 Sezvo nhau dzokuuraya mapurisa dzaiwedzera, kuratidzira kwakatanga pashure pokupfurwa kwaAlton Sterling musi waJuly 5, 2016 muBaton Rouge, Louisiana, uye kupfurwa kwaPhilando Castile musi waJuly 6 muFalcon Heights, Minnesota. Musi waJuly 7, pedyo nomugumo wechimwe chezviratidziro izvi muDallas, Texas, Micah Xavier Johnson akavandira ndokupfura kuboka remapurisa, vachiuraya mapurisa mashanu uye vachikuvadza vamwe vapfumbamwe. Vanhuwo zvavo vaviri vakakuvadzwawo. Johnson akanga ari murwi wehondo yeAfghan War uyo anonzi akatsamwa pamusoro pemapurisa kupfura kwevarume vatema uye akataura kuti aida kuuraya vanhu vachena, kunyanya mapurisa machena. Pashure pokupfura, Johnson akatizira mukati mechivako pamusasa weEl Centro College. Mapurisa akamutevera ikoko, uye pakava nokurwisana. Mumaawa okutanga aJuly 8, mapurisa akauraya Johnson nebhomba rakasungirirwa parobhoti rinodzora mabhomba riri kure. Aka kaiva kekutanga kuti mapurisa emuUnited States ashandise robhoti kuuraya munhu anenge achifungidzirwa. Kupfurwa kwacho kwaiva chiitiko chakauraya zvikuru kuvakuru vakuru vehurumende yeU.S. kubvira pakurwiswa kwaSeptember 11 muna 2001 uye kwakaona kupandukira kukuru kwekutsigirwa kwevanhu kumapurisa eU.S. muchimiro cheBlue Lives Matter kufamba. 