 Also in July, BLM protested the death of Jonathan Sanders who died while being arrested by police in Mississippi.In August, BLM organizers held a rally in Washington, D.C., calling for a stop to violence against transgender women.In Charlotte, North Carolina, after a judge declared a mistrial in the trial of a white Charlotte police officer who killed an unarmed black man, Jonathan Ferrell, BLM protested and staged die-ins.