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[–] glenny 0 points 2 points 2 points (+2|-0) ago
The data set is here as a giant Excel file. For my city, they did correctly classify the BLM "protest" that devolved into property damage as a riot. They do seem to include a lot of smaller "protest" events. They also use count love as a source. This site lists several protests in the Excel sheet as having 20 or fewer people.
Here is an example of a "protest" that got counted in the data set. The video seems to include about ten "protesters", They appear in the middle of a field where they can be easily ignored. Here is an example of a "protest" that did not get included in the data set.