Lee Keltner, a navy veteran who made custom western hats, was shot after a patriot rally in Denver on 10 October. Published Feb. 3. 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. Interestingly most of the Jan 6th rioters were released pre trial. And if they counted deaths for the BLM/Antifa riots the way that the left wants to count deaths for the January 6 imbroglio the number of deaths caused by the BLM/Antifa riots would increase substantially. While its possible that more people said they protested than actually did, even if only half told the truth, the surveys suggest more than seven million people participated in recent demonstrations. Says a photo shows accused shooter Kyle Rittenhouses mother, armed with a long gun, in Kenosha, Wisconsin, on the night two protesters were killed and one injured. "And so that's what has changed for our community since George Floyd in D.C. They admitted their recommendations are influenced by their political agenda. Include in that apathy the entire GOP establishment. Fact check: Ocasio-Cortez lost no shoes. The experiment was a response to the 2019 mass shootings at two mosques in Christchurch, which were committed by a white supremacist. Protests also occurred in the city in the subsequent days. "BLM rioters just burned down a black church in a black community with a BLM sign out front. Claims that members of antifa were identified among rioters at the U.S. Capitol by a facial recognition company are false. protests But tallies by teams of crowd counters are revealing numbers of extraordinary scale. An image claiming to show Rep. Lauren Boebert with rioters before a tour of the Capitol on Jan. 5 is false. That has descended into nights of unrest, with reports of shootings, looting and vandalism in some cities. Matter led to record number of mass shootings But the movement went far beyond this nation's borders it inspired a global reckoningwith racism. Four recent polls including one released this week by Civis Analytics, a data science firm that works with businesses and Democratic campaigns 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. Face masks may raise risk of stillbirths, testicular dysfunction and cognitive decline, study warns., When fentanyl burns it smells like popcorn.. 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. Aaron Jay Danielson, a far-right Trump supporter, was shot after a rally in Portland in August. Fact check: Pelosi's conference room laptop was not taken by Special Forces during Capitol riot. Heres a timeline of the protests across the nation so far. Fact-checking claim about deaths, damage from Black Lives More than 40 percent of counties in the United States at least 1,360 have had a protest. The video was recorded before Trump's speech. In National Protests Over George Floyd We rated this claim, which circulated on Facebook, False. "Imagine you are Black, but you're not allowed to be Black. The next day, the video was widely shared on social media and ultimately became a driving force for protests in Minneapolis. On Twitter, Mr. Trump called the protesters thugs and said, When the looting starts, the shooting starts.. At least six people have been killed in violence connected to the protests that started after Mr. Floyd died in police custody. WebDuring recent protests in Colombia over inequality and police brutality, local activist groups say at least 43 people have been killed by police. Nine of the people killed during protests were demonstrators taking part in Black Lives Matter protests. Within days, London's protests exploded from about 20 people outside the U.S. embassy to more than 20,000 people flooding the streets. BLM vs Capitol protests: This was the police response when it was Fact check: NPR posted story early, updated live amid Capitol riot. Across the United States, there have been more than 4,700 demonstrations, or an average of 140 per day, since the first protests began in Minneapolis on May 26, according to a Times analysis. A viral image claiming to show a caravan of Trump supporters heading to Washington on Jan. 6 is false. The whole Black Lives Matter Movement is pure crap designed to help liberals get their names out there and to increase black turnout in elections for the Democratic Party. 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. Ive never seen self-reports of protest participation that high for a specific issue over such a short period, said Neal Caren, associate professor at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, who studies social movements in the United States. New Zealand has a global reputation for peace and tolerance. Gov. "The summer 2020 riots resulted in some 15 times more injured police officers, 30 times as many arrests, and estimated damages in dollar terms up to 1,300 times more costly than those of the Capitol riot," RealClearInvestigations noted in their analysis. Only a But as far as the government hasn't nothing changed. (The charge has since been dismissed in a plea agreement.). / CBS News. The summer 2020 riots resulted in some 15 times more injured police officers, 30 times as many arrests, and estimated damages in dollar terms up to 1,300 times more costly than those of the Capitol riot, RealClearInvestigations noted in their analysis. 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. 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. Martin Gugino, a peace activist, bleeding from his head after being shoved by two Buffalo police officers during a demonstration on June 4. With an eye on the United States, children of immigrants from Africa and the Caribbean are bringing race into the French public discourse. He wasnt there to cause any violence. The former officer, Derek Chauvin, 44, faces charges that carry a combined maximum 35-year sentence. To submit a letter to the editor for publication, write to, Black Lives Matter May Be the Largest Movement in U.S. History. 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. "New Zealand's probably one of the most difficult places to be Black in this world," Guled Mire, an organizer for the protesters in the capital city, Wellington, told CBS News. In France, protesters rallied against their nation's own history of racial injustice and police brutality, which has very different roots from the U.S. By Larry Buchanan,Quoctrung Bui and Jugal K. PatelJuly 3, 2020. This claim was from Republican U.S. Sen. Ron Johnson. Celebrities joined, including Madonna and John Boyega, who gave an impassioned address to protesters. 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. Our only agenda is to publish the truth so you can be an informed participant in democracy. Fact check: Face-painted Capitol trespasser in horns is a known QAnon supporter. This is made up. Two Buffalo police officers were charged with felony assault on June 6 after a video showed officers shoving a 75-year-old protester outside City Hall two days earlier. One officer pushed his arm into Mr. Guginos chest. More than 2,900 cases of police brutality have also been reported. WebFourteen Black people have died during the protests, but not all of these deaths were directly caused by the protests. But George Floyds death last summer moved Black activists to speak up about problems they say the country is in complete denial about. During the day, hundreds of thousands of people joined largely peaceful demonstrations throughout the country, but cities reported hundreds of arrests as protesters clashed with the police and some areas were looted. Demonstrators erected a cross in front of the Michigan Capitol in Lansing,not the U.S. Capitol, as claimed by social media users. Over that weekend, twenty-four people were killed and at least sixty-one injured by gun violence, and the city's 911 dispatchers received 65,000 calls in a single day50,000 more than normal. In Detroit, a 21-year-old man was fatally shot as he sat in a car when protesters took to the streets. Jessica Doty-Whitaker, a white woman, was shot to death early one July morning in Indianapolis. WebAccording to Forbes, as of June 8, 2020, at least 19 people died during the protests. "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. And of those people, half said that it made them more supportive of the Black Lives Matter movement. Says Jacob Blake, shot by police in Kenosha, had a warrant for sexual assault and prior convictions for gun use, This claim came from a series of Facebook posts. ", The RNC is a $200 million economic infusion into our communities., In a recent year, the Milwaukee Police Department "collected more guns per capita off the streets than in New York., "Ron Johnson pushed through a special tax loophole that benefited his own family's business Then he cashed out of the company for $5 million (he has) doubled his wealth since taking office.". BLM protest Then-President Donald Trump and then-challenger Joe Biden both visited Kenosha. Were any of them put into permanent lockdown solitary still awaiting their first hearings, like the political prisoners of 1/6 have been? If a city or a state refuses to take the actions that are necessary to defend the life and property of their residents, Mr. Trump said, then I will deploy the United States military and quickly solve the problem for them.. Images comparing law enforcement'shandling of the 2020 Black Lives Matter protests to the Capitol riot are missing context. The forceful clearing of Lafayette Square on June 1 last year was one of the most controversial confrontations during nationwide protests after Floyds death.