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    So, rather than burying this subject in an already broad thread I felt this topic, and the study it is based on, deserved its own thread. A debate about whether the protests have been mostly violent or not has been had multiple times in multiple threads so when I saw this analysis it piqued my interest.

    A few key points: It characterizes the BLM movement as "an overwhelmingly peaceful movement." Most of the violent demonstrations were surrounding Confederate monuments. To this mostly non-violent movement, the government has responded violently, and disproportionately so, to BLM than other demonstrations, including a militarized federal response. The media has, also, been targeted by this violent government response. There is a high rate of non-state actor involvement in BLM demonstrations. Lastly, there is a rising number of counter-protest that turn violent. I shouldn't say lastly because there is, also, a lot of data relating to Covid too.

    The Armed Conflict Location and Event Data Project (ACLED) begin tracking BLM demonstrations since this summer, the week of George Floyd's killing. I am linking the entire study for all to read. I am highlighting excerpts I personally found interesting.


    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, 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). This is in line with the Civiqs tracking poll which finds that “net approval for the Black Lives Matter movement peaked back on June 3 [the week following the killing of George Floyd when riots first began to be reported] and has fallen sharply since” (USA Today, 31 August 2020; Civiqs, 29 August 2020).

    Research from the University of Washington indicates that this disparity stems from political orientation and biased media framing (Washington Post, 24 August 2020), such as disproportionate coverage of violent demonstrations (Business Insider, 11 June 2020; Poynter, 25 June 2020). Groups like the Anti-Defamation League (ADL) have documented organized disinformation campaigns aimed at spreading a “deliberate mischaracterization of groups or movements [involved in the protests], such as portraying activists who support Black Lives Matter as violent extremists or claiming that antifa is a terrorist organization coordinated or manipulated by nebulous external forces” (ADL, 2020). These disinformation campaigns may be contributing to the decline in public support for the BLM movement after the initial increase following Floyd’s killing, especially amongst the white population (USA Today, 31 August 2020; Civiqs, 30 August 2020a, 30 August 2020b). This waning support also comes as the Trump administration recently shifted its “law and order” messaging to target local Democratic Party politicians from urban areas, particularly on the campaign trail (NPR, 27 August 2020).

    Despite the fact that demonstrations associated with the BLM movement have been overwhelmingly peaceful, more than 9% — or nearly one in 10 — have been met with government intervention, compared to 3% of all other demonstrations. This also marks a general increase in intervention rates relative to this time last year. In July 2019, authorities intervened in under 2% of all demonstrations — fewer than 30 events — relative to July 2020, when they intervened in 9% of all demonstrations — or over 170 events.

    Authorities have used force — such as firing less-lethal weapons like tear gas, rubber bullets, and pepper spray or beating demonstrators with batons — in over 54% of the demonstrations in which they have engaged. This too is a significant increase relative to one year ago. In July 2019, government personnel used force in just three documented demonstrations, compared to July 2020, when they used force against demonstrators in at least 65 events. Over 5% of all events linked to the BLM movement have been met with force by authorities, compared to under 1% of all other demonstrations.

    Non-state groups are becoming more active and assertive. Since May, ACLED records over 100 events in which non-state actors engaged in demonstrations (including counter-demonstrations) — the vast majority of which were in response to demonstrations associated with the BLM movement. These non-state actors include groups and militias from both the left and right side of the political spectrum, such as Antifa, the Not forking Around Coalition, the New Mexico Civil Guard, the Patriot Front, the Proud Boys, the Boogaloo Bois, and the Ku Klux Klan, among others (see map below).3

    Between 24 May and 22 August, over 360 counter-protests were recorded around the country, accounting for nearly 5% of all demonstrations. Of these, 43 — nearly 12% — turned violent, with clashes between pro-police demonstrators and demonstrators associated with the BLM movement, for example. In July alone, ACLED records over 160 counter-protests, or more than 8% of all demonstrations. Of these, 18 turned violent. This is a significant increase relative to July 2019, when only 17 counter-protests were reported around the country, or approximately 1% of all demonstrations, and only one of these allegedly turned violent.
     
    Yeah, I am stickler for protected rights of an American citizen despite his color or what side politically he is on.

    Did KR point his weapon at anyone? No. When the pediphile reached for KR weapon pointed in the air, that is when he defended himself.
    Was he supposed to make sure the pedophile had a grip and then they could wrestle for the weapon, and who ever walked away was the victor? Was KR supposed to accept the beating and hope it was severe enough to cripple or kill him? Apparently to you guys.
    I get it, the media has been telling you guys this a white nationalist and propaganda is hard to kick, I understand.

    Were we all screaming for the police to police during the summer of BLM riots, looting, murder and burning? Funny how now it all about law and order. Comically sad but totally expected.
     
    Yeah, I am stickler for protected rights of an American citizen despite his color or what side politically he is on.

    Did KR point his weapon at anyone? No. When the pediphile reached for KR weapon pointed in the air, that is when he defended himself.
    Was he supposed to make sure the pedophile had a grip and then they could wrestle for the weapon, and who ever walked away was the victor? Was KR supposed to accept the beating and hope it was severe enough to cripple or kill him? Apparently to you guys.
    I get it, the media has been telling you guys this a white nationalist and propaganda is hard to kick, I understand.

    Were we all screaming for the police to police during the summer of BLM riots, looting, murder and burning? Funny how now it all about law and order. Comically sad but totally expected.

    Yeah, but not in the way you think it is...
     
    Yeah, I am stickler for protected rights of an American citizen despite his color or what side politically he is on.

    Did KR point his weapon at anyone? No. When the pediphile reached for KR weapon pointed in the air, that is when he defended himself.
    Was he supposed to make sure the pedophile had a grip and then they could wrestle for the weapon, and who ever walked away was the victor? Was KR supposed to accept the beating and hope it was severe enough to cripple or kill him? Apparently to you guys.
    I get it, the media has been telling you guys this a white nationalist and propaganda is hard to kick, I understand.

    Were we all screaming for the police to police during the summer of BLM riots, looting, murder and burning? Funny how now it all about law and order. Comically sad but totally expected.
    He was supposed to not be there.

    Yes, I was all about the police policing during any illegalities done during BLM protests. People who broke the law broke the law, full stop.
     
    https://www.nydailynews.com/news/po...0211111-ssspwittbng6rd4xtr4odghkfe-story.html

    “If he thinks that they’re going to go back to the old ways of policing, then we are going to take to the streets again. There will be riots, there will be fire and there will be bloodshed because we believe in defending our people,” said Hawk Newsome, co-founder of Black Lives Matter of Greater New York, after a heated meeting with Adams in Brooklyn Borough Hall.
    “So there is no way that he is going to let some Gestapo come in here and harm our people,” Newsome told the Daily News. “We pray for peace but ... prepare for the worst.”


    More threatening love and peace unless they get exactly what they want. Gestapo.....sure sure
     
    Farb: He was heated. I’m sure you’ve said things in the heat of the moment that you didnt really mean. I seem to recall you saying that January 6 needed to happen. So you can’t exactly claim the high ground when talking about police bloodshed.
     


    I always watch this guys videos, and i can't argue with his analysis of the Rittenhouse case.

    This guy does an evenhanded analysis of things, mostly from a psychological point of view, but I consider him a good source for apolitical opinions.

    He has a video on Aaron Rodgers too that i think is good.
     
    https://www.nydailynews.com/news/po...0211111-ssspwittbng6rd4xtr4odghkfe-story.html

    “If he thinks that they’re going to go back to the old ways of policing, then we are going to take to the streets again. There will be riots, there will be fire and there will be bloodshed because we believe in defending our people,” said Hawk Newsome, co-founder of Black Lives Matter of Greater New York, after a heated meeting with Adams in Brooklyn Borough Hall.
    “So there is no way that he is going to let some Gestapo come in here and harm our people,” Newsome told the Daily News. “We pray for peace but ... prepare for the worst.”


    More threatening love and peace unless they get exactly what they want. Gestapo.....sure sure
    He isn’t a BLM activist.

    “Some media reports mislabeled Hawk Newsome as a co-founder of the Black Lives Matter activist organization in coverage of comments he made after a meeting with New York City Mayor-elect Eric Adams. This can mislead news readers and viewers into believing Newsome’s inflammatory comments are representative of Black Lives Matter, when they are not.

    As a CNBC report explained in June 2020, Newsome actually runs a “fringe Black Lives Matter knock-off group.” After then-President Donald Trump used a quote by Newsome to demonize Black Lives Matter, CNBC pointed out that he has nothing to do with the true Black Lives Matter organization.”
     


    I always watch this guys videos, and i can't argue with his analysis of the Rittenhouse case.

    This guy does an evenhanded analysis of things, mostly from a psychological point of view, but I consider him a good source for apolitical opinions.

    He has a video on Aaron Rodgers too that i think is good.

    I did not find anything really worth arguing over. He pretty much summed up the case as I see it.

    Now off to find this dudes video on Rodgers
     
    Farb, you keep making a huge deal about the pasts of all the victims of KR’s night of shooting. You seem to think they didn’t deserve to live because of who they were or what they had done in the past.

    Did it even register with you that KR was caught on video hitting a girl about a week or so before this incident? He is no goody-goody straight arrow.

    I hope at least they bar him from ever owning a firearm for the rest of his life.
     
    Farb, you keep making a huge deal about the pasts of all the victims of KR’s night of shooting. You seem to think they didn’t deserve to live because of who they were or what they had done in the past.

    Did it even register with you that KR was caught on video hitting a girl about a week or so before this incident? He is no goody-goody straight arrow.

    I hope at least they bar him from ever owning a firearm for the rest of his life.
    Don't worry, he will get more than he deserves because the mob rule is paramount in this country.
    He should get an apology from the prosecutors who obtained their law degree from Wish.com
     
    More non-violent Marxist revolutionaries.

     
    Can you believe the nerve of that guy, riding on a public roadway during a temper tantrum because some guy got shot while in a gun battle with police?

    This is the desired reaction the Marxist revolutionaries formerly known as BLM want.
     
    Can you believe the nerve of that guy, riding on a public roadway during a temper tantrum because some guy got shot while in a gun battle with police?

    This is the desired reaction the Marxist revolutionaries formerly known as BLM want.
    How do we know what happened before the video started?
     

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