more than 16,200 people were arrested for protest-related crimes. [116] In early March, in the days preceding Chauvin's trial, local organizers staged peaceful protests[117] with thousands of people marching in the streets. There is a Black Lives Matter national organization, which says it has more than a dozen U.S. chapters, along with countless numbers of individuals who support the organization. 878. ", "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. [385], The U.S. stock market remained unaffected or otherwise increased from the start of the protests on May 26 to June 2. In cities across the United States, tens of thousands of people have swarmed . Dorian Murrell: Murrell, an 18-year-old Black man, was fatally shot on May 31 following a night of protests in Indianapolis. [501] Some law enforcement personnel in New York City who responded to protests were criticized for failing to wear face masks. In 2019, 14 unarmed Black people were fatally shot by police. People killed: In early June, news accounts reported the number of people killed during the Floyd protests at roughly a dozen, or as many as 19. [259], At least 104 incidents of vehicles driving into crowds of protesters, including eight involving police officers, were recorded from May 27 to September 5, with 39 drivers charged. In sports, the NFL football team in Washington, D.C., dropped the "Redskins" nickname and the MLB baseball team in Cleveland said it would discontinue the "Indians" nickname after the 2021 season and adopt the "Guardians" nickname. Dave Patrick Underwood, a black 53-year-old federal officer, was shot and killed during a protest in Oakland, Calif., on Friday night, according to the FBI. [404] Portland Public Schools was responding after protesters pulled down the Thomas Jefferson statue in front of Jefferson High School. D.C. Police Chief Robert Contee said the deceased include a woman who was shot by the U.S. Capitol . [341] On June 6, an estimated half million people joined protests in 550 places in the United States. [208][209], For some, the so-called "George Floyd effect" had demonstrators and activists connecting historic racism and social injustice to contemporary, local examples of police brutality. [271] Some journalists covering the protests in Minneapolis had their tires slashed by Minnesota State Patrol troopers and Anoka County sheriff's deputies. 'The geographic spread of protest is a really important characteristic and helps signal the depth and breadth of a movement's support,' said Kenneth Andrews, a sociology professor at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. [159] The UAW also asked members to join the protests by standing down for 8 minutes and 46 seconds, the amount of time Chauvin was initially reported to have held his knee to Floyd's neck. This is not the case. Protest-related damages cost about $2 billion, according to estimate. Citizen, a community safety app, also experienced a high spike in downloads. Scant evidence of antifa shows how sweeping the protests for racial justice have become, AP tally: Arrests at widespread US protests hit 10,000, How George Floyd protests evolved in 5 major cities, This summers Black Lives Matter protesters were overwhelmingly peaceful, our research finds. This report looked at unrest in the 68 largest municipal and county jurisdictions in the United States and Canada from May 25, 2020 to July 31, 2020. [50][51] Demonstrations in Minneapolis during Chauvin's criminal trial and verdict announcement were largely peaceful. [382][383] Curfews instated by local governments in response to both the pandemic and protests have also "restricted access to the downtown [areas]" to essential workers, lowering economic output. [180], People in many cities in the United States reacted to Chauvin's murder conviction on April 20, 2021, with largely peaceful demonstrations. [96], Protests were held at several locations throughout the MinneapolisSaint Paul metropolitan area in subsequent days. Professor Woodly explained that the protests are taking place in such vast numbers because activists are gaining guidance and framework for their demonstrations from Black Lives Matter. [179] In Maryland, a group gathered to pray that for justice for Floyd and his family as the jury began deliberations in the Chauvin criminal trial on April 19, 2021. 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. [121], In April 2021, 3,000 National Guard troops and law enforcement officers were called from neighboring states in preparation for potential unrest over the outcome of the Derek Chauvin trial. stated on February 26, 2023 an Instagram post: stated on February 8, 2023 a Facebook post: stated on February 7, 2023 a post on Facebook: stated on February 6, 2023 an Instagram post: stated on January 25, 2023 an Instagram post: stated on February 4, 2023 a Facebook post: stated on January 27, 2023 a Facebook post: stated on January 23, 2023 an Instagram post: stated on January 15, 2023 an Instagram post: stated on January 12, 2023 a Facebook post: stated on January 5, 2023 a Facebook post: stated on January 3, 2023 a video shared on Instagram: stated on February 24, 2023 in an Instagram post: stated on March 2, 2023 in a speech at CPAC: stated on February 25, 2023 in a Facebook post: stated on February 22, 2023 in a Facebook post: stated on February 26, 2023 in an Instagram post: stated on February 27, 2023 in a Facebook post: stated on February 15, 2023 in a Facebook post: stated on February 26, 2023 in a video on Facebook: All Rights Reserved Poynter Institute 2020, a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization, Rifles were involved in 297 deaths in the U.S. in 2022 and constipation killed 2,167., "Post inflates number of police killed in connection to protests,", "Black Lives Matter May Be the Largest Movement in U.S. History,", "More than 700 officers injured in George Floyd protests across US,", "Retired officer, ex-college athlete among victims of unrest,", "Deadly unrest: Here are the people who have died amid George Floyd protests across US,", "George Floyd protests could be most expensive civil disturbance in US history, experts say,", "Fact check: More Black people died in 2019 police shootings than in George Floyd protests,". It wasnt antifa. BLACK Lives Matter protests and "riots" after the death of George Floyd did as much as $2billion worth of damage. [442], The New York City Police Department reported a 411% increase in police retirement application in the first week of July. [174], By December, the protest movement was still "deeply rooted" at George Floyd Square, an occupied protest of the East 38th Street and Chicago Avenue intersection in Minneapolis where Floyd was killed. 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. [205] As a jury deliberated in Chauvin's criminal trial, a vigil for Floyd was held on April 19, 2021, in Melbourne, Australia. Let him breathe. More than . Three to go! Terrence Floyd also rallied voters in New York City on the November 3, 2020, Election Day. [5] Among the losses in Minneapolis was Minnehaha Commons, an under-construction, $30million redevelopment project for 189 units of affordable housing, which was destroyed by fire after being torched on May 27, 2020. [459] In August, the review of another proposal to dismantle the department was delayed by 90 days, meaning it wouldn't be voted on in the November ballot because it passed the statutory deadline of August 21. [40], There have been numerous reports and videos of aggressive police actions using physical force including "batons, tear gas, pepper spray and rubber bullets on protesters, bystanders and journalists, often without warning or seemingly unprovoked". [195] Several street protests were held in many locations in the United States to mark the anniversary. Some reports have estimatedinsurance claims for damagesrelated to the 2020 protests totaled about $2 billion. The Justice Department has been calling parents that are concerned about what their kids are being taught, they are labeling them terrorists., Sen. Marco Rubio signed a 2021 letter that supports waivers that would reduce visual track inspections.. [405] The statues targeted included a bust of Ulysses S. Grant and statue of Theodore Roosevelt. [37], United States President Donald Trump demanded governors and city governments crackdown on protestors and controversially threatened to deploy the 82nd Airborne and 3rd Infantry Regiment in response to the unrest. Since the nationwide protestsfollowing George Floyd's murder in summer 2020, misinformation about Black Lives Matter has spread online, ranging from misleading claims about the movement's founderto false assertions about the groups politics. [386] The protest's first two weeks coincided with a 38% rise in the stock market. About 55 businesses were burglarized or damaged in St. Louis that night. 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. Two were conservatives killed after pro-Trump patriot rallies. [19], The George Floyd protest movement began hours after his murder as bystander video and word of mouth began to spread. Harrell's friends said he was always positive and had a lot more left to give to the world. [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. Our fact-check work is supported in part by a grant from Facebook. [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. Based on our research, we rate PARTLY FALSE the claim that Black Lives Matter protesters caused $2 billion worth of damage and faced no consequences. 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. [16] Chauvin and the other three officers involved were later arrested. Nothing counted more clearly and powerfully than those . 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. Over the 10 weeks cited by the report, more than 16,200 people were . ", stated on February 26, 2023 in an Instagram post. [503], While many U.S. states experienced growth in new cases during the initial wave of protests, these upticks are thought to be attributed to reopenings of workplaces, bars, restaurants, and other businesses. You can subscribe to our print edition, ad-free app or electronic newspaper replica here. The reportwasauthored by the head ofProperty Claim Services, which hastracked protest-related insurance claims for decades. Younger and wealthier Americans are also participating in more of the demonstrations. Following Floyd's murder, a 15-year-old started a Change.org petition titled "Justice for George Floyd", demanding that all four police officers involved be charged. A friend of Underwood's said "He was a good man, everybody in the community loved him." More than 2,000 law enforcement officers were injured in the first weeks of protests over the summer following the in-custody death of George Floyd, according to a report from the Major Cities Chiefs Association. All but one were killed by fellow citizens. In a six-day period from May 29 to June 3, rioters were responsible for over $400 million in damage across the country. 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. Do not sell or share my personal information. [221] Massachusetts Representative Seth Moulton said federal troops should "lay down [their] arms" if deployed in the United States. [4] An analysis of state and federal criminal charges of demonstrators in the Minneapolis area found that disorganized crowds had no single goal or affiliation, many opportunist crowds amassed spontaneously during periods of lawlessness, and that people causing destruction had contradictory motives for their actions. [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. "Unusual cancers are exploding right into stage 4" and those cancer cells have the spike protein. 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 . Danielsons suspected killer, Michael Reinoehl, was a leftwing protester who called himself an anti-fascist, and who was later shot to death by law enforcement officials, an outcome Donald Trump referred to as retribution. [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. [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. Deaths directly related toprotestsinclude: David Dorn:Dorn, a 77-year-old Black man was killed after midnight on June 2 after responding to an alarm at a pawn shop in St. Louis. ", "Virginia governor to announce removal of Lee statue". 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He later criticized their use of the word "fury" to describe his comments. Digital IDs were given to residents in East Palestine, Ohio, to track long term health problems like difficulty breathing before the Feb. 3 train derailment. Citing those tweets, analysts at a thinktank that monitors domestic terrorism classified the shooting as an act of violent far-right domestic terrorism. Fact check: Posts mislead about crowd size, peacefulness at Canada Freedom Convoy protest, Axios reported inSeptember2020that the Insurance Information Institute, which collects data from Property Claim Services and related firms, estimated that damages could total as much as 2 billion and possibly more.. [297][298] On July 25, 2020, 28-year old armed Black Lives Matter protester Garrett Foster was shot and killed in an altercation with a motorist in Downtown Austin. Several demonstrations were held in Minneapolis the evening of June 25. Not only had Chauvin knelt on Floyd's neck for about seven minutes (including four minutes after Floyd stopped moving) but another video showed an additional two officers had also knelt on Floyd while another officer watched.