Mostly masked protesters barricade the street with bikes and hundreds of people at City Hall, ... [+] Manhattan. Earlier in the day, one of the members of Warriors in the Garden was beaten and arrested by police. Key Background:The study’s conclusions are supported by Covid-19 testing data in many of the cities that were home to prevalent protesting. Tangent:Earlier this week, House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy partly blamed increased coronavirus cases on protesters. Further Reading:BLACK LIVES MATTER PROTESTS, SOCIAL DISTANCING, AND COVID-19 (National Bureau of Economic Research)Little evidence that protests spread coronavirus in US (AP)Parties — Not Protests — Are Causing Spikes In Coronavirus (NPR)

Source: Forbes July 01, 2020 19:41 UTC