On June 2, 2020, Cardinal Dolan spoke on his podcast regarding the protests and police action following the deaths of George Floyd, Ahmaud Arbery, and Breonna Taylor. In this podcast interview, he attempted to speak to both protestors and police. He argued that police were mostly good people, even comparing them to priests. He also said that the protestors had an important message. He said that black lives matter, bracketing the statement before and after with "all lives matter" and "police lives matter."