 of them happened while an attack was in progress. Fact check: Demonstrators erected a cross at Michigan Capitol, not US Capitol. The deaths set off months of protests, some of which ended in violent and even deadly police crackdowns. In Los Angeles, hundreds of protesters converged in the citys downtown area to march around the Civic Center. Its genuinely sad that such a small infraction led to a series of events that caused Eric Garners death, but it was his own fault. "But I'll continue to march and defend our lives. The age group with the largest share of protesters was people under 35 and the income group with the largest share of protesters was those earning more than $150,000. They admitted their recommendations are influenced by their political agenda. Vice President Mike Pence was not arrested on Jan. 6. The covid spread is the 1.5 million illegals that Biden has let in with a 40% positive covid.. untreated, And its not stoping , they keep coming and he keeps letting them in, Send the numbers to everyone on social media cause our Democratic media aint doing it. The National Guard was deployed in more than two dozen states to assist overwhelmed police departments, and dozens of mayors extended curfews. There were no charges for his death. Fact check: Alabama man at Capitol riot died from a heart attack. The experiment was a response to the 2019 mass shootings at two mosques in Christchurch, which were committed by a white supremacist. In addition to CHAZ (!) ", Wisconsin elementary school students buck national trends in National Report Card release., Mandela Barnes came out in favor of abortion up until the moment of birth., Says Tony Evers is a career politician., Says Democratic Senate candidate Mandela Barnes supports abolishing ICE.. Kenosha police did let Rittenhouse walk by and ultimately return home to Illinois after prosecutors say he killed two protesters and injured a third. On 1 June, a day of widespread protests across the country, he was shot to death outside a neighborhood grocery store in Cicero, Illinois, that he was reportedly trying to protect. The video showed the police officers appearing to shove Mr. Gugino, who then staggered backward and landed hard on the sidewalk. Besides the spike in demonstrations on Juneteenth, the number of protests has fallen considerably over the last two weeks according to the Crowd Counting Consortium. But, dismissing 2020's riots as "just burning small businesses" and "totally different" is dishonest. WebAccording to Mapping Police Violence, police have killed at least 1,066 people in 2020. WebThere are actual statistics on this that show how silly this whole hysteria has become. Hennepin County Jail/Agence France-Presse Getty Images. 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. Recorded by the local radio station WBFO, the video showed the man, later identified as Martin Gugino, as he approached a group of officers during a protest about Mr. Floyds death. Everywhere, activistsknew there was no going back to the way things were before they witnessed Floyd's final moments. The officers, identified as Aaron Torgalski, 39, and Robert McCabe, 32, pleaded not guilty and were released on their own recognizance. In Colombia, the news of Floyd's death was bookended by two notorious police killings domestically. Because, according to the Center for Disease Control, mostly peacefully protesting of systemic racism and white privilege is more important than saving the lives of grandma and grandpa. Officials have said the 20-year-old Las Vegas resident charged in the shooting had not been participating in the protest before the attack, the Las Vegas Review-Journal reported. Bystanders captured video of the officer behind a police car using his knee to pin Mr. Floyd by his neck. Its Time to Move to a National Popular Vote in Order to Combat Straight White Male Republican Identifies as Lesbian of Color, His Family Receives 'Violent Threats', WATCH: Biden's Latest Alzheimer's Moment Is Actually Very Sad, Chant at a #Blacklivesmatter protest in Minnesota, Chant by "Million Marchers" in New York City, 990 people in the United States were killed by police officers. Stacey Matthews has also written under the pseudonym Sister Toldjah and can be reached via Twitter. Because this really isnt a huge problem for black Americans, the #blacklivesmatter scumbags have taken ambiguous cases and elevated them to practically legendary status. ", George Floyd was killed in Minneapolis. In Minneapolis, the City Council pledged to dismantle its police department. National Guard troops were en route and even on the ground well before the Trump administration got involved. Says Evers and Lt. Gov. Trump asks for mistrial in E. 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