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A majority of likely U.S. voters believes the country is experiencing a war on police and that politicians should enact policy classifying attacks on cops as hate crimes, according to a new poll. Released on Thursday, Rasmussen’s polling came amid a wave of calls to defund police and a swell in anti-police sentiment. Since 2018, the percentage of likely voters who believes there’s a war on cops has increased from 43% to 59%. The latest data represented a slight uptick from the 58% high reported in 2015. Meanwhile, 29% disagreed with that view and 12% reported as undecided. The poll...

Contrary to the media narrative, up to 95% of this summer's riots in response to the death of George Floyd are linked to Black Lives Matter activism, according to data collected by a non-profit that tracks conflict worldwide. The Armed Conflict Location and Event Data Project found nearly 6% of protests involved rioting, looting and similar violence, including 47 fatalities, The Federalist reported.

Grosskreutz was among three people shot on the third night of protests after Kenosha police shot a Black man, Jacob Blake, seven times in the back. The two other victims of the Aug. 25 triple shooting, Joseph Rosenbaum and Anthony Huber, did not survive. The shooter, Kyle Rittenhouse, 17, of Antioch, Ill, considered himself a citizen soldier. That evening, armed with an AR-15, he told several people he had traveled to Kenosha to help protect life and property. Rittenhouse has been charged with five felonies including first-degree intentional homicide. His lead attorney, John M. Pierce of the law firm Pierce...

Three people are now facing criminal charges for harassing diners at a restaurant in Pittsburgh during a Black Lives Matter protest over Labor Day weekend. Misdemeanor charges were filed against Monique Craft, 35, Kenneth McDowell, 33, and Shawn Green, 24, on Monday. It's unclear whether they've been taken into custody. A viral video showed the trio and other protesters screaming 'f*** the white people' and yelling other obscenities at diners outside the Sienna Mercato restaurant on Penn Avenue on September 5.

White House siege organizers on Thursday released new tactical briefings with an image of the White House in flames. Marxist operatives, with the support of the Democrat party are burning and pillaging cities across the country. Stores are looted and government buildings are attacked on a weekly basis by far left terrorists. A couple weeks ago, Marxist operatives announced a “50 day siege” on the White House. Twitter is allowing this group to organize and openly call for the overthrow of the government on its platform. They plan on starting the siege on September 17th, to continue for 50 days,...

Independent journalist Jacob Engels the publisher of the Central Florida Post was out having dinner tonight in Washington DC when Black Lives Matter came marching by. Black Lives Matter protesters were out on the streets of Washington DC harassing people. Jacob offered this exclusive from DC: As I was enjoying a nice evening on the balcony of my hotel room in DC, I heard Black Lives Matter and Antifa harassing diners with chants of “F*ck The Police”, “As You Dine Black People Die”, “Whose City? Our City!” and other violent and anti-law enforcement chants. I rushed down to record and...

HOUSTON – A 19-year-old U.S. citizen residing in Richmond is set to appear in federal court on allegations he made a bomb threat against University of Houston (UH), announced U.S. Attorney Ryan Patrick.Ibraheem Ahmed Al Bayati is charged with making threats or conveying false information to destroy by means of fire or explosives and making a threat over interstate commerce. He is expected to make his initial appearance before U.S. Magistrate Judge Sam Sheldon today at 2 p.m.Federal authorities took him into custody late Friday, Sept. 4, upon the filing of a criminal complaint. According to those charges, Al...

American Airlines on Sunday announced that it will allow their flight attendants to wear “Black Lives Matter” pins on their uniform while on duty. In addition, the company is also working to design its own pin that will show its symbolic support of a diverse and inclusive work environment. “Clearly we live in a time where it is so important to have a dialogue about this important issue of racism in our society and try to find common ground,” AA wrote in a company-wide announcement. “American is truly committed to having an inclusive culture that is welcoming to all and...

Brandon Straka and his #WalkAway movement held a massive rally in Dallas, Texas today. Hundreds of Trump supporters came out to hear former Democrats tell their stories about how they walked about from the Democrat Party. During the rally local Black Lives Matter activists stormed the stage. One young BLM activist put his fist in the security guard’s face when he was forcibly removed from the stage area. The entire event was caught on video. That’s when the black security guard leveled the BLM terrorist and tossed him away from the area...

Data gathered in a Thursday study suggested that the U.S. experienced nearly 550 violent demonstrations since May 26, the day after the death of George Floyd. The vast majority of U.S. states have experienced riots in the past three months with Wyoming, Idaho, Montana, Mississippi, West Virginia, Hawaii and Alaska being the only ones unscathed by violence, according to data gathered by The Armed Conflict Location and Event Data Project (ACLED). There were a total of 7,750 Black Lives Matter-linked demonstrations in the U.S. in 2,440 locations across all 50 states, according to ACLED’s data. Ninety-three percent of these demonstrations...

He was a self-declared revolutionary who wants to tear down this nation. He admitted to murdering a patriot. And mainstream media loves him. ================================================================================ When Cultural Marxism meets mainstream media propaganda, the worst scenarios become possible. ThatÂ’s what weÂ’re seeing playing out in real-time following the police killing of Michael Forest Reinoehl, a man who wanted to destroy America. HeÂ’s also a man who admitted to killing right-wing protester Aaron Danielson. In the NY Times article and nearly every other post we reviewed from mainstream media, Reinoehl was portrayed as a positive force of change in society. He isnÂ’t being...

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President Donald Trump stood at the epicenter of the latest eruption over racial injustice Tuesday and came down squarely on the side of law enforcement, blaming “domestic terror” for the violence in Kenosha, Wisconsin, and making no nod to the underlying cause of anger and protests — the shooting of yet another (b)lack man by police. Trump declared the violence “anti-American.” He did not mention Jacob Blake, who was left paralyzed after being shot in the back seven times by an officer last week in Kenosha. Soon after arriving in the city, a visit made over the objections of state...

Washington, D.C., Mayor Muriel Bowser said Monday that she’s worried about America “descending into a race war.” Bowser, a Democrat, discussed the ongoing unrest in the nation’s capital at a Monday press conference where she warned that the rioting in DC that took place over the weekend “could be domestic terrorism” and could be “organized and funded.” “What I’m worried about is this country descending into a race war,” Bowser said, according to WAMU. “And I’m worried about the continued incitement of violence from leadership who should be focused on bringing our communities together.” “Our police and peaceful protesters will...

by Greg Reynolds A man was shot and killed on a street in downtown Portland, Oregon Saturday night. The shooting occurred as Trump supporters in a pickup truck caravan were repeatedly attacked by Antifa and Black Lives Matter protesters. Videos taken of the clashes show unprovoked violence by participants on both sides. The cause of the shooting is unknown as of now, however unconfirmed reports suggest the victim may have been "pro-law enforcement," and/or pro-Trump. The man died on the scene, as paramedics attempted to intervene. UPDATE: Video emerges of the actual shooting. One witness suggests he may have...

The Associated Press "fact-checked" speakers of the Republican National Convention, including Trump supporter and former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani, where they erroneously and falsely claim that there is "no evidence" that Black Lives Matter or antifa "is infiltrating racial justice protests with violence." At last night's event, Giuliani said: "Black Lives Matter and antifa sprang into action and, in a flash, they hijacked the peaceful protest into vicious, brutal riots." AP would go on to call that "a hollow claim": There's no evidence that Black Lives Matter or antifa, or any political group for that matter, is infiltrating...

<p>Mindless chaos as mostly white BLM agitators scream at black families.</p> <p>Black Lives Matter protesters invaded a restaurant in Dallas and tried to start fights with diners in yet another instance of mindless chaos.</p> <p>The whole incident was caught on camera by an African-American man called Damani Bryant Felder who denounced the mob as “ruining an otherwise peaceful evening with their BS.”</p>

Violent Portland protests were once again declared a riot Monday night as Black Lives Matter militants tried to torch a police union building while chanting, “Burn it down.” Around 300 people — many wearing shields, gas masks and body armor — stormed the Portland Police Association Building as rocks were thrown at officers, according to police. “Power to the building was cut and flames were seen shooting up the side of the building,” the Portland Police Bureau said — just a night after a fire had been set at a precinct late Sunday.

Brave young couple retains dignity, refuses. Be that couple. Don’t be the embarrassing mustachioed coward to the right who has forfeited his dignity for all time. (with video)

The driver kicked unconscious during a mob attack in Portland says he has previously marched in support of Black Lives Matter — and believes he was only targeted because he is white. “I wasn’t trying to do anything but get a drink,” Adam Haner told KATU of the vicious attack that started outside a 7-Eleven and left him with head wounds, three broken ribs and two black eyes. “I wasn’t the enemy, I’ll tell you that. I was just the guy standing there, and I was white, evidently,” he said of his brutal attack by BLM protesters. While he was...