George Floyd riots

The George Floyd riots, politically correctly referred to as "protests", are or were race riots at many locations in the United States and elsewhere, starting in Minneapolis on 26 May 2020, after the death of the negro George Floyd in association with being arrested by four non-white and white officers of the Minneapolis Police Department, all four of whom were summarily fired the next day, and later charged with various crimes.

Black Lives Matter terror and riots in Ferguson (Oakland)

History

BLM agitators in New York City, 4 July 2020

Antifa BLM-wiggers Gaige Grosskreutz, Anthony Michael Huber and Joseph „Jojo“ Donald (Don) Rosenbaum tried to kill Kyle Rittenhouse on 25 August 2020, but the young patriot defended himself succesfully, killing two and wounding one.

Jessica Doty Whitaker

BLM agitators sprayed "Was a Racist" onto the Churchill statue in Central London in 2020

Floyd, who had repeated criminal convictions, had heart disease and hypertension, had tested positive for coronavirus, and had the drugs fentanyl, methamphetamine, and cannabinoids in his system when he died. The incident was filmed on body cameras worn by the police, security cameras, and bystander smartphones, contributing to the riots, but may make it unlikely that Floyd's death was intentional.

Video bodycam footage leaked much later, in August 2020, has been argued to support the police officers. Regardless, the police officer Derek Chauvin was convicted on two counts of murder and one count of manslaughter on 20 April 2021. See the "External links" section regarding less politically correct aspects. The trial of the other three officers that were present is scheduled to begin 23 August 2021.

Riots

The riots have included arson, assaults on police officers (including by being run over, by Molotov cocktails, and by being shot), large-scale looting and property damages, and many persons being wounded (including hundreds of police officers) and several persons being killed (including two African American police officers).

As of 30 July 2020, 24 people had died in association with the riots. Even a politically correct report published in September 2020 stated rioting at almost 220 different locations. Only the riots that occurred between May 26 and June 8 may cost more than $2 billion only in insurance claims according to a report, making them the most costly riots in American history, costing more than even all of the six major American riots combined during the turbulent 1960s, even after adjusting for inflation.

Antifa has been stated to be involved in the violence. Attorney General William Barr stated that "In many places, it appears the violence is planned, organized and driven by anarchist and far left extremists, using Antifa-like tactics, many of whom travel from out of state to promote the violence." Related to the riots, social anarchists/Antifa created by occupation in Seattle a "Capitol Hill Autonomous Zone" (CHAZ) or "Capitol Hill Occupied Protest" (CHOP) in Seattle. CHAZ/CHOP was eventually cleared, but rioting have continued in locations such as Portland. A study estimated that

"as a result of de-policing during June and July 2020, approximately 710 additional victims were murdered and more than 2,800 victims were shot."

Also related are demands to "Defund the police", with social anarchists actually meaning that the police should be abolished. Numerous police officers are stated to be considering leaving the police, for reasons such as anti-police sentiments in the leftist mass media and elsewhere. A few Black Lives Matter leaders have declined to condemn, or supported, rioting and looting.

"The Black Lives Matter movement is linked to more than nine-in-ten riots across the country, according to a recent study. The U.S. experienced 637 riots between May 26 and Sept. 12, and 91% of those riots were linked to the Black Lives Matter movement."

The riots and mass migration related disease transfer across the Mexico-United States border have been argued to have contributed to the surge in COVID-19 cases in the United States.

Kyle Rittenhouse

The case of "Kyle Rittenhouse" (German: Der Fall „Kyle Rittenhouse“) describes the resistance of a few against the terror of Black Lives Matter and Antifa in August 2020 in the USA, the courage of the individual in the midst of severe unrest, represented by the then 17-year-old Kyle Rittenhouse and the criminal investigation of a hate and defamation campaign by the mainstream media and the prosecution before a jury trial (1 to 19 November 2021) presided over by the 75-year-old German-American judge Bruce Edward Schroeder.

On Friday, 19 November 2021, after 25 hours of deliberation over four days, the time had finally come. The jury had reached its verdict, and Kyle Rittenhouse, after arguably the longest days of his life, learned whether he would spend the rest of it behind bars or go home a free man. He was acquitted on all counts and collapsed with tears streaming down his face. For many in the US and elsewhere, he is considered a hero of self-defense and freedom, while BLM agitators, leftists, and the lying press were close to collapse.

Kyle Rittenhouse should never have been arrested, let alone charged; the incident was broadcast live on the internet, and everyone could see that it was an act of self-defense. Thousands upon thousands of crimes went unpunished during the unrest following the death of George Floyd, but Rittenhouse was a "white gunman" who dared to oppose the liberal Zeitgeist under Joe Biden and the pogrom of the rampaging rabble. His circle of supporters was large and prominent, with many thousands donating, some just a few dollars, others hundreds of thousands or more. Millions secured him personal protection and a strong defense fund, and his defense attorneys, Mark Richards and Corey Chirafisi, are considered top lawyers. It was about more than just him; it was about the "God-given right to defend oneself."

Wikipedia

Allegedly neutral Wikipedia has been described as having strong leftist bias and censorship regarding the riots, including regarding the role of Antifa. Furthermore, the Wikimedia Foundation dropped any pretense of a "Neutral Point of View" and declared itself to be an activist propaganda organization. It stated that "Today, and every day, the Wikimedia Foundation stands in support of racial justice and with the movement for black Lives. [...] On these issues, there is no neutral stance. [...] far more than a website. [...] calls on all of us to shape what we understand of our world." See the "External links" section.

Quotes

• “The killing of #GeorgeFloyd was deeply disturbing & upsetting & is the result of the current world order which we all must unite against [...] ‘Pull the trigger, kill a nigga, he's a hero'[...]” – Former Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad in a message on Twitter in 2020 about Floyd’s death quoting from Tupac Shakur’s 1998 song “Changes”

• So, the left thinks what Karmelo Anthony did was self-defense, but what I did wasn’t? Can someone please help this make sense? – Kyle Rittenhouse addressing the murder of Austin Metcalf, X.com, 16 April 2025

See also

• Black Lives Matter
• Ferguson, Missouri race riots
• Great Awokening
• Race and crime: Anti-police activism
• Race and crime: Bias in the justice system
• Race and crime: Brazil
• Race and crime: Race riots and mob violence
• Race riot
• Rodney King
• Chronic Negro Fatigue Syndrome

External links

• Last Night’s Riots in Minneapolis
• Michael Moore Is Right, Whites Shouldn’t Police Blacks
• Assaulted and Vilified, the Cops Save the Cities
• What the Minneapolis Riots Mean
• 431 Law Enforcement Officers Were Injured in the Black Lives Matter/Antifa War
• Der Fall „Kyle Rittenhouse“ (in German)

Argued relationships between IQ, personality traits, and riots

• Irresponsible Dem/ MSM Complex Tells Childish Blacks To Riot—So They Do. Whose Fault Is That?

Death of George Floyd

• Even Right Abandoning Accused Minneapolis Cop—But They Shouldn't
• How Did George Floyd Die?
• Family Autopsy: Floyd Asphyxiated by Sustained Pressure
• Medical Examiner’s Autopsy Reveals George Floyd Had Positive Test for Coronavirus
• Why Derek Chauvin May Get Off His Murder Charge
• George Floyd: The Big Lie

Conviction

• The Lynch Mob Howled
• We Can’t Police These People

Police abolishment

• NYT: Yes, We Mean Literally Abolish the Police

Wikipedia

• Wikimedia Foundation: We stand for racial justice.
• Wikipedia Spreads Conspiracy Theories, Foreign Propaganda in George Floyd Articles
• Wikipedia Editors Censor Antifa Involvement in Riots, Past Violence

Antifa

• Minneapolis Burning: This Happened Because Antifa Weren't Punished After Charlottesville And Inaugural Riots
• Cracking Down on Misfits’ Crime Sprees and Big Tech
• Don’t Compare the George Floyd Riots to Charlottesville! (Oh, On Second Thought, Antifa Was Guilty There Too)
• Twitter’s Claims About Identity Evropa and Fake Antifa Account Are False and Irresponsible
• Understanding the Far-Left Threat