About a third of the Covid-19 protests were linked to schools reopening, the report found, all of them peaceful protests. There were also at least 70 documented protests over Covid-19 involving healthcare workers, and at least 37 demonstrations focused on the eviction crisis. Facebook Twitter Pinterest A demonstrator is sprayed with pepper spray during a Black Lives Matter protest in Portland, Oregon. They documented 392 incidents this summer in which government authorities used force on Black Lives Matter demonstrators. Journalists covering Black Lives Matter protests were also met with violence from government forces in at least 100 separate incidents across dozens of states this summer.

Source: The Guardian September 05, 2020 10:00 UTC