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Public Perception of Protests

The public's perception of the Black Lives Matter protests in 2020, including the gap between evidence and perception

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Jan 25, 2026
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Was blm movement violent

The (BLM) movement has been overwhelmingly peaceful in its demonstrations: monitoring groups recorded that roughly 95% of protests during the involved peaceful participants and fewer than 5% involved ...

Jan 26, 2026
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BLM violence liberal or conservative

The evidence shows that episodes of violence in and around protests were a small minority of events and that much of the documented physical harm was inflicted by police and rather than by demonstrato...

Jan 27, 2026

How have public attitudes toward BLM changed since 2020 across different demographic groups?

Public support for surged in 2020, with roughly two-thirds of Americans expressing support at the protests’ peak, but that broad backing has since declined and polarized along racial, partisan and soc...

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