Fact check: BLM protesters in Louisville protected a lone police officer. That was a single day in more than a month of protests that still continue to today. Barnes was present at a rally where a threat was made, but the event was overall a peaceful one, and reports of violence tied to Blakes shooting came before the rally, not after. The geographic spread of protest is a really important characteristic and helps signal the depth and breadth of a movements support, said Kenneth Andrews, a sociology professor at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. https://thehill.com/policy/national-security/571840-bush-calls-out-domestic-extremism-in-9-11-speech. The former Minneapolis police officer who pinned Mr. Floyds neck to the ground with his knee was arrested and was charged with third-degree murder and second-degree manslaughter. So, if the goal is supposed to be to stop the police from ever making a mistake, its pie in the sky. A fake tweet claimed they were stolen in riot. George Floyd's murder in Minneapolis in May 2020 sparked the largest racial justice protests in the United States since the Civil Rights Movement. When #Blacklivesmatter sleazeballs preach so much hatred against the police that we have snipers shooting the cops in Dallas and people applauding that on Twitter, theyre getting people killed. Its a vast exaggeration to say the situation in Kenosha was so dire as to threaten its very existence. 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. June 4, 2021 / 7:39 PM After that, why should anyone pay attention to anything the CDC says? Whatever the reason for it, it exists and the Black Lives Matter movement has greatly exacerbated it for its own purposes. 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. It began Aug. 23, 2020, when a Kenosha police officer shot 29-year-old Jacob Blake seven times from behind. But the movement went far beyond this nation's borders it inspired a global reckoningwith racism. Rittenhouse did fall as a crowd followed him, but President Donald Trumps comments left an incendiary and false picture: By the time he fell, according to criminal charges, Rittenhouse had already shot and killed one person that night. I think it's purely due to the fact that there was a huge shift in power in that moment. A Seattle Times review of footage linked to the chaotic scene of the shooting suggested that some people in the protest zone might have believed they were under attack when they fired their guns at the stolen Jeep Mays and another young teenager were driving into the zone. The photo is of a a pro-Trump truck rally from October in San Francisco. There are actual statistics on this that show how silly this whole hysteria has become. When the #blacklivesmatter scumbags get a community so hyped up to hate the police that it makes it impossible for the police to do their jobs, it almost forces the cops to pull back. 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. In Minneapolis, the City Council pledged to dismantle its police department. Police closed the case, citing a lack of evidence, which mobilized a first wave of protests. "With three months remaining in the Fiscal Year, (the border patrol) has already encountered more illegal immigrants along the Southwest border" than in any previous fiscal year. 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. National Guard troops were en route and even on the ground well before the Trump administration got involved. A laptop wasstolen from the office of Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi during the Capitol riot,however, the laptop was only used for presentations and it was not taken by Special Forces. Within days, London's protests exploded from about 20 people outside the U.S. embassy to more than 20,000 people flooding the streets. Nope. We need your help. And in Kentucky, Gov. Protesters soon marched to the U.S. embassy in Bogota, moved by the deaths of both Arboleda and Floyd. In Philadelphia, a huge peaceful demonstration outside the citys art museum contrasted with the scene in West Philadelphia, where the police used pepper spray to repel looters. Today, many of the Black people living in France emigrated from those colonies. ACLEDs dataset only focuses on political violence. District of Columbia "We had to reckon with what was happening, and we had to take a sideThere was no more status quo as an option. Published Jan. 15. While they walked away from that confrontation, the fiance said, someone opened fire later and the 24-year-old mother was killed. In Memphis, a protest over the deaths of Mr. Floyd, Breonna Taylor in Louisville, Ky., and Ahmaud Arbery in Brunswick, Ga., led the police to temporarily shut down a portion of a street. Many accused Capitol rioters, unlike accused participants in the other riots, have been held in pretrial detention for months with one defendant serving more time than the maximum sentence for the charge to which he pleaded guilty. David Dorn, a 77-year-old retired St Louis police officer. "Healthy pilots are suffering from myocarditis and dropping dead on flights because of the COVID-19 vaccines. Over the 10 weeks cited by the report, more than 16,200 people were arrested for protest-related crimes. What started as largely peaceful protests for George Floyd have turned to outright looting and domestic terrorism in our region, he said on Twitter. Renee Jones Schneider/Star Tribune, via Associated Press. In Louisville, the photographer Tyler Gerth was shot and killed at a downtown park where protesters gathered. ", Last summer, in the aftermath of George Floyd's death, Washington D.C. became a focal point for the country's #BlackLivesMatter protests inspiring a new, younger generation of activists in the process. subscribe to our print edition, ad-free app or electronic newspaper replica here. We rated this claim, from Facebook, True. 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.). Tovarisch, you must understand that the ANTIFA/BLM actions were in the service of both Party and State. Then-President Donald Trump and then-challenger Joe Biden both visited Kenosha. "We're demanding acts of justice, not discussions," Adama's sister Assa Traore said in a press conference last June, as protests continued into their second week. This claim from Trump was wrong on every level. Some climbed atop a large red CNN sign outside the media companys headquarters and spray-painted messages on it. Fact check: Post comparing Capitol riot to 2018 Kavanaugh protests lacks context, Images equating the U.S. Capitol riot to 2018 demonstrations against the confirmation of Brett Kavanaugh to the Supreme Court are missing context. All crickets! In the first full month of BLM rallies and riots, the number of daylight shootings in New York City more than tripled. Fact check: Video shows Trump family in tent before Jan. 6 rally. Mob rule IS bad, or it isnt. 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. As a subscriber, you have 10 gift articles to give each month. It is about attacking civil society, instilling fear and disrupting our great cities.. Months later, a grand jury voted not to indict them. I cant stand back & watch this happen to a great American City, Mr. Trump said. 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. 33701 The cops werent the ones who decided that should be illegal, but its their job to enforce the law. Jessica Doty-Whitaker, a white woman, was shot to death early one July morning in Indianapolis. Fact check: Image of 'Simpsons' character doctored to mimic Capitol riot participant. More than 2,900 cases of police 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. Anyone can read what you share. By Larry Buchanan,Quoctrung Bui and Jugal K. PatelJuly 3, 2020. Martial artist and actor Chuck Norris was not at the riot at the U.S. Capitol. Of those 990 Another that circulated widely claimed that BLM activists had badly beaten a group of elderly white people. Mike Lee Sounds the Alarm Over the Left's Latest Attacks on the Supreme Biden's Marxist Mortgage Rule Is Officially Here, Sounds Like Jill Biden, Not Joe, Decided to Run Again in 2024, Illegal Immigrant From Mexico Is Suspect in Mass Shooting of Honduran Family, Democrats Must Be Really Horrible At Fundraising, Donald Trumps Paper Tiger Campaign Is Worried As Hell, Regulators Seize First Republic in Second-Largest US Bank Failure, Sell to JPMorgan, At Least One Person Thinks Kamala Harris Is 'Ready to Be President', Mayorkas Has a New Definition for 'Secure Border'. Her fiance told media outlets that her shooting had been preceded by a tense argument with some passerby about the use of a racial slur and the statements, Black Lives Matter v All Lives Matter. Those activists are taking to social media to quickly share protest details to a wide audience. https://www.nytimes.com/article/george-floyd-protests-timeline.html. Demonstrators began organizing in other cities. The protests may also be benefitting from a country that is more conditioned to protesting. Just to put those numbers in perspective, there were 468 murders in CHICAGO alone in 2015. "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. Thia rate is considerably higher than the usual rate of release, https://www.google.com/amp/s/amp.theguardian.com/us-news/2021/may/28/us-capitol-attack-suspects-jail-trial. 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. WebAmid a racial reckoning in 2020, BLM protests across the country fought against racial injustice, police brutality and advocated for numerous Black Americans that had been Only a Published Jan. 7. And Johnson himself, while praising Trumps actions, had acknowledged things had been quiet for days before the Barnes speech and remained so in the days before the claim. Gugino was pushed backward by police and fell. They are here to terrorize and intimidate the Democrats political opposition just as surely as the sun rises in the east. Because this really isnt a huge problem for black Americans, the #blacklivesmatter scumbags have taken ambiguous cases and elevated them to practically legendary status. 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. ", THE GLOBAL IMPACT OF GEORGE FLOYD: This time last year, the United Kingdom saw the largest #BlackLivesMatter protests in the world outside of the U.S. In Detroit, a 19-year-old man was killed when someone opened fire into a crowd of demonstrators, the police said. The sad reality is that the police have to do a dirty, dangerous, unpleasant job that sometimes involves killing other human beings to protect themselves or others. Im a big proponent of more police officers using body cameras and many police departments need better training when it comes to dealing with the mentally ill. The former officer, Derek Chauvin, 44, faces charges that carry a combined maximum 35-year sentence. While I am generally jubilant about left wing cities tearing themselves to pieces Old Testament style (yes this is God speaking to us) Im uncertain about a future which involves throwing dissenters into the gulag. We are now confronting white supremacists, members of organized crime, out-of-state instigators, and possibly even foreign actors to destroy and destabilize our city and our region, he said. A viral image claiming to show a caravan of Trump supporters heading to Washington on Jan. 6 is false. 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. Mr. Gugino then fell backward. Hundreds of demonstrators poured into the streets near Atlantas Centennial Olympic Park, leaving behind smashed windows. Two autopsies completed on George Floyd ruled his death a homicide. Says Evers and Lt. Gov. This claim was from Republican U.S. Sen. Ron Johnson. 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. However, they differed over the specific causes of death. 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. Trump asks for mistrial in E. 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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. But George Floyds death last summer moved Black activists to speak up about problems they say the country is in complete denial about. Protests also occurred in the city in the subsequent days. And of those people, half said that it made them more supportive of the Black Lives Matter movement. The majority of them were black, right? Your California Privacy Rights / Privacy Policy. They are assets. 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. Mr. Floyd is heard repeatedly saying, I cant breathe, in the video. The police chief in Louisville, Ky., was fired after a restaurant owner was killed when police officers and National Guard troops shot toward protesters. Hochul wants quarantine camps and imprisonment if youre suspected of having a disease. If Im not over here wilding out, if Im not over here blowing up stuff, if Im not over here messing up my community, then what are yall doing? After Minneapolis police killed George Floyd, Black Lives Matter protests spread across the nation. President Trump returning to the Oval Office. But the protests brought Black protesters together with Indigenous Mori and Pacific Islanders, creating a movement for racial progress unlike anything the country had seen for years. Fact check: No, Chuck Norris wasn't at the riot at the U.S. Capitol. Its great that a white guy pretending to be black like Shaun King got a NY Daily News column out of this, that some of the #blacklivesmatter idiots are getting the attention they crave and the Democrats are getting a few more votes from black Americans, but how many more Americans have to die for it? An upgraded charge of second-degree murder was added against Mr. Chauvin, the former officer who pressed his knee to Mr. Floyds neck for nearly nine minutes. Yet, what do we hear? The situation in Minneapolis, is no longer, in any way, about the murder of George Floyd. 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. That would be a more interesting follow-on study. Claims that NPR posted a story about rioters in the U.S. Capitol hours before the attack took place are missing context. Tony Evers and 2020 violence in Kenosha after the police shooting of Jacob Blake: It took the loss of lives before help finally came.. RealClearInvestigations did an in-depth analysis. A year after a week of violence and upheaval, we are looking back at some of our past fact checks about the shooting of Jacob Blake and the killing of two men by Kyle Rittenhouse. Assuming intelligence and objective, critical analysis is your first mistake in what is spewed out as news these days. They admitted their recommendations are influenced by their political agenda. 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. ", George Floyd was killed in Minneapolis. 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. Celebrities joined, including Madonna and John Boyega, who gave an impassioned address to protesters. President Trump delivered an ultimatum to Minneapolis protesters on May 29 and suggested that the military could use armed force to suppress riots. Demonstrators erected a cross in front of the Michigan Capitol in Lansing,not the U.S. Capitol, as claimed by social media users. But the most fundamental element of this claim is also completely wrong. Get browser notifications for breaking news, live events, and exclusive reporting. 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. People of African descent compromise less than 1% of New Zealand's population. 2021 CBS Interactive Inc. All Rights Reserved. Fact check: Joe Biden has condemned protest-related violence from the left and the right. A group of black faith leaders and clergy members also marched to the site. "BLM rioters just burned down a black church in a black community with a BLM sign out front. If you arent moved by the George Floyd video, you have nothing in you, he said. In St Louis, Barry Perkins, a father of two, was killed after being dragged and run over by a FedEx truck during a protest in May. In the wake of pro-Trump supporters storming the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, false claims surrounding the event have emerged on social media. With an eye on the United States, children of immigrants from Africa and the Caribbean are bringing race into the French public discourse. Daylight shootings are a mark of brazen gang violence. He didnt even have a weapon., America's protest crackdown: five months after George Floyd, hundreds face trials and prison, Original reporting and incisive analysis, direct from the Guardian every morning, 2023 Guardian News & Media Limited or its affiliated companies. and the 3rd Precinct, rioters attacked the Portland federal courthouse with mortars for 100 days, and looted the Mag Mile. "And so that's what has changed for our community since George Floyd in D.C. In fact, the person most responsible for Eric Garner dying is Eric Garner. "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. Here's a roundup of recent fact-checks related to the Capitol riot: Fact check: San Francisco pro-Trump rally photo passed off as DC protest image. Terrence Floyd, wearing a white T-shirt, visits the place where his brother, George Floyd, died in police custody on May 25. The ocean is "flat" and "contained" by land features that jut up from a flat (not spherical) earth. Published Jan. 15. Precise turnout at protests is difficult to count and has led to some famous disputes. Published Jan. 16. He was just standing there making sure that everybody is OK, Cazares sister told the Cicero Independiente. By continuing to use this website, you agree to our Privacy Policy,Terms of Service. We appear to be experiencing a social change tipping point that is as rare in society as it is potentially consequential.. Claims that members of antifa were identified among rioters at the U.S. Capitol by a facial recognition company are false. Published Jan. 7. But Black and Indigenous populations worried that armed police would only put them in danger. The comments section is closed. From left, Derek Chauvin, Tou Thao, J. Alexander Kueng and Thomas Lane have been charged in the death of George Floyd. Published Jan. 13. This claim was from U.S. Rep. Gwen Moore, D-Milwaukee. A majority said that they watched a video of police violence toward protesters or the Black community within the last year. An officer yelled push him back three times. More than 2,900 cases of police brutality have also been reported. Blake had an active warrant for sexual assault and several other crimes related to domestic violence at the time he was shot. You cansubscribe to our print edition, ad-free app or electronic newspaper replica here. "But I'll continue to march and defend our lives. WebIt's true that, in 2020, protests over Floyd's death were estimated to have caused about $2 billion in damage. The video was recorded before Trump's speech. WebNine of the people killed during protests were demonstrators taking part in Black Lives Matter protests. Does it even mean that there isnt anything that the police can be doing better?

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