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“We find a relationship between local police-caused deaths of Black people and the probability of [BLM] protest… relationship between grievance and protest.” & “Localities with a more educated population and a larger local college enrollment have more protests."

Black Lives Matter: Evidence That Police-Caused Deaths Predict Protest Activity Black Lives Matter: Evidence That Police-Caused Deaths Predict Protest Activity Correlates of Black Lives Matter protest frequency… As described in the introduction, we anticipate that higher numbers and concentrations of residents, and in particular Black residents, increase the pool of potential protestors from which the movement can recruit participants. We find that population size and percentage Black are both positively linked to protest activity while population density is negatively related to protest activity. Correlates of Black Lives Matter protest frequency… As described in the introduction, we anticipate that higher numbers and concentrations of residents, and in particular Black residents, increase the pool of potential protestors from which the movement can recruit participants. We find that population size and percentage Black are both positively linked to protest activity while population density is negatively related to protest activity.
Black Lives Matter: Evidence That Police-Caused Deaths Predict Protest Activity
Perspectives on Politics
Williamson, Vanessa / Trump, Kris-Stella / Einstein, Katherine Levine
Vol. 16 Issue 2, pp. 400–415, 2018
10.1017/S1537592717004273
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