 NYC yave iri nzvimbo yekuratidzira kwakawanda kweBlack Lives Matter mukupindura zviitiko zvehutsinye hwemapurisa uye mhirizhonga yakakonzerwa nerudzi kuvanhu vatema. Sangano reBlack Lives Matter rakatanga se hashtag mushure mekuurayiwa kwevechidiki vemuAfrica-America Trayvon Martin, uye rakazozivikanwa munyika yose nekuratidzira mumigwagwa zvichitevera kufa kwevanhu vaviri vemuAfrica muna 2014, Michael Brown naEric Garner.. Garner akaurayiwa mudunhu reStaten Island muNew York City, zvichitungamira mukuratidzira, kuratidzira, uye kushanda mukuchinja mapurisa nemutemo. Kutevera kuurayiwa kwaGeorge Floyd muMinnesota muna 2020, mhinduro yepasi rose yaisanganisira kuratidzira kwakakura muNew York City, uye shanduko dzinoverengeka dzakazotevera kumutemo. 