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As with the killing of Eric Garner, video of the event spread quickly through news and social media sparking international protests. In New York, the incident drew comparisons to Eric Garner, and demonstrations, protests, and marches occurred at several sites in each of the five New York City boroughs starting on May 28, 2020.
South Carolina and D.C. National Guard at the Lafayette Building in Washington, D.C., on June 3, 2020. May 31 – The New York Times reports recent protests in Washington, D.C., led to President Donald Trump entering the White House bunker [29]
Protests were held in New York City in response to the killing of Jordan Neely, a 30-year-old African American man and Michael Jackson impersonator, by Daniel Penny, a white ex-Marine while riding the F Train on May 1, 2023. [201] [202] Penny approached Neely from behind, placing him in a chokehold until Neely was unconscious. [203]
Protesters gathered at Trump Tower in New York on November 10. Protests in Madison, Wisconsin "Love Trumps Hate" was a common slogan, as here at the Idaho State Capitol. As Trump held the first transition meeting with President Obama at the White House, protesters were outside. [125] Protests continued in cities across the United States.
RUDY GIULIANI, Trump's personal attorney and former New York mayor: “Black Lives Matter and antifa sprang into action and, in a flash, they hijacked the peaceful protest into vicious, brutal ...
Gov. Tim Walz was criticized for a delay in sending in the National Guard to 2020 riots, but Trump's claim ... Trump said Gov. Walz didn’t call in the National Guard during 2020 BLM protests. ...
How did the movement gain so much power? The BLM movement raised more than $90 million in 2020 and saw up to 26 million supporters join in protests, making it the largest movement in U.S. history.
At one point the National Guard was called in and a state of emergency was declared. [24] Also in August, Los Angeles Police Department officers shot and killed Ezell Ford; BLM protested his death in Los Angeles into 2015. [123] In November, a New York City Police Department officer shot and killed, Akai Gurley, a 28-year-old African-American man.