Black Lives Matter demonstrations turned violent Saturday night, escalating to riot level, after protesters brought I-94 in St. Paul to a halt for over five hours. 21 police officers were injured by the protestors including one who suffered a spinal fracture after having a concrete block dropped on his head. In total, more than 100…
by Chris Slavens Following last week’s tragic rash of killings —both of and by law enforcement officers — protests associated with the Black Lives Matter movement erupted across the country. Though many of the events were peaceful and civil, protesters in multiple states turned to a tactic that seems to be gaining popularity within the movement:…
Earlier today, two groups of protesters met in the city of Dallas. Initially, they were heading in opposing ideological directions; one group representing “Black Lives Matter,” and the other organized as a counter-protest to the former. One could easily speculate on all of the potentially negative interactions these groups might have had with each other….
Any loss of innocent life is a tragedy that tends to incite visceral, knee jerk reactions from all those who experience it. The media and snippets of video footage disseminated on the internet have painted two recent incidents as national tragedies, and the backlash has been quick and violent. After the police shootings of Alton…
It would seem those on the Dallas police’s side in the wake of the shooting Thursday night that left five officers dead are in the company of the Black Lives Matter movement, as well. This kills the race-baiting notion that Black Lives Matter endorsed this attack, and actually goes a long way toward human solidarity…
Yet again, we see misplaced retaliation from a gunman as a result of the recent police brutality incidents this week. This time, things got shaken up last night in Bristol, Tennessee when the gunman opened fire onto an open highway, targeting police officers. One person, a newspaper carrier, is dead from the haphazard and sloppy…
By Amber Randall Major media outlets buried the alleged Asian ethnicity of the cop who shot a black man in Minnesota Wednesday night, after featuring or even highlighting the ethnicity of the white cop who shot a black man in Louisiana just a day earlier. In their coverage of the Louisiana shooting, major media outlets…
By Blake Neff Horrifying video from Thursday night’s shooting in Dallas shows a police officer attempting to take down a gunman, only to be outflanked by the shooter and shot at point-blank range. The footage was obtained by the local FOX4 station. On the right side is a police officer, appearing to take cover behind a…
Update 1:21am Fox News Channel is reporting 11 officers have been shot, 4 are confirmed dead, 7 officers are injured with 3 in critical condition. Two high elevation snipers have been identified, others suspected. Two suspects reported to be in custody; including the person of interest. Bomb Threat Being Investigated There’s now a bomb…
By Rachel Stoltzfoos Facebook staff manually inserted the “Black Lives Matter” topic into its trending news feed in order to artificially boost the movement’s popularity and in turn boost the Facebook brand, according to a former employee who curated news for the site. “Facebook got a lot of pressure about not having a trending topic for…