Black Lives Matter
The most recent news of Black Lives Matter (BLM), the civil, non-violent movement originally started to protest police brutality. The movement began online in 2013 with the hashtag #BlackLivesMatter after the acquittal of George Zimmerman in the shooting death of Trayvon Martin, a 17-year-old black teenager in Miami, Florida. Since then, the BLM movement has become one of the leading organizations against police brutality and racism in the United States.
Slain Seattle Protester Spent Final Weeks 'Standing up for Others'Summer Taylor, 24, died after being struck by a vehicle that plowed into a crowd of protesters on Interstate 5.
Painful Reckonings About Black Lives Matter"Intersectionality" has an anti-Zionism—and an anti-Semitism—problem.
Seattle Protester Struck By Car Speaks Out: 'I'm Alive And Stable'Diaz Love, 32, was hit by a car that was driven into a crowd of people protesting on the closed Interstate 5. Summer Taylor, another protester who was also hit, has died.
Secoriea Turner's Parents Attack Those Who Shot 8-Year-Old Girl in AtlantaThe child was shot by at least two people while traveling a car with her mother near where police killed Rayshard Brooks.
Third Officer Involved in George Floyd Death Released on BailTou Thao, one of four former Minneapolis police officers involved in Floyd's death in custody, was released on bond from Hennepin County Jail on Saturday morning.
Injured Seattle Protester Feared Going Out to Protest After 'Death Threats'Diaz Love, 32, is in a serious condition after being struck by the vehicle that drove through a panicked crowd of protesters on Interstate 5.
D.C. Protesters Chant 'America Was Never Great' as They Burn U.S. FlagTrump's "despicable, fascist [Mount] Rushmore rant fueled my determination to burn not one, not two, but three flags," Gregory "Joey" Johnson said.
24-Year-Old Seattle Protestor Summer Taylor Dies After Being Struck By CarTaylor and 32-year-old Diaz Love, of Portland, Oregon, had been struck by the vehicle that drove through a panicked crowd of protesters on Interstate 5 early Saturday morning.
Terry Crews Defends His Statement of Standing by Good Black or White People"Are all white people bad? No. Are all black people good? No," the 51-year-old actor wrote Saturday, stating he stands with good people either way.
Biden Says U.S. Has 'Never Lived Up' to Idea That We're All Created Equal"We have a chance to rip the roots of systemic racism out of this country. We have a chance to live up to the words that founded this nation," the former vice president said in a new campaign video.
Trump Says Children Are Taught in School to 'Hate Their Own Country'"Our nation is witnessing a merciless campaign to wipe out our history, defame our heroes, erase our values and indoctrinate our children," Trump said during a Fourth of July speech at Mount Rushmore.
Big Tech Employees Donate Overwhelmingly to 2020 DemocratsAbout 84 percent of Big Tech worker donations have gone to Democrats in 2020, a double-digit increase from the 2016 presidential elections.
Land of the Free and Home of the BraveWe must fall in love with America all over again, and Independence Day is the best time to start.
Biden: Everything Changed When George Floyd Said 'Mama, I Can't Breathe'Presumptive Democratic nominee Joe Biden became emotional speaking to a black educator about the death of George Floyd, while addressing the National Education Association (NEA), the largest labor union in the country.
Police Officer Placed on Administrative Leave After George Floyd FB PostRoss Greenwood, a police officer in Mentone, Alabama, was placed on leave earlier this week after a citizen complaint was filed against him for posting "racist comments on his personal Facebook page."
Minnesota Asks Trump to Declare 'Major Disaster' Over Massive Riots DamageGovernor Tim Walz is calling for federal help to rebuild after riots in Minneapolis and St Paul which have caused an estimated $500 million in damage.
Arkansas Daycare Kicks 6-Year-Old Out Over BLM T-Shirts, Mom SaysThe mother of a 6-year-old in Russellville, Arkansas, said her daughter was asked not to return to a daycare center after she wore Black Lives Matter T-shirts on two separate occasions.
Why Black Lives Don't Matter to 'Black Lives Matter'Black lives matter, but the organization calling itself "Black Lives Matter" is self-serving and self-defeating.
U.K. PM Boris Johnson Says he Would Not Take Knee for Black Lives MatterHe said that "he didn't believe in gestures" and also that police officers who had decided to take the knee may have been "bullied" into it by protesters.
Twitter Stops Using Terms 'Master,' 'Slave' and 'Blacklist'"The language we have been using in our code does not reflect our values as a company or represent the people we serve. We want to change that," Twitter said, announcing the changes.
Torrance Park Woman in Anti-Asian Rant Faces Battery ChargesLena Hernandez is alleeged to have attacked Asian woman at a mall in October 2019.
Tucson Mayor Says Police Tribute Organizers Have Ties to White Supremacy"I unequivocally disavow the effort that serves to incite and divide our community, and minimizes the Black Lives Matter movement," Mayor Regina Romero said Thursday.
77% of White Voters Approve of Police, Just 26% of Black Americans AgreeAmerican opinions towards police, the Black Lives Matter movement and the removal of Confederate statues depend largely on race and political affiliation.
Former White House Press Sec. Compares Seattle CHOP Zone to Confederacy"At a time when we are debating Confederate statues, I don't know what the difference is between the Confederacy and CHOP, other than slavery," Ari Fleischer said.
Barstooler Says Dave Portnoy Put Black Employees in an Unfair PositionIt comes after founder Dave Portnoy said he wouldn't apologize for past racist remarks.
Video Shows Molotov Cocktail Thrown into Las Vegas Police StationLas Vegas Metropolitan Police officers are asking for the public's help in identifying a suspect caught igniting and throwing a molotov cocktail at a police substation.
RappeLord Jamar Doesn't Support Black Lives Matter: 'It's Not Our Movement'"This is a movement that was given to us by, you know, George Soros and his f****** boys," Jamar told SCUM.
Pastor Who Called BLM Protesters 'Maggots and Parasites' Suspended"The only lives that matter are their own and the only power they seek is their own," said Rev. Theodore Rothrock, of the St. Elizabeth Seton Catholic Church in Carmel, Indiana.
'President Trump Shared a Fake Video of My Toddler'I couldn't believe that the President of The United States would tweet out a video that is sharing a message of hate in the midst of the Black Lives Matter protests. Then I was upset that it was our boys in that video.
