City-Wide Firearm Violence Spikes in Minneapolis following the Murder of George Floyd: A Comparative Time-Series Analysis of Three Cities by Hunter M. Boehme, Robert J. Kaminski, Melissa S. Nolan

“…Utilizing two Midwest cities (Kansas City, Missouri and Omaha, Nebraska) as comparison cities, we assess whether violent firearm incidents increased in Minneapolis after the murder of George Floyd. Multiple interrupted time-series analyses showed statistically significant increases in weekly firearm incidents in Minneapolis (AME = 10.63, <i>p</i> < 0.05) and Omaha (AME = 1.47, <i>p</i> < 0.5) following the murder of George Floyd. …”
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Perceived discrimination enhances the association between distress and impact related to the murder of George Floyd and unhealthy alcohol use in a survey sample of U.S.... by Monique T. Cano, Jill V. Reavis, David L. Pennington

“…Conclusions: In the context of a socially unjust event amidst a global pandemic, perceived discrimination contributes to unhealthy alcohol use and subjective impact and personal distress associated with the SJARM following the murder of George Floyd. Results highlight the importance of addressing discrimination experiences in Veterans who seek alcohol treatment, particularly as rates of unhealthy alcohol use are on the rise.…”
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COVID-19 and Systemic Racism Pandemics Impact Daily Life for Immigrant/Refugees, Minneapolis, USA by Mary O. Hearst, Angela Ekwonye, Leso Munala, Halimo Ismail, Erika Kennedy, Heather Buesseler

“…Objectives: This study describes the impact of day-to-day lived experiences of Karen, Somali, and Latinx communities during the COVID-19 pandemic and aftermath of the police murder of George Floyd in the Minneapolis/St. Paul metro area. …”
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'I can't breathe': Why George Floyd's Words Reverberate Around the World by Ben Okri

“…Reflections by the Nigerian writer and critic Ben Okri on the worldwide impact of the murder of George Floyd at the hands of Minnepolis police.  …”
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Evidence of shifting racial biases? by Lasana T. Harris

“…Such shifts are usually triggered by catalytic events such as the murder of George Floyd. Dang et al. (2022) potentially document such a shift in brain responses to African Americans experiencing police violence; participants engage brain mechanisms involved in mentalising more when witnessing such atrocities, evidence of a lack of dehumanisation. …”
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Teaching U.S.–Mexico Relations to Dreamers in the Time of COVID-19 by Angela Cecilia Espinosa

“…The triple whammy of the COVID-19 pandemic, the murder of George Floyd, and the 2020 presidential election created a semester like no other for college students. …”
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Do black lives matter to employers? A combined field and natural experiment of racially disparate hiring practices in the wake of protests against police violence and racial oppres... by David S. Kirk, Marti Rovira

“…This study uses an experimental audit design, implemented both before and during the heightened unrest following the murder of George Floyd, to gauge the impact of Black Lives Matter and associated protests against police brutality and anti-Black racism on racially disparate hiring practices. …”
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The changing context of Canadian policing: An examination of the public’s perceptions after 2020 by Rick Ruddell

“… The positive perceptions of Canadians towards their local police had been relatively stable between 2000 and 2019, but survey results show those positive feelings dropped throughout the country after the start of the pandemic in March 2020 and the murder of George Floyd by an American police officer 2 months later. …”
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Do black lives matter to employers? A combined field and natural experiment of racially disparate hiring practices in the wake of protests against police violence and racial oppres... by David S Kirk, Marti Rovira

“…This study uses an experimental audit design, implemented both before and during the heightened unrest following the murder of George Floyd, to gauge the impact of Black Lives Matter and associated protests against police brutality and anti-Black racism on racially disparate hiring practices. …”
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Equity, Environmentalism, and Conscious Consumerism by Leah Halliday

“…First paragraph: Two crises pervading the current consciousness of society—the COVID-19 health crisis and the ongoing crisis of police brutality against Black Americans as evident in the recent murder of George Floyd in Minneapolis—make Craig B. Upright’s Grocery Activism: The Radical History of Food Cooperatives in Minnesota particularly timely and relevant, though neither is the direct topic of the book. …”
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Black Squares for Black Lives? Performative Allyship as Credibility Maintenance for Social Media Influencers on Instagram by Mariah L. Wellman

“…At first in solidarity with the music industry, the black squares were co-opted by uninformed users hoping to show their support of Black Lives Matter in the wake of the murder of George Floyd while in police custody. Through 20 interviews with social media influencers about the #BlackLivesMatter discourse occurring on Instagram in the summer of 2020, I argue that for many influencers, the posting of black squares was performative allyship utilized strategically to build and maintain credibility with followers. …”
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Organizational Advocacy for Racial Justice by Chad Michael Wertley, Sara J Baker

“…Data was collected by capturing the Twitter statements made by the top 100 American brands in response to the murder of George Floyd in May 2020. Findings revealed that the statements contained two main themes: framing and acting. …”
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Do Black Lives Matter to employers? A combined field and natural experiment of racially disparate hiring practices in the wake of protests against police violence and racial oppres... by Kirk, D, Rovira, M

“…This study uses an experimental audit design, implemented both before and during the heightened unrest following the murder of George Floyd, to gauge the impact of Black Lives Matter and associated protests against police brutality and anti-Black racism on racially disparate hiring practices. …”

Reflection of Anti-Racist Protests on Social Media: The Case of Barack Obama by Metin Işık, Erdal Bilici

“…Accordingly, Twitter plays an effective role in changing and transforming events. The murder of George Floyd in Minnesota on May 25, 2020; The impact of anti-racist rhetoric and protests in the context of media, economy and politics have been discussed. …”
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The Importance of a House and the Pandemic Formation of the ATLFilmParty Community by Jenny Gunn

“…Produced and directed in the era of both the COVID-19 pandemic and the aftermath of the US racial reckoning after the murder of George Floyd, The Importance of a House iterates the home as a site of refuge. …”
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An archive of whose own? White feminism and racial justice in fan fiction's digital infrastructure by Alexis Lothian, Mel Stanfill

“…In summer 2020, when the language of racial reckoning entered US and transnational public spheres following the murder of George Floyd, the contradictions of fandom's long-standing claims to progressive politics became sharply visible. …”
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On Witnessing a Riot by Andrew Brooks, Michael Richardson

“…In the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic, the murder of George Floyd by Minneapolis police has sparked protests and riots around the world. …”
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Racist Cops, Vested “Blue” Interests, or Both? Evidence from Four Decades of the General Social Survey by Vincent J. Roscigno, Kayla Preito-Hodge

“…The murder of George Floyd by a Minneapolis police officer triggered U.S. and worldwide protests—protests that raised questions about police funding, use of force, and whether police officers are distinctly racist. …”
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(Re)inspiring Narratives of Resistance: COVID-19, Racisms and Narratives of Hope by Ann Phoenix

“…In 2020, COVID-19 took many people by surprise, as did the intercontinental waves of protest triggered by the casual racist murder of George Floyd by a US policeman. The years of 2020 and 2021 will undoubtedly be remembered for massive, unexpected disruptions that require new social normalities to be negotiated. …”
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The rebirth of the call for antiracism in schools: learning from the past by Yaa Asare

“…A prominent feature of the Black Lives Matter protests following the murder of George Floyd has been the renewed call for schools to become antiracist. …”
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