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Oct 31 2023
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D.C. freshens up 'Black Lives Matter' street art despite Hamas endorsements
[Editor's note: This story originally was published by The Daily Signal.] The District of Columbia is freshening up its massive “Black Lives Matter” street mural even as the Black Lives Matter organization faces intense backlash for social media posts aligning with the Hamas terrorist attack on Israel earlier this month. BLM affiliates have expressed solidarity with the “resistance” against
WNDOct 26 2023
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DC mayor responds to GOP lawmakers calling for Black Lives Matter Plaza to be renamed
Representatives from both chambers of Congress signed the letter sent to Bowser on Monday, which referenced the Hamas attack on Israel on Oct. 7 and said “the Black Lives Matter (BLM) movement expressed support for the murderers.” “For instance, the Chicago BLM Chapter posted an image of a Palestinian terrorist paragliding into Israel to kill Jews with the caption, ‘I stand with Palestine,'”
WTOPMar 13 2024
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'Black Mothers Matter' panel shares experiences and research on mother and infant mortality
Franklin County Commissioner Erica Crawley described her pregnancy as "traumatic." After having to go through an emergency C-section at 34 weeks, she gave birth to twins. But a few weeks afterward, Crawley said she started experiencing severe pain in her abdomen and drove herself to the emergency room. Doctors said she had a pocket of blood in her pelvis, told her to take some over-the-counter
The Columbus DispatchMay 09 2023
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Florida Axes Textbook Passage on George Floyd, Black Lives Matter
The Florida Department of Education axed mentions of the Black Lives Matter movement and the police murder of George Floyd from a textbook it reviewed, the latest development in the state’s crusade against “woke” education. The state announced Tuesday that it rejected 35 percent of the 101 social studies textbooks submitted to it by publishers, and demanded changes to two-thirds of the
Daily BeastOct 11 2023
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After Uproar, Black Lives Matter Deletes Pro-Hamas Tweet and Facebook Post
Just when the Black Lives Matter group was thought to have faded away in scandal, it rears its head again to stand with “Palestine,” with a crass and injurious display. A Black Lives Matter-Chicago tweet cheering on Hamas in its atrocities against the citizens of Israel, showed up just how dangerous this organization is: After a backlash, BLM took this image down from both Twitter and Facebook
FrontPage MagazineOct 11 2023
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Here’s a shocker, Black Lives Matter supports Hamas terrorists with absolutely vile tweet
In more negative publicity for Black Lives Matter, the Chicago chapter of the militantly racist group was fiercely criticized for a social media post expressing support for the Hamas terrorists who slaughtered civilians at an outdoor music festival in Israel over the weekend. With many left-wing figures and organizations rushing to side with the Palestinians despite the unspeakable carnage
Bizpac ReviewJul 28 2023
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Man pleads guilty in 2020 death of Black Lives Matter protester in U.S.
A man who hit two protesters with his car, killing one of them, during a Black Lives Matter demonstration in 2020 in Seattle has pleaded guilty to multiple felonies. Dawit Kelete, 30, pleaded guilty on Thursday to vehicular homicide in the death of 24-year-old Summer Taylor, The Seattle Times reported. He also pleaded guilty to vehicular assault and reckless driving charges. Attorneys as part
Todays ChronicAug 26 2020
Fact Check
Did Pepsi Donate $100M to Black Lives Matter?
In the summer of 2020, readers sent Snopes multiple inquiries about widely shared social media posts claiming that PepsiCo, the company that makes Pepsi, had donated $100 million to the Black Lives Matter (BLM) movement.
In May 2020, a Black man named George Floyd died in police custody in Minneapolis, Minnesota, prompting a renewed wave of nationwide and international protests against
SnopesJul 30 2020
Fact Check
Is the NFL Donating $250 Million to Black Lives Matter?
A series of viral social media posts claim that the National Football League is donating $250 million to Black Lives Matter. The claim is based on a real NFL initiative that created a $250 million fund to “combat systemic racism and support the battle against the ongoing and historic injustices faced by African-Americans.” The NFL statement announcing the fund further said that the money will
The DispatchJan 24 2024
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Seattle reaches $10M settlement with 50 plaintiffs harmed by police response to 2020 Black Lives Matter and CHOP protests
The city will pay $10 million to protesters harmed during the Seattle Police Department’s response to the 2020 Black Lives Matter protests in the city and the CHOP Capitol Hill protest camps, settling a sprawling lawsuit and bringing to a close one of the last major legal battles from the period of unrest and heavy response from law enforcement. “A historic legal battle of epic proportions
CHS Capitol Hill Seattle News