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by metabagel 1992 days ago
BLM protests were mostly non-violent.

https://today.uconn.edu/2020/10/study-2020-protests-shows-di...

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A small percentage of a large number is still a sizable number.
Flying on 9/11/2001 was "mostly safe" because less than 96% of flights were hijacked. Also a true statement, but ridiculous.

The BLM riots resulted in 19 dead, and thousands of properties damaged. It's equivalently true to say "Trump protests/rallies are mostly non-violent", since the majority of them (probably rivalling the 96% in the article you mention) have had few issues with violence until the recent insurrection. But that would just be a vacuous talking point.