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Black Lives Matter

Black Lives Matter’s Effect on Police Lethal Use-of-Force∗

Abstract Has Black Lives Matter influenced police lethal use-of-force? A difference-indifferences design finds census places with Black Lives Matter protests experience a 15% to 20%...

Diner in Louisville Seen Drawing Handgun as Armed Black Lives Matter Protesters Swarm Restaurant

A man was seen brandishing a firearm at Black Lives Matter protesters—some of whom appear armed—in Louisville, Kentucky. Police spokeswoman Alicia Smiley told Fox News that...

The parents of an 8-year-old Secoriea Turner plead for help finding killers

"You shot and killed a baby," the mayor of Atlanta said in a press conference. The parents of 8-year-old Secoriea Turner who was slain near the...
President Trump Speaks at White House Press Conference on Coronavirus

Remarks by President Trump on Operation LeGend: Combating Violent Crime in American Cities

East Room 3:57 P.M. EDT THE PRESIDENT:  A great honor to be with you today.  And being here is a real — a really important moment,...
Violence at Brooklyn Center Minneapolis, Minnesota

A Year after George Floyd’s Murder, It’s ‘Open Season’ in Minneapolis

Homicides have more than doubled in a year. Three children have been shot in the past month. Al Sharpton and civil-rights attorney Benjamin Crump led...

Inside BLM co-founder Patrisse Khan-Cullors’ million-dollar real-estate buying binge

As protests broke out across the country in the name of Black Lives Matter, the group’s co-founder, Patrisse Khan-Cullors, went on a real estate-buying binge, snagging four...
Portland Police Association

Portland Police Association letter to Mayor Wheeler and DA Schmidt, “Portland is lost”...

In response to the riots in East Portland the past two nights, the PPA has sent a letter to Mayor Wheeler and District Attorney...
Senator Marsha Blackburn

Senator Blackburn’s Top Concerns in the Omnibus and Relief Package

Here are some of Sen. Blackburn’s serious concerns with provisions buried in the 5,593 page Omnibus and Relief Package:   1. Unconscionable Spending Spending $2.4 trillion of...
Black Lives Matter

Revealed: What ‘Black Lives Matter’ really stands for

Anyone worth listening to agrees that black lives matter. But what does the organisation ‘Black Lives Matter’ stand for? Worryingly, for the 34,000 Brits...

Disabled Portland Veteran Says Armed Black Lives Matter Agitators Beat, Hospitalized Him

A disabled war veteran in Portland said he was hospitalized for serious injuries after a group of Black Lives Matter (BLM) agitators attacked and beat him...

Portland enacts most stringent facial recognition technology ban in US, barring public, some private...

Portland City Council members voted unanimously on Wednesday to prohibit the public – and, in some cases, private – use of facial recognition technology,...

“Black Lives Matter” Defend Chant | The Daily Wrap

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