Tag: Black Lives Matter

Hollywood Demonstration For Daunte Wright Ends in Unrest

HOLLYWOOD, Calif.—A Hollywood rally April 15 meant to show solidarity for Daunte Wright, a 20-year-old Minnesota man fatally shot by police, ended in violence. The 8:30 p.m gathering, near Sunset Boulevard and Vine Street, included about 150 people circled around an empty concrete fountain. Plastic flowers and candles lined the fountain, where a large photo…


Breonna Taylor’s Mother Accuses Black Lives Matter of Exploiting Her Daughter’s Name

The mother of Breonna Taylor, a woman who was shot and killed by police officers last year, claimed that a local Black Lives Matter group in Louisville, Kentucky, and other activists have exploited her daughter’s death for political reasons and money. Tamika Palmer on Wednesday wrote on Facebook to say that Taylor’s friends and family members…


Seattle BLM Activist Charged With Hate Crime After Harassing Multiple Asian-Americans

Prosecutors charged a Seattle man with a felony hate crime after he allegedly threatened multiple Asian-American victims on two separate occasions.


Bristol Protest Turns Violent, 20 Officers Injured, Vehicles on Fire

A protest on Sunday in Bristol against a new policing bill turned into a violent riot, leaving 20 police officers injured. According to the police, two of the officers were taken to hospital with broken bones, and one of them also suffered a punctured lung. Hundreds gathered outside Bridewell police station in Bristol city centre…


The Woke War Against African Americans

Commentary The purpose of the woke “antiracism” movement launched by some members of the educational, media, and political elite, together with race activists, has always been to elevate its proclaimers above other members of the elite. In other words, cultural innovation such as the “antiracism” movement is really self-promotion to gain status and power in…


Capitol Breach Would Have Been Concerning If BLM, Antifa Were Involved: Sen. Johnson

Sen. Ron Johnson (R-Wis.) said that he wasn’t particularly concerned about the mobs of people who breached the Capitol on Jan. 6 because Antifa or Black Lives Matter activists were not among them. When asked about the breach on “The Joe Pags Show,” the Wisconsin Republican stated he “never felt threatened” because he knew the…


Black Lives Matter Activist Indicted for Allegedly Defrauding Donors

A prominent Black Lives Matter activist was indicted last week by a federal grand jury in Cleveland for allegedly defrauding donors, the Department of Justice (DOJ) said in a statement. Sir Maejor Page, also known as Tyree Conyers-Page, of Toledo, Ohio, was indicted on March 12 on three counts of money laundering and one count of wire…


Black Lives Matter Activist Indicted With Defrauding Donors by Federal Grand Jury

A prominent Black Lives Matter activist was indicted for defrauding donors by a federal jury in Toledo, Ohio, last week, according to the Department of Justice in a news release. Sir Maejor Page, also known as Tyree Conyers-Page, was indicted on three counts of money laundering and one count of wire fraud, according to the Justice Department,…


Des Moines Register Reporter Andrea Sahouri Acquitted of Charges Incurred While Covering a BLM Protest

A jury in Iowa has acquitted a reporter of all charges she incurred while covering a Black Lives Matter protest last year. The jury on Tuesday found Des Moines Register reporter Andrea Sahouri, 25, and her then-boyfriend Spenser Robnett, 24, not guilty of two misdemeanour charges—failure to disperse and interference with official acts. Robnett had…


‘It Took Me by Surprise’: Academic Critical of BLM Movement Had Article on Her Paper Removed

Sonia Orlu never expected that an article about her recent paper on the Black Lives Matter movement would be promptly deleted by a Vancouver radio station after it was published following an interview with the station. But that’s what happened on March 5 to the PhD candidate in political science at Simon Fraser University and…