Black Lives Matter
Visit RT. com to get the latest news on Black Lives Matter, which is an activist movement that emerged in the US. Read the news on the creation and background of Black Lives Matter on RT. It officially opposes racism and violence towards black people. Black Lives Matter appeared in 2013 after George Zimmerman was acquitted in the death of Trayvon Martin, who was a 17-year-old African-American. Follow RT for the news on this and other incidents happened in the US, which caused unrest and led to a number of protests by Black Lives Matter and other movements in the country.
- Twitter turns its logo BLACK amid George Floyd riots & adds hashtag #BlackLivesMatter to profile
With rioting in full swing across America, social media giant Twitter has made its offering to the gods of corporate wokeness, blacking out its distinctive logo and replacing its bio with the hashtag “#BlackLivesMatter.”May 31, 2020 15:59World News - Online fury as Ilhan Omar’s daughter retweets leftists’ call for supplies over violent Minneapolis riotsIsra Hirsi, the combative daughter of Ilhan Omar, had to go on the defensive after she threw a spark into the powder keg of Twitter rage by sharing a call to resupply those rioting over the death of George Floyd in Minneapolis.May 30, 2020 10:19USA News
- WATCH: Looters ransack Louis Vuitton, police HQ and smash BANKS as Portland erupts in protestWhat began as a peaceful vigil soon spiraled into rioting and looting in Portland on Friday night as protesters set fire to the police headquarters, trashed several banks and ransacked high-end stores.May 30, 2020 10:04USA News
- ‘I’m getting shot’: Police fire pepper balls at TV REPORTER & crew during Louisville protests (VIDEO)The ‘shoot first, ask questions later’ mentality appears alive and well amongst cops in America. The latest example came during protests over the death of George Floyd in Kentucky where police fired pepper balls at a TV news crew.May 30, 2020 08:11USA News
- ‘Fire Pantaleo!’ chants disrupt Dem debate as protesters demand killer cop's dismissalA group of protesters lent some spectacle to Wednesday's CNN-hosted Democratic debate, as a group of activists cut in with chants against the police officer implicated in the 2014 death of Eric Garner.Aug 1, 2019 04:03USA News
- NYPD cop who used chokehold on Eric Garner ‘won’t be charged’ as case times outThe NYPD officer who put an unarmed African-American man Eric Garner in a chokehold, contributing to his death, won’t be charged with any crime, an AP report said. Garner’s case galvanized the Black Lives Matter protest movement.Jul 16, 2019 18:07USA News
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