Summer-Fall 2020 Protests

The Prosecution Project Data

The Prosecution Project (tPP) is a long-term, Open-Source Intelligence research platform tracking and providing an analysis of felony criminal cases involving illegal political violence occurring in the United States since 1990.

Through identification, analysis, and assessment of thousands of cases, tPP seeks to identify correlations between who a defendant is, how they are charged and prosecuted, and other related factors, such as political ideology, religion, and the crime's motive, means, target, and impact.

You may access portions of the data collected as part of the Prosecution Project on this site. Data are currently displayed across four tabs:

1. General, which includes completed cases.
2. Summer-Fall 2020 Protests, which covers cases occurring during that time period in response to the death of George Floyd.
3. Capitol Protest, which displays federal and non-federal charges levied against protesters active in and around the US Capitol building on January 6, 2021.
4. In Progress, which includes cases currently being investigated and coded by researchers as well as those still proceeding through the courts. These cases have not been completed, will change over time, and have not been audited. These cases are provided as a resource, but should be independently investigated and verified before being included in research products.