Who else was murdered? Were they murdered by police or Proud Boys?
The majority of the
George Floyd protests were peaceful; an estimated 96.3% of demonstrations were peaceful and nondestructive, involving no injuries or no property damage. However, police made arrests in about 5% of protest events (deploying chemical irritants in 2.5% of events); 3.7% of protest events were associated with property damage or vandalism (including damages by persons not involved in the actual demonstration); and protesters or bystanders were injured or killed in 1.6% of events. Clashes and other forms of violence were at various times initiated by protesters, by counter protesters, and by police, and were usually driven by opportunistic criminals rather than organized extremist groups.
There have also 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." These incidents have provoked "growing concern that aggressive law enforcement tactics intended to impose order were instead inflaming tensions." The police responded that such tactics are necessary to prevent vandalism and arson, and that police officers have been assaulted with rocks and water bottles.
Amnesty International issued a press release calling for the police to end excessive militarized responses to the protests.
Also on May 27, a man known as "Umbrella Man" dressed in black clothes and gas mask, carrying an umbrella and sledgehammer, was recorded on video breaking windows of an AutoZone store, spray painting graffiti, and encouraging looting. Some protesters confronted him and asked him to stop. Initial claims that the "Umbrella Man" was a Saint Paul police officer were debunked by surveillance video released by the Saint Paul Police Department.
[90] Police later received an anonymous tip via email that the man may be a 32-year-old man with ties to
white supremacist organizations, according to an affidavit obtained by the media. However, the suspect in question has not been charged and the identity of the "Umbrella Man" remains unconfirmed.
[91]
In
Downtown Detroit, a 21-year-old man was killed when his car was fired upon.
[51][52] He was shot in the middle of police brutality demonstrations,
[51] although police claimed the incident had no connection to the protests.
In
St. Louis, Missouri, 29-year-old protester Barry Perkins died after being run over by a
FedEx truck that was fleeing from looters.
In
Omaha, Nebraska, 22-year-old protester
James Scurlock was fatally shot outside of a bar.
[57] The shooter was Jacob Gardner, the bar-owner, who had a scuffle with some protesters and fired several shots, one of which killed Scurlock; the altercation outside and shooting were caught on surveillance video.
[57] Two days later, authorities announced that there would be no charges for the bar's owner and that he had opened fire in self-defense. However, after pushback, the matter was referred to a grand jury for review.
Looks like it was mostly BLM people who were murdered.
In
Kansas City, Missouri, 50-year-old Marvin Francois was shot and killed by robbers while picking up one of his sons from a protest.
There were 19 deaths associated with these protests. Should I continue?
- In Louisville, local restaurateur David McAtee was killed as a Louisville Metro Police and Kentucky National Guard curfew patrol fired at him.[62] Authorities stated that the patrol returned gunfire after McAtee fired at them.[62] McAtee's gunshot occurred after the patrol appeared to fire a pepper ball into McAtee's restaurant, nearly striking his niece in the head.[62] According to McAtee's sister, the gathering was not a protest but rather a regularly scheduled social gathering at which McAtee served food from his barbecue restaurant.[97] An investigation of the killing is ongoing.[98][63] LMPD Chief Steve Conrad was fired later that day, as officers and troops involved in the shooting did not wear or failed to activate body cameras.[99] Louisville Mayor Greg Fischer admitted that the city had shown an "inability to apply [curfew] evenly."[62]
In
Las Vegas, police shot and killed Jorge Gomez, who was walking among protesters and reportedly reached for his firearm when he was shot.
So a guy named Jorge Gomez can't reach for his gun but Kyle can run around with his?
Fuck you Unkotare.