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“The vast majority of demonstration events associated with the BLM movement are non-violent In more than 93% of all demonstrations connected to the movement, demonstrators have not engaged in violence or destructive activity.”
The Armed Conflict Location & Event Data Project documented the summer protests. They recorded over 7,500 protests and found that more than 93 percent were peaceful. ACLED documented over 2,400 locations and found that violence occurred in less than 220. This report also found that the government response from Trump contributed to the violence. The federal response increased tension and violence. For example, in Portland, Oregon, violence increased by nine percent after Trump sent troops to that city. ACLED also found that the government intervened more in BLM demonstrations than any other demonstration or protest.
“ACLED also highlights a violent government response, in which authorities use force more often than not when they are present at protests and that they disproportionately used force while intervening in demonstrations associated with the BLM movement, relative to other types of demonstrations.”
In another study of the protests, the Radcliffe Institute at Harvard found that 96.3 percent of the BLM protests had no property damage or police injuries. In 97.7 percent of events, no injuries were reported at all. In fact, the study determined that most of the violence was directed at BLM protesters. There were arrests in 5 percent of the protests. Protesters/bystanders were reported injured in 1.6 percent of the protests. Police were reported injured in only one percent of the protests.
Sanya Mansour,
93% of Black Lives Matter Protests Have Been Peaceful, New Report Finds, September 5, 2020,
93% of Black Lives Matter Protests Have Been Peaceful, New Report Finds
The Armed Conflict Location & Event Data Project,
Demonstrations & Political Violence In America: New Data for Summer 2020,
Demonstrations and Political Violence in America: New Data for Summer 2020
Erica Chenoweth and Jeremy Pressman,
Black Lives Matter Protesters Were Overwhelmingly Peaceful, Our Research Finds, Harvard Radcliffe Institute, October 20, 2020https://www.radcliffe. harvard.edu/news-and-ideas/black-lives-matter-protesters-were-overwhelmingly-peaceful-our-research-finds