Name: Demonstrations and Political Violence in America is Pretty Biased
Uploaded: 2020-12-03T04:13:22+00:00
Duration: 10 min 41 s
Description: I look into the study called Demonstrations and Political Violence in America, and it is pretty biased. This study is known for stating that protests are mostly peaceful, particularly that 93% of prot

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I look into the study called Demonstrations and Political Violence in America, and it is pretty biased. This study is known for stating that protests are mostly peaceful, particularly that 93% of protests are peaceful. I go through many of the specific examples it gives, from Micheal Brown, to Rashard Brooks, to Jacob Blake, and the study also covers the activities in Lafayette Square, CHAZ, and Portland. I think this study had some interesting data, and I appreciate having it, but considering the red flags I saw in this study, I still don’t think the term ‘mostly peaceful protests’ applies nearly as often as it is used.

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Sources:

Peaceful Protest study: https://acleddata.com/acleddatanew/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/ACLED_USDataReview_Sum2020_SeptWebPDF_HiRes.pdf

FBI report on Micheal Brown: https://www.justice.gov/sites/default/files/opa/press-releases/attachments/2015/03/04/doj_report_on_shooting_of_michael_brown_1.pdf

Rayshard Brooks Summary: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Killing_of_Rayshard_Brooks

Police side of Jacob Blake: https://nypost.com/2020/08/29/kenosha-cops-say-jacob-blake-was-holding-knife-contradicting-ag/

Statues removed or damaged during protests: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_monuments_and_memorials_removed_during_the_George_Floyd_protests

Fox on Lafayette: https://www.foxnews.com/politics/barr-lafayette-square-trump-protest-remarks

Wikipedia on CHAZ: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Capitol_Hill_Autonomous_Zone

Vox link to CHAZ/CHOP: https://www.vox.com/policy-and-politics/2020/7/2/21310109/chop-chaz-cleared-violence-explained

Andy Ngo footage of Portland: https://youtu.be/HJGt-yq6G0M