I also watched several “protests” throughout 2020 where cities burned, businesses looted, innocent people were shot, killed, or beaten and the same press said everything was under control and protestors were exercising “free speech” and protests were “peaceful”.
Provide a linked a news report that states on camera showing a visual of businesses being burned or looted, innocent people being shot, killed, or beaten and the reported described that as everything being under control and protestors were exercising “free speech” and protests were “peaceful”.
If you cannot find a link you are a liar. And you ought to be ashamed of yourself.
News crews hardly ever film a fully peaceful protest because peaceful protest is not news. But when violence breaks out coinciding with a peaceful protest the news crews film the violence and the reporter always will use words like “turned violent at an “otherwise” peaceful protest.”
Peaceful Protest for Dunmies
The demonstrations remain ongoing. Though reported events associated with the BLM movement have gradually declined since their peak in late May and early June, ACLED still continues to record dozens of demonstrations each week (see graph below).
The demonstrations remain ongoing. Though reported events associated with the BLM movement have gradually declined since their peak in late May and early June, ACLED still continues to record dozens of demonstrations each week (see graph below).
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AN OVERWHELMINGLY PEACEFUL MOVEMENT
The vast majority of demonstration events associated with the BLM movement are non-violent (see map below). In more than 93% of all demonstrations connected to the movement, demonstrators have not engaged in violence or destructive activity. Peaceful protests are reported in over 2,400 distinct locations around the country. Violent demonstrations,4 meanwhile, have been limited to fewer than 220 locations — under 10% of the areas that experienced peaceful protests. In many urban areas like Portland, Oregon, for example, which has seen sustained unrest since Floyd’s killing, violent demonstrations are largely confined to specific blocks, rather than dispersed throughout the city (
CNN, 1 September 2020).
Yet, despite data indicating that demonstrations associated with the BLM movement are overwhelmingly peaceful, one recent poll suggested that 42% of respondents believe “most protesters [associated with the BLM movement] are trying to incite violence or destroy property” (
FiveThirtyEight, 5 June 2020).