President Joe Biden is raising eyebrows with a statement he made about protests that broke out after the death of George Floyd.
During an event at the White House on Wednesday, Biden said, âTwo summers ago, in the middle of a pandemic, we saw protests across the nation the likes of which you hadnât seen since the 1960s.â
âThey unified people of every race and generation. Athletes and sports leagues boycotted and postponed games. Companies and workers proclaimed âBlack Lives Matter.â Students staged solidarity walkouts,â he continued.
Finally, Biden added, âFrom Europe to the Middle East to Asia to Australia, people saw their own fight for justice and equality in what we were trying to do. The message is clear: Enough! Just, âEnough.'â
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Bidenâs comments refer to the protests that broke out after former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin kneeled on Floydâs neck and killed him in May 2020.
Demonstrators gathered in cities across the U.S. in the name of racial justice.
A study conducted by The Armed Conflict Location & Event Data Project (ACLED) analyzed protests in all 50 states from May 26 to August 22.
It concluded that 93% of the protests were peaceful.
During that same period, demonstrators set up the Capitol Hill Organized Protest (CHOP) in Seattle, Washington, which ended after there were several shootings and allegations of sexual assaults. Protesters also set fire to courthouses, and vandalized and looted stores.
According to one estimate, the collective damage sustained during racial justice protests in 140 cities in 2020 was expected to cost the insurance industry $2 billion.