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. 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. These figures would make the recent protests the largest movement in the countrys history, according to interviews with scholars and crowd-counting experts. 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. A viral image claiming to show a caravan of Trump supporters heading to Washington on Jan. 6 is false. stated on January 3, 2023 Senate address: stated on January 9, 2022 Public statement: stated on November 17, 2021 TV interview: stated on March 1, 2023 in a social media post: stated on April 23, 2023 in an Instagram post: stated on April 24, 2023 in an Instagram post: stated on April 16, 2023 in a Facebook post: stated on April 20, 2023 in an Instagram post: stated on April 12, 2023 in a Facebook post: stated on April 21, 2023 in a Facebook post: All Rights Reserved Poynter Institute 2020, a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization, has since filed a federal civil rights lawsuit against Officer Rusten Sheskey. 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. 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. Celebrities joined, including Madonna and John Boyega, who gave an impassioned address to protesters. WebIt's true that, in 2020, protests over Floyd's death were estimated to have caused about $2 billion in damage. Tim Walz of Minnesota activated the National Guard. Published Jan. 9. Renee Jones Schneider/Star Tribune, via Associated Press. The results from two autopsies completed on Mr. Floyd ruled that his death was a homicide. 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. 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. On May 22, 2020 just three days before Floyd's killing a young Black man named Anderson Arboleda was beaten to death by police for allegedly violating coronavirus curfew restrictions. Screenshots claiming to show that U.S. Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez tweeted that Capitol rioters stole her shoes are false. 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. Marchers walk along a street during a rally to remember James Scurlock on 7 June 2020 in Omaha. Police thanked his group for their presence and gave them water in response to a request from Rittenhouse. Another key point to note about last summers riots were the targets in some of the riots. Maybe if people on the Right stop being outraged over January 6 and stop calling them riots idiots on the Left wouldnt be making absurd comparisons of the day to being worse than 9/11 and the worst riot ever when we all know all of the rioting and violence has come from the Left? One of two fatal shootings of young black men in Seattles self-declared Capitol Hill Autonomous Zone was not politically motivated, according to ACLEDs review of details in the case, but the June shooting of Antonio Mays Jr, a 16-year-old, was found to be connected to the broader unrest. More than 2,900 cases of police brutality have also been reported. George Floyd's murder in Minneapolis in May 2020 sparked the largest racial justice protests in the United States since the Civil Rights Movement. Nope. WebIt found that municipalities where BLM protests have been held experienced as much as a 20 percent decrease in killings by police, resulting in an estimated 300 fewer deaths One officer pushed his arm into Mr. Guginos chest. 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. Candles and flowers form a tribute to Summer Taylor and Diaz Love during a rally near the King county courthouse on 22 July 2020 in Seattle. As the summer of protests blazed through the U.S., Washington, D.C. became a national center for the Black Lives Matter movement. "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. Include in that apathy the entire GOP establishment. 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. They admitted their recommendations are influenced by their political agenda. Fact check: False claim of facial recognition of antifa members during U.S. Capitol riot. This is made up. While a Chicago resident was quickly charged in the shooting death of another man, Jose Gutierrez, that same day in Cicero, the Cicero police department did not respond to requests for comment about whether anyone had yet been charged in Cazaress death. Coworkers said Mujinga had complained before the incident about not having proper protection while working during the pandemic. Darnella Frazier from Facebook, via Agence France-Presse Getty Images. 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? Protests also occurred in the city in the subsequent days. The incidents propelled Kenosha to the center of a national reckoning on race and, for a time, to the center of the 2020 presidential campaign. This leads to huge increases in criminal activity which gets people killed. Blake has since filed a federal civil rights lawsuit against Officer Rusten Sheskey, who was not criminally charged, saying Sheskey used excessive force. Fact check: Video shows Trump family in tent before Jan. 6 rally. This claim was from U.S. Rep. Gwen Moore, D-Milwaukee. 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. The protests may also be benefitting from a country that is more conditioned to protesting. For whatever reason, black Americans have always had a more hostile relationship with the police than other groups. The experiment was a response to the 2019 mass shootings at two mosques in Christchurch, which were committed by a white supremacist. Fact check: Quotes from Democratic leaders about riots, unrest taken out of context. 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. In Minneapolis, the City Council pledged to dismantle its police department. "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. Before he was shot, several protesters told Gomez they disapproved of him being armed, and even a journalist questioned him about why he was holding his gun in his hand with his finger on the trigger, the Las Vegas Sun reported. National Guard troops were surrounded by protesters in downtown Minneapolis after being activated by the governor. The full RealClearInvestigations database with the side-by-side information is here. Fact check: Images falsely claim to show this week's pro-Trump demonstrations. Demonstrations in Minneapolis began on May 26, a day after the video had been widely shared. 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 facial recognition technology firm publicly refuted the claims. But its release in March 2021 stunned activists because it simply rejected their claims of systemic problems. The Buffalo police officers, Robert McCabe, 32, left, and Aaron Torgalski, 39, were each charged with felony assault. Some of these countries had their own George Floyd a Black person whose death by police brutality or racial violence created national outrage. 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. 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. The USA TODAYFact Check team is dedicated to verifying claims and fighting misinformation. "Milwaukees hotels and restaurants are already filled during the summer. Although BLM and antifa are not the government, the government still holds a monopoly on violence. We called the sheriff's department and they said they dont know of any employee by that name. The Department of Justice confirmed that the post is fake. On June 1, law enforcement used tear gas and riot control tactics to push peaceful protesters from Lafayette Square so that then-President Trump could cross the cleared-out street and pose in front of the vandalized St. John's Church, holding a Bible. "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. 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. Then he resisted arrest despite the fact that he knew he was in poor health and that being put down on the pavement could be particularly dangerous for him. Two were conservatives killed after pro-Trump patriot rallies. 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. But they dont go quite far enough. Everywhere, activistsknew there was no going back to the way things were before they witnessed Floyd's final moments. In Minneapolis, about 200 protesters were arrested, and a man who drove a tanker truck toward a crowd was taken into police custody. There will NEVER be a time when mistakes arent made. Fact check: Face-painted Capitol trespasser in horns is a known QAnon supporter. Jose F. Moreno/The Philadelphia Inquirer, via Associated Press. They are among the people who have been killed as protests roiled American cities in the week since 46-year-old George Floyd died when a white officer jammed his knee into the back of the black mans neck. RealClearInvestigations did an in-depth analysis. Lee Keltner, a navy veteran who made custom western hats, was shot after a patriot rally in Denver on 10 October. "At 17 years old Kyle (Rittenhouse) was perfectly legal to be able to possess that rifle without parental supervision.".