| Partial list: David Dorn [0], Lorenzo Anderson [1], Antonio Mays Jr. [2], Barry Perkins [3], Chris Beaty [4], Marquis M. Tousant [5], Oscar Lee Stewart Jr. [6], Jessica Doty Whitaker [7], Italia Marie Kelly [8]. Regular shootings and killings also spiked this summer in cities with significant BLM activity [9][10][11]. In the midst of protests and looting in Chicago, that city saw 18 murders within a 24-hour period, its deadliest single day in six decades [12]. These figures exclude excess “deaths of despair” such as from suicide, alcoholism and drug overdose that may result from the $2 billion in economic damage done mostly to private businesses [13]. [0] https://www.kiro7.com/news/trending/retired-police-captain-k... [1] https://www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news/teen-who-died-in-c... [2] https://www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news/everybody-down-wha... [3] https://www.ksdk.com/article/news/local/protester-run-over-k... [4] https://www.indystar.com/story/news/local/indianapolis/2020/... [5] https://www.desmoinesregister.com/story/news/crime-and-court... [6] https://www.clarionledger.com/story/news/2020/10/21/authorit... [7] https://www.foxnews.com/us/indiana-woman-shot-killed-argumen... [8] https://apnews.com/article/18e8ec5a9b8e7175a128254d55df41e3 [9] https://www.oregonlive.com/crime/2020/07/portland-sees-spike... [10] https://www.wsbtv.com/news/2-investigates/atlanta-police-act... [11] https://www.washingtonpost.com/national/minneapolis-police-s... [12] https://chicago.suntimes.com/crime/2020/6/8/21281998/chicago... [13] https://fee.org/articles/george-floyd-riots-caused-record-se... |