"Seeing Black and White people galvanized, standing against racism, scared the living daylights out of the government, out of the Metropolitan Police, out of a lot of people. In Philadelphia, a huge peaceful demonstration outside the citys art museum contrasted with the scene in West Philadelphia, where the police used pepper spray to repel looters. "At 17 years old Kyle (Rittenhouse) was perfectly legal to be able to possess that rifle without parental supervision.". President Biden said that when he met with Floyd's young daughter Gianna, she told him, "Daddy changed the world." This claim was from Republican U.S. Sen. Ron Johnson. The USA TODAYFact Check team is dedicated to verifying claims and fighting misinformation. Published Jan. 13. Says video shows Kyle Rittenhouse, the 17-year-old charged with killing two protesters in Kenosha, "was trying to get away from them" "fell, and then they violently attacked him.". Because, according to the Center for Disease Control, mostly peacefully protesting of systemic racism and white privilege is more important than saving the lives of grandma and grandpa. The experiment was a response to the 2019 mass shootings at two mosques in Christchurch, which were committed by a white supremacist. The geographic spread of protest is a really important characteristic and helps signal the depth and breadth of a movements support, said Kenneth Andrews, a sociology professor at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. That same month, Parliament introduced a bill that would give police greater power to restrict protests. Of those 990 A statue of Winston Churchill in London's Parliament Square was spray-painted with a message calling him a "racist.". Celebrities joined, including Madonna and John Boyega, who gave an impassioned address to protesters. The man who shot and killed Foster, the US army sergeant Daniel Perry, had previously tweeted Now is the time to take up arms and protect yourselves against violence and responded to a Trump tweet in June about protesters, anarchists, agitators, looters by saying, Send them to Texas we will show them why we say dont mess with Texas.. WebAs the New York Times reported July 3, four recent polls "suggest that about 15 million to 26 million people in the United States have participated in demonstrations over the death of All Rights Reserved. More than 28 percent of those killed were Black, despite African Americans making up published Jan. 13. 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. Rittenhouse did fall as a crowd followed him, but President Donald Trumps comments left an incendiary and false picture: By the time he fell, according to criminal charges, Rittenhouse had already shot and killed one person that night. A fake tweet claimed they were stolen in riot. Gugino was pushed backward by police and fell. If you arent moved by the George Floyd video, you have nothing in you, he said. In a confrontation Aug. 25, 2020, Rittenhouse shot three people, killing two. and the 3rd Precinct, rioters attacked the Portland federal courthouse with mortars for 100 days, and looted the Mag Mile. In cities across the United States, tens of thousands of people have swarmed the streets to express their outrage and sorrow during the day. The "WH Office of Pardon Attorney" is not assisting Trump in preparing pardons for the rioters involved with violence at the U.S. Capitol. 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.
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