Protesters against racism in New York: who are these people and where did they come from

The mayor of New York used to accuse of robbery and violence during the protests of "anarchists who came from outside the city." However, new studies disprove this version: only 9% of demonstrators arrived in the Big Apple from outside the five boros. This is with reference to the results of the study reports the publication New York Post.

Only about 9% of the demonstrators in New York, who participated in the protests against the killing of George Floyd by police, came from outside the five boroughs of the metropolis. This is evidenced by the results of a study conducted by data analysis company Mobilewalla. “One thing that we see in New York and in almost all cities is that most of the protesters were (local - Ed.) Residents,” the study said.

Therefore, the assumption that many protesters came from outside the city does not seem to be true. This was stated by Anindya Datta, CEO of Mobilewalla.

According to the company, of the 8152 protesters in New York tracked by mobile phones during the three days of protests from May 29 to May 31, most outsiders came from nearby New York and New Jersey counties, such as Westchester or Bergen.

Most of these visiting protesters - roughly 228 or 2,8% - came from Arlington County, while others came from other states, including Colorado, California and Arizona.

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The majority of New York protesters - 2930 or 36 percent - came from the Bronx, according to the firm, which also provided demographic data on protesters in Atlanta, Los Angeles and Minneapolis.

On May 31, when protests were raging in cities across the country against the murder of Floyd by the Minneapolis police, New York Mayor Bill de Blasio accused some outside agitators, including anarchists, from outside the city of robbery and robbery.

On Wednesday, June 17, a spokesman for the mayor said that his information about third-party agitators came from the NYPD - and that this study confirms his comments. “What was found in the study was in line with what the mayor said. As he said, "some" came from another city. The data that we released after the first night of arrests showed that 1 in 7 arrested were from another state, their research shows 9 percent, ”said the spokeswoman.

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In general, the firm used data obtained from mobile phones to determine the place of residence of protesters along with other demographic data, such as age and race.

According to the study, 76% of protesters in New York were white, 14% were black, 8% were Hispanics and 1% were Asian. Most of them were men between the ages of 18 and 34.

According to Datta, 8 tracked protesters in New York accounted for between 152% and 30% of the total number of protesters in the city.