Black Lives Matter is constantly protesting something. Pretty much every day and in pretty much every city there's a demonstration, a die-in, a march, a rally, or straight looting taking place. So it's not reassuring that a new study finds that just seven percent of the time a Black Lives Matter protest is violent.
The Armed Conflict Location and Event Data Project (ACLED) looked at 7,750 BLM-linked demonstrations occurring in 2,400 identified locations representing all 50 states and Washington, D.C. The protests took place between Aug. 22 and late May, following the death of George Floyd in Minneapolis. According to ACLED, 220 of the locations, or just under 10 percent, could be characterized as violent. And around seven percent of the 7,750 BLM demonstrations analyzed by the group were deemed violent. -- More...
