Milwaukee journal sentinel ron johnson1/11/2024 ![]() ![]() ![]() It found about 220 locations where the protests became “violent” through physical violence or by damaging property. Out of 10,600 total protests, the group identified 7,750 protests connected to Black Lives Matter. In a report the group released in September, a review of the 2020 summer protests showed 93% of the protests remained peaceful and nondestructive. Data from the nonprofit Armed Conflict Location and Event Data Project show of the 25 people whose deaths were tied to protests or political unrest, nine were Black Lives Matter demonstrators and two were conservatives killed after pro-Trump rallies. Johnson also cited 25 deaths being tied to the protests. "That’s why I would have been more concerned," Johnson said in a statement. Johnson told the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel he made the comment because, out of about 10,000 protests that took place last summer in the wake of the killing of George Floyd by a Minneapolis police officer, 570 turned violent and caused billions of dollars worth of property damage. Their words don't represent the Wisconsin I know," she tweeted on Saturday. Whether it's on the House floor as we heard from a congressman a couple of days ago, or as we hear it from the mouth of a senator. "As I said earlier this week, systemic racism is real. ![]() Glenn Grothman about Black Lives Matter supporters being anti-family. Tammy Baldwin called Johnson's comment an example of systemic racism, similar to claims made earlier this week by Republican U.S. "It’s a totally racist comment and the insult to injury is he didn’t mind saying it in the position that he holds because for some reason that’s just deemed as acceptable behavior for people who live in and are elected officials in this state."ĭemocratic U.S. "For him to say something as racist as that - it’s ridiculous," she said. Johnson, who is not related to Ron Johnson, said it wasn't Black Lives Matter protesters who triggered an insurrection that left five people dead, including a police officer. UPDATE: 'There's nothing racial in my comments whatsoever': Ron Johnson accuses his critics of 'using the race card' LaTonya Johnson, a Democrat from Milwaukee who is Black, said. "What, white people love this country and Black people don’t? That’s exactly what he’s saying," state Sen. "Now, had the tables been turned, and Joe - this is going to get me in trouble - had the tables been turned and President Trump won the election and tens of thousands of Black Lives Matter and antifa, I might have been a little concerned," Johnson said during an interview with syndicated radio show host Joe "Pags" Pagliarulo. Capitol to overturn a presidential election and triggered an assault that left five people dead, 140 police officers injured and windows smashed. "I knew those were people who love this country, that truly respect law enforcement, would never do anything to break the law, so I wasn't concerned," Johnson said about the predominantly white crowd that marched to the U.S. Capitol in January didn't worry him but that he might have been concerned if they had been supporters of the Black Lives Matter movement. Ron Johnson is facing accusations of racism after saying the supporters of former President Donald Trump who stormed the U.S. ![]()
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