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786 protestsabout policing & justice in the last 12 months

The research record (Crowd Counting Consortium) runs through May 31, 2026; it's published a few months after the fact. Protests since then come from organizers' public listings on Mobilize and community reports, which are less complete and lean toward groups that use Mobilize. About the data

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Protests
786About 15 a week
People who turned out
6,247–7,163 Sum of crowd estimates for the 117 protests that have one
States & territories
41 Most in California (234)
Most protested issue
Police violence & accountability Main issue at 509 protests

Week by week

Protests per week, colored by the main issue. Spikes are national days of action.

  • Policing & justice

What people protest

Protests per issue. A protest with several demands counts toward each.

Who protests what

Share of each issue's protests whose claims were coded left- or right-leaning, from most left to most right. Lean describes the demands, never the people.

  • Left-leaning
  • Neither or mixed
  • Right-leaning

Where

Protests per million residents (2020 Census), which evens out big and small states.

Who they target

The agency, company, official or body each protest's demands were aimed at.

Most active organizers

Groups listed as organizers, by number of protests in this view.

OrganizationRelative activityProtests
The Valley of Change
Policing & justice, group
215
50501Arkansas
Policing & justice, group
87
Survivors, Family, and Friends
Policing & justice, group
87
Durango Palestine Solidarity Coalition
Policing & justice, coalition
32
CRAZE Encampment
Policing & justice, group
31
Friday Night Protest
Policing & justice, group
31
LEPOCO Peace Center
Policing & justice, group
31
League of Women Voters - Prince William/Fauquier County
Policing & justice, group
31
NAACP-Fauquier County Branch
Policing & justice, group
31
Tifereth Israel Congregation
Policing & justice, faith
31

How it went, from people who were there

No firsthand reports for these protests yet. When people who were there add a report, how it went (tone, police presence, arrests) shows up here.