A defamation lawsuit fired off by Black Lives Matter leader DeRay Mckesson in December of 2017 against Fox News host Jeanine Pirro, AKA Judge Jeanine, was tossed Monday by a judge based on First Amendment grounds.
Mckesson accused Pirro of defamation over an appearance she made on &#8220;Fox &amp; Friends&#8221; in September of 2017.
&#8220;In this particular case Deray Mckesson, the organizer actually was directing people, directing the violence,&#8221; said the Fox News personality, as reported by <a href="https://www.theblaze.com/news/deray-loses-lawsuit-on-judge-pirro-and-fox-news?utm_content=buffer27570&amp;utm_medium=social&amp;utm_source=twitter.com&amp;utm_campaign=theblaze">The Blaze</a>. &#8220;You&#8217;ve got a police officer who was injured, he was injured at the direction of DeRay Mckesson.&#8221;
The Black Lives Matter leader organized the protest in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, where the officer Pirro referenced was injured.
Following the segment, Mckesson tagged the judge in a video clip of her commentary. &#8220;I was found not guilty &amp; I didn&#8217;t direct any violence. In fact, I was protesting the violence of the police,&#8221; the activist wrote, referencing a failed lawsuit aimed at him and the Black Lives Matter movement. &#8220;Stop lying.&#8221;
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.<a href="https://twitter.com/JudgeJeanine?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@JudgeJeanine</a>, I was found not guilty &amp; I didn&#8217;t direct any violence. In fact, I was protesting the violence of the police. Stop lying. <a href="https://t.co/c1D4SM0VlB">pic.twitter.com/c1D4SM0VlB</a>
&#8212; deray (@deray) <a href="https://twitter.com/deray/status/913762995481776128?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">September 29, 2017</a></blockquote>
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The failed suit Mckesson was referencing was launched by an anonymous police officer who was injured at the Baton Rouge protest by a rock thrown by one of the social justice protesters in attendance. &#8220;Brian Jackson, a US district judge, dismissed the officer&#8217;s suit and ruled that Black Lives Matter was not an entity capable of being sued,&#8221; <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2017/sep/28/black-lives-matter-police-lawsuit-deray-mckesson">reported</a> The Guardian, in 2017.
&#8220;Although many entities have utilized the phrase &#8216;black lives matter&#8217; in their titles or business designations, Black Lives Matter itself is not an entity of any sort,&#8221; wrote Judge Jackson.
Manhattan Supreme Court Justice Robert Kalish acknowledged that Pirro&#8217;s commentary was protected speech under the First Amendment, but made sure to take a swing at the host for her apparently off-putting &#8220;behavior&#8221; and &#8220;rhetoric.&#8221;
Justice Kalish &#8220;noted that Pirro&#8217;s own lawyer had described her shtick as &#8216;loud, caustic and hard hitting,'&#8221; <a href="https://www.nydailynews.com/news/national/ny-deray-pirro-lawsuit-20190326-lba6wrecv5cbfdz5tyzr65kbbu-story.html">The New York Daily News</a> points out.
&#8220;Pirro&#8217;s lack of temperament, and caustic commentary is what she is known, celebrated and frequently criticized for,&#8221; wrote Kalish, adding: &#8220;However divisive one might find the subject two-minute sequence, the law of this state protects the expressions of opinion it represents.&#8221;
&#8220;That the Court find&#8217;s Pirro statement&#8217;s to be protected statements of opinion does not mean this Court agrees with Pirro&#8217;s opinions or condones her behavior or rhetoric,&#8221; wrote the justice. &#8220;This Court is not blind to the undertones in this segment.&#8221;
Mckesson told the Daily News that he was &#8220;obviously disappointed&#8221; by the outcome of the suit.
&#8220;But as Fox argued and the judge recognized, when you have a certain reputation less is expected of you,&#8221; said the Black Lives Matter leader, taking a clear shot at Pirro.
Mckesson rose to prominence in the wake of the death of Michael Brown in Ferguson, Missouri, where he organized protests, some of which devolved into riots. Activists, such as Mckesson, peddled the false &#8220;hands up, don&#8217;t shoot&#8221; narrative.
The racial agitator also made waves when he gave a defense of looting during a two-day lecture at Yale University concerning the Black Lives Matter movement. &#8220;Looting for me isn&#8217;t violent,&#8221; he <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/3529/obama-has-time-black-lives-matter-none-scalia-ben-shapiro">said</a>, &#8220;it&#8217;s an expression of anger &#8230; another way to dissolve consent, pressing you to no longer keep me out of this space by destroying it.&#8221;
Naturally, the controversial figure was <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/3529/obama-has-time-black-lives-matter-none-scalia-ben-shapiro">tapped</a> by then-President Barack Obama for a meeting at the White House in February of 2016.

Black Lives Matter Leader DeRay Mckesson Loses Lawsuit Against Fox News’ Judge Jeanine

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An Apple executive has apologized for comments she made regarding &#8220;diversity&#8221; during a <a href="https://www.oneyoungworld.com/about-us">leftist conference</a> last week in Bogota, Colombia.
Denise Young Smith, <a href="https://www.apple.com/ca/leadership/denise-young-smith/">Apple&#8217;s VP of Inclusion and Diversity</a>, suggested &#8220;diversity&#8221; can exist among people who look alike as part of a panel discussion <a href="https://qz.com/1097425/apples-first-ever-vp-of-diversity-and-inclusion-says-she-focuses-on-everyone-not-just-minorities/">on fighting &#8220;racial injustice</a><a href="http://qz.com/1097425/apples-first-ever-vp-of-diversity-and-inclusion-says-she-focuses-on-everyone-not-just-minorities/">&#8220;</a> during 2017&#8217;s &#8220;One Young World Summit&#8221;:
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And I&#8217;ve often told people a story &#8212; there can be 12 white, blue-eyed blonde men in a room and they are going to be diverse too because they&#8217;re going to bring a different life experience and life perspective to the conversation.
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Smith subsequently apologized to Apple employees via company-wide email for suggesting that diversity of experience and points of view can exist among people who look alike:
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Colleagues,
I have always been proud to work for Apple in large part because of our steadfast commitment to creating an inclusive culture. We are also committed to having the most diverse workforce and our work in this area has never been more important. In fact, I have dedicated my twenty years at Apple to fostering and promoting opportunity and access for women, people of color and the underserved and unheard. 
Last week, while attending a summit in Bogota, I made some comments as part of a conversation on the many factors that contribute to diversity and inclusion. 
I regret the choice of words I used to make this point. I understand why some people took offense. My comments were not representative of how I think about diversity or how Apple sees it. For that, I&#8217;m sorry. 
More importantly, I want to assure you Apple&#8217;s view and our dedication to diversity has not changed. 
Understanding that diversity includes women, people of color, LGBTQ people, and all underrepresented minorities is at the heart of our work to create an environment that is inclusive of everyone. 
Our commitment at Apple to increasing racial and gender diversity is as strong as it&#8217;s ever been. I&#8217;m proud of the progress we&#8217;ve made, but there is much work to be done. I&#8217;m continually reminded of the importance of talking about these issues and learning from each other. 
Best,
Denise
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Smith&#8217;s role at Apple is to &#8220;[lead] a team responsible for improving Apple&#8217;s diversity figures.&#8221; 
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VP of Worldwide Human Resources for Apple Denise Young Smith speaks at the Geneal Session Luncheon for the 44th Annual Legislative Conference at Walter E. Washington Convention Center on September 25, 2014 in Washington, DC.
H/T Matthew Panzarino at <a href="https://techcrunch.com/2017/10/13/apple-diversity-head-denise-young-smith-apologizes-for-controversial-choice-of-words-at-summit/?ncid=rss">TechCrunch</a>.

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Apple’s Vice President Apologizes For ‘Diversity’ Comments

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In what the Social Justice Left might describe as &#8220;intersectionality&#8221; at work, Whoopi Goldberg took Black Lives Matter activist DeRay Mckesson to the woodshed on Wednesday over his since-deleted tweets claiming that the new Planet of the Apes film was &#8220;racist.&#8221; 
As just about every site online who&#8217;s tired of Mckesson&#8217;s self-promotional form of &#8220;activism&#8221; reported this week, the anti-&#8220;whiteness&#8221; activist took to Twitter on Monday to condemn Hollywood for supposedly &#8220;<a href="http://www.dailywire.com/news/18494/deray-mckesson-super-angry-about-planet-apes-he-hank-berrien">rendering black people as apes</a>.&#8221; How did he reach that conclusion? One of the apes in a promotional image for War for the Planet of the Apes was wearing a blue vest. Mckesson also wears a blue vest, so it&#8217;s clearly a reference to him&#8230; 
&#8220;Given the history of rendering black people as apes, I&#8217;m offended &amp; appalled by the lack of consciousness in Hollywood,&#8221; he posted, adding, &#8220;In associating black people w/ apes, active work is being done to perpetuate the dehumanization of black ppl in mass media. #PlanetOfTheApes.&#8221; (screenshot below)
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But as Whoopi pointed out Wednesday on The View, Mckesson was (yet again) too self-focused and too quick to pull the race card. The activist&#8217;s whole supposed &#8220;controversy,&#8221; she said, was &#8220;insane.&#8221;
&#8220;Prominent Black Lives Matter activist DeRay Mckesson accused filmmakers of personally mocking him by dressing up an ape in a blue vest, which he&#8217;s been known to wear,&#8221; she said among mixed reactions from the audience.
&#8220;DeRay, you need to go back and watch the 1968 original and check out what the apes were wearing,&#8221; she said amid claps and cheers as images showing the bad apes wearing dark blue vests appeared on the screen. 
&#8220;This has nothing to do with you,&#8221; she said. &#8220;This was a movie that was about what happens when mankind doesn&#8217;t pay attention to environment, to how we treat animals and each other. That&#8217;s what the movie was about.&#8221;
&#8220;Get over yourself,&#8221; she concluded among laughs and applause. 
One of the other hosts tried to save face for Mckesson, praising him for all his supposed good work as an activist, but still admitted she was &#8220;confused&#8221; by exactly what point he was trying to make.
Video below via <a href="http://www.gossipcop.com/whoopi-goldberg-slams-deray-video-the-view-planet-apes-racist-watch/">GossipCop</a>:
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Mckesson responded to Whoopi on Twitter, writing &#8220;if you have something to say, I&#8217;m here,&#8221; and then launching into a half-baked defense of his racial claim:
&#8220;Now, with the #PlanetOfTheApes poster &amp; toy, I was contacted by folks within Hollywood who thought there was an issue, hence those tweets,&#8221; he wrote. &#8220;After speaking with even more people about the history of the film, I deleted the tweets.&#8221;
As HotAir&#8216;s <a href="http://hotair.com/archives/2017/07/12/whoopi-goldberg-deray-get/">John Sexton</a> notes, this is not the first bogus racial conspiracy theory Mckesson has pushed. Mediaite covers some of the <a href="http://www.mediaite.com/online/deray-mckesson-leader-activist-and-unrepetent-conspiracy-monger/">&#8220;unrepentent conspiracy-monger&#8217;s&#8221; previous claims here</a>. 
Mckesson was not the only activist to see racism in the film&#8217;s harmless promotional image: Tariq Nasheed <a href="http://www.dailywire.com/news/18494/deray-mckesson-super-angry-about-planet-apes-he-hank-berrien">tweeted</a>, &#8220;Does the new Planet of the Apes poster have racially coded messages? Notice the #BlackLivesMatter symbolism. Notice the ape with the blue vest.&#8221;
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LOL: Whoopi Goldberg Smacks DeRay Mckesson For ‘Racism’ Claim

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On Monday, Black Lives Matter activist DeRay Mckesson decided to promote the idea that &#8220;racially coded messages&#8221; may be in the new film War for the Planet of the Apes.
Mckesson tweeted, then later deleted, this, as he circled an ape with a blue vest, whom he thought was supposed to be Mckesson, who wears a blue vest:
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Mckesson&#8217;s tweet was prompted by radio host Tariq Nasheed, who had tweeted that an ape with a blue vest in the film&#8217;s poster was meant to represent Mckesson:
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Does the new Planet of the Apes poster have racially coded messages?Notice the <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/BlackLivesMatter?src=hash">#BlackLivesMatter</a> symbolism.Notice the ape with the blue vest <a href="https://t.co/8dnr42OxjK">pic.twitter.com/8dnr42OxjK</a>
&#8212; Tariq Nasheed (@tariqnasheed) <a href="https://twitter.com/tariqnasheed/status/884454510730502144">July 10, 2017</a></blockquote>
If Nasheed and Mckesson had done their homework, they might have discovered that in the original 1968 Planet of the Apes, starring Charlton Heston, the apes wore similar clothes. Film director Robby Starbuck posted an image from the 1968 film with a pointed message:
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You&#8217;re outraged because they&#8217;re recreating the look of the original ape in 1968. You don&#8217;t own wearing blue vests man. Grow up. <a href="https://t.co/XF9b0DurVt">pic.twitter.com/XF9b0DurVt</a>
&#8212; Robby Starbuck (@robbystarbuck) <a href="https://twitter.com/robbystarbuck/status/884608172920422401">July 11, 2017</a></blockquote>
He followed with this: 
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There&#8217;s some serious narcissism involved in assuming a film w/ hundreds of millions at stake would think about how they might offend Deray.
&#8212; Robby Starbuck (@robbystarbuck) <a href="https://twitter.com/robbystarbuck/status/884610114690228224">July 11, 2017</a></blockquote>
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That prompted a logical question:
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Do most Americans, let alone the rest of the world, even know *who* Deray is&#8230;???
&#8212; Steve45220 (@steve45220) <a href="https://twitter.com/steve45220/status/884814908319248385">July 11, 2017</a></blockquote>
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And a succinct answer:
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Nope
&#8212; Robby Starbuck (@robbystarbuck) <a href="https://twitter.com/robbystarbuck/status/884820280660471808">July 11, 2017</a></blockquote>
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And one more logical rejoinder for Mckesson:
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In which <a href="https://twitter.com/deray">@deray</a> unwittingly culturally appropriates the style of a chimp from <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/PlanetoftheApes?src=hash">#PlanetoftheApes</a>, gets offended about it and cries racism. <a href="https://t.co/YX9dPYqKLF">pic.twitter.com/YX9dPYqKLF</a>
&#8212; Sargon (@Sargon_of_Akkad) <a href="https://twitter.com/Sargon_of_Akkad/status/884616455358222336">July 11, 2017</a></blockquote>
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DeRay Mckesson Is Super Angry About ‘Planet Of The Apes.’ He Thinks It’s Racist. There’s Just One Problem.

Leftists on Twitter were triggered over a National Rifle Association (NRA) ad in which Dana Loesch advocated to respond to the Left&#8217;s &#8220;violence of lies with the clenched fist of truth.&#8221; Anyone who is literate can understand that <a href="http://www.dailywire.com/news/18109/nra-ad-calls-clenched-fist-truth-against-violent-ben-shapiro">Loesch is by no means for calling for violence</a>; in fact she&#8217;s calling out the Left&#8217;s embrace of violence. The &#8220;clenched fist of truth&#8221; is simply a metaphor, which leftists should understand, since they frequently use that kind of phrasing in their rhetoric.
But that hasn&#8217;t stopped the Left from hyperventilating about Loesch&#8217;s supposed call for &#8220;violence.&#8221; Here are the seven dumbest reactions to the innocuous ad.
1. Sally Kohn ranted about Loesch promulgating violence, even though Kohn herself tweeted an image that insinuated that Speaker of the House Paul Ryan is a serial killer. 
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In ad FOR THE NRA, <a href="https://twitter.com/DLoesch">@DLoesch</a> accuses left of &#8220;violence of lies&#8221; &amp; calls for fighting back with &#8220;clenched fist of truth.&#8221; Just wow.
&#8212; Sally Kohn (@sallykohn) <a href="https://twitter.com/sallykohn/status/880180724963332096">June 28, 2017</a></blockquote>
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The ad is called &#8220;Freedom&#8217;s Safest Place&#8221; which I can only infer is meant to imply guns/gun ownership.
&#8212; Sally Kohn (@sallykohn) <a href="https://twitter.com/sallykohn/status/880181080673763328">June 28, 2017</a></blockquote>
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At least ad falls short of directly on gun owners to take up arms against left. But sure comes close.
&#8212; Sally Kohn (@sallykohn) <a href="https://twitter.com/sallykohn/status/880181251839188996">June 28, 2017</a></blockquote>
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Stunning an organization that supposedly defends 2nd Am rights is accusing people exercising 1st Am right to protest as engaging in VIOLENCE
&#8212; Sally Kohn (@sallykohn) <a href="https://twitter.com/sallykohn/status/880181580484005888">June 28, 2017</a></blockquote>
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And yet, Kohn <a href="http://www.dailywire.com/news/18055/sally-kohn-tweets-something-insane-about-paul-ryan-robert-kraychik">tweeted out</a> a photo on Monday of someone holding a sign with a photo of Ryan and stating &#8220;Troubled Wisconsin Man Goes on 50 State Killing Spree.&#8221; Kohn wrote above the image, &#8220;This. #resist #NoAHCA.&#8221;
Pot, meet kettle.
2. Alleged comedian Dean Obeidallah thinks that somehow Loesch is promoting violence and that her ad shows the supposed effectiveness of #TheResistance.
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Check out <a href="https://twitter.com/DLoesch">@DLoesch</a> and <a href="https://twitter.com/NRA">@NRA</a> literally threatening those who oppose them with a &#8220;closed fist&#8221; <a href="https://t.co/MA5578bhMc">https://t.co/MA5578bhMc</a>
&#8212; (((DeanObeidallah))) (@Deanofcomedy) <a href="https://twitter.com/Deanofcomedy/status/880179922295111682">June 28, 2017</a></blockquote>
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If u doubt <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/TheResistance?src=hash">#TheResistance</a> is effective check out the hysterical <a href="https://twitter.com/DLoesch">@DLoesch</a> whining about it in this new <a href="https://twitter.com/NRA">@NRA</a> video. <a href="https://t.co/MA5578sTaM">https://t.co/MA5578sTaM</a>
&#8212; (((DeanObeidallah))) (@Deanofcomedy) <a href="https://twitter.com/Deanofcomedy/status/880180200235040768">June 28, 2017</a></blockquote>
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#TheResistance is clearly effective because they&#8217;ve racked up so many electoral victories, right Dean?
3. California Lt. Gov. Gavin Newsom (D) is very, very scared of the ad. 
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Watching this <a href="https://twitter.com/NRA">@NRA</a> video sent a chill down my spine&#8211;followed by a feeling of sadness &amp; fear that I haven&#8217;t shaken&#8230; <a href="https://t.co/O0hUab6b41">https://t.co/O0hUab6b41</a> <a href="https://t.co/ZYOMxCAJmv">pic.twitter.com/ZYOMxCAJmv</a>
&#8212; Gavin Newsom (@GavinNewsom) <a href="https://twitter.com/GavinNewsom/status/880609581725925376">June 30, 2017</a></blockquote>
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That feeling Newsom describes is actually the feeling people get at the thought of him being the future governor of California.
4. Black Lives Matter activist Deray Mckesson thinks that the ad is enshrining white supremacy. 
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This NRA ad is an open call to violence to protect white supremacy. If I made a video like this, I&#8217;d be in jail. <a href="https://t.co/LD65yMUMVn">pic.twitter.com/LD65yMUMVn</a>
&#8212; deray mckesson 4:44 (@deray) <a href="https://twitter.com/deray/status/880409739015766016">June 29, 2017</a></blockquote>
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Mckesson is far more likely to be arrested for <a href="http://thehill.com/blogs/blog-briefing-room/news/287140-black-lives-matter-activist-arrested-during-protest">refusing to follow police&#8217;s orders to stay off the road</a>.
5. Author Steve Silberman thinks that the ad is part of a campaign for martial law. 
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This NRA ad is truly terrifying. Make no mistake: They&#8217;re trying to foment violence to trigger martial law. <a href="https://t.co/pMlOBtfod1">https://t.co/pMlOBtfod1</a>
&#8212; Steve Silberman (@stevesilberman) <a href="https://twitter.com/stevesilberman/status/880482500513906689">June 29, 2017</a></blockquote>
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That seems like something <a href="https://www.infowars.com/shocking-martial-law-preparations-confirmed/">Alex Jones would say</a>. 
6. Actor Mark Ruffalo thinks the ad &#8220;is trying to gin up violence.&#8221; 
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This video is propaganda trying to gin up violence against American citizens for exercising first amendment rights. <a href="https://t.co/JwP2bMNL69">https://t.co/JwP2bMNL69</a>
&#8212; Mark Ruffalo (@MarkRuffalo) <a href="https://twitter.com/MarkRuffalo/status/880476447743373314">June 29, 2017</a></blockquote>
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This is the same Mark Ruffalo who called the Standing Rock protesters <a href="http://www.dailywire.com/news/10324/11-things-you-need-know-about-dakota-access-aaron-bandler">&#8220;peaceful.&#8221;</a>
7. Sen. Chris Murphy (D-CT) <a href="http://twitchy.com/sd-3133/2017/06/29/holy-crap-dem-sen-chris-murphy-sinks-to-sick-new-low-over-dana-loeschs-nra-ad/">tweeted</a> that the ad &#8220;is telling people to shoot us.&#8221; 
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I think the <a href="https://twitter.com/NRA">@NRA</a> is telling people to shoot us.
Now might be the right time to cancel your membership. <a href="https://t.co/PWhHAvRcI3">pic.twitter.com/PWhHAvRcI3</a>
&#8212; Chris Murphy (@ChrisMurphyCT) <a href="https://twitter.com/ChrisMurphyCT/status/880502413060444160">June 29, 2017</a></blockquote>
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It&#8217;s simply irresponsible for an elected official to flagrantly distort the message of the ad as a call for violence, especially in light of recent events.
<a href="https://twitter.com/bandlersbanter">Follow Aaron Bandler on Twitter.</a>

7 Dumbest Reactions To The NRA’s ‘Clenched Fist Of Truth’ Ad

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In some of the most Woke video footage ever compiled, pop star Katy Perry confesses her sins of White Privilege to Black Lives Matter leader DeRay Mckesson, who posed as the Priest of White Guilt during the religious sacrament. 
Perry, who apparently is completing a three-day livestream (because she hates Americans and wants us to suffer), sat down with Mckesson, a Black Lives Matter activist who once <a href="http://www.dailywire.com/news/8654/deray-mckesson-all-actions-black-lives-matter-amanda-prestigiacomo">argued</a> in favor of rioting.
A great guy, that DeRay. 
Perry, who has been both wrongly and rightly condemned by rabid social justice warriors, confessed all her sins, starting with her offense of sporting cornrows during her horrific This is How We Do music video. Perry was also featured eating watermelon in the video, which is an apparent stereotype of black people. 
&#8220;I&#8217;ve made several mistakes, even in the This is How We Do video, about how I wore my hair, and having a hard conversation with one of my empowered angels, Cleo, about &#8216;What does it mean?&#8217;, &#8216;Why can&#8217;t I wear my hair that way?'&#8221; explained Perry. 
&#8220;She told me about the power in black women&#8217;s hair and how beautiful it is and the struggle,&#8221; she continued. &#8220;And, I listened and I heard and I didn&#8217;t know, and I won&#8217;t ever understand some of those things because of who I am. I will never understand, but I can educate myself and that&#8217;s what I&#8217;m trying to do along the way.&#8221;
The singer also apologized for her homage to &#8220;Japanese culture&#8221; during the 2013 American Music Awards, for which she was again accused of cultural appropriation. 
&#8220;I didn&#8217;t know that I did it wrong until I heard people saying that I did it wrong,&#8221; she said. &#8220;It takes someone to say, out of compassion, out of love, &#8216;Hey, this is what the origin is.'&#8221;
Continuing the confession, Perry admitted that she once denied she was a &#8220;feminist.&#8221; Gasp! 
&#8220;I didn&#8217;t know what that word meant,&#8221; said Perry. &#8220;Someone pulled me aside in a quiet space, and didn&#8217;t shame me, didn&#8217;t judge me, my friend Shannon, she just said, &#8216;Sweetheart, I love you, and I just want to show you what the Webster&#8217;s definition in the dictionary says about what it is to be a feminist, and it&#8217;s just equality.'&#8221;
Asked if she is now a feminist, Perry answered: &#8220;Yes sir, I am! I am a feminist, and I think it is a beautiful thing to want equality for all females, for all women.&#8221; 
Mckesson later circled-back to the criticism of Perry for her This is How We Do video, asking her if she understood why she was being pressed.
&#8220;I have lots of white privilege,&#8221; answered the pop star. 
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I think it&#8217;s amazing that Katy Perry can admit when she&#8217;s wrong and that she&#8217;s tried educating herself on issues! <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/KPWWW?src=hash">#KPWWW</a> <a href="https://t.co/CaYUrOqElU">pic.twitter.com/CaYUrOqElU</a>
&#8212; Sarah &#12484; (@lil_skyscraper_) <a href="https://twitter.com/lil_skyscraper_/status/873730504788516868">June 11, 2017</a></blockquote>
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WOKE: Katy Perry Confesses White Privilege Sins To DeRay

Cultural Appropriation

Katy Perry

Sen. Al Franken (D-MN) canceled an upcoming scheduled appearance on HBO&#8217;s &#8220;Real Time&#8221; with Bill Maher, describing via spokesperson that host&#8217;s <a href="http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2017/jun/3/bill-maher-under-fire-using-n-word-during-hbo-broa/">recent use of the &#8220;n-word&#8221;</a> was &#8220;inappropriate and offensive.&#8221;

A spokesperson of Franken&#8217;s emailed a <a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/bill-maher-controversy-al-franken_us_59359b04e4b013c48169f65c">statement to </a><a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/bill-maher-controversy-al-franken_us_59359b04e4b013c48169f65c">HuffPost</a> explaining the cancelation :

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Senator Franken believes that what Bill Maher said was inappropriate and offensive, which is why he made the decision not to appear on the next episode of &#8216;Real Time. He was glad to see Bill, who the Senator considers to be a good friend, apologize and express sincere regret for his comment.
 
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On Saturday, Maher apologized for saying &#8220;house n*****&#8221; the prior evening: &#8220;I regret saying it and am very sorry.&#8221;

HBO criticized Maher&#8217;s use of the &#8220;n-word&#8221; via statement: &#8220;Bill Maher&#8217;s comment last night was completely inexcusable and tasteless. We are removing his deeply offensive comment from any subsequent airings of the show.&#8221;

Racial agitators such as <a href="https://twitter.com/deray/status/870848708308590592?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw&amp;ref_url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.breitbart.com%2Fbig-hollywood%2F2017%2F06%2F05%2Fal-franken-cancels-appearance-on-real-time%2F">Deray McKesson</a> and <a href="http://www.tmz.com/2017/06/06/al-sharpton-bill-maher-n-word/">Al Sharpton</a> called for Maher to face consequences. Neither McKesson nor Sharpton express similar criticisms when the n-word is used by blacks.

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But really, <a href="https://twitter.com/billmaher">@BillMaher</a> has got to go. There are no explanations that make this acceptable. <a href="https://t.co/K5XlEjekQ9">pic.twitter.com/K5XlEjekQ9</a>
&#8212; deray mckesson (@deray) <a href="https://twitter.com/deray/status/870848708308590592">June 3, 2017</a></blockquote>
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NAN wants to meet w/ HBO asap about the normalizing of the use of the N word. I know and love Bill Maher but this is unacceptable. I will
&#8212; Reverend Al Sharpton (@TheRevAl) <a href="https://twitter.com/TheRevAl/status/870961589662474240">June 3, 2017</a></blockquote>
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Franken initially took a different approach toward Kathy Griffin following the comedienne&#8217;s <a href="http://www.dailywire.com/news/16998/disgusting-kathy-griffin-holds-trumps-bloody-hank-berrien">depiction of a mock decapitation</a> of President Donald Trump; maintaining a previously scheduled event to promote his new book with Griffin. He subsequently disinvited Griffin, explaining his decision to <a href="http://www.politico.com/story/2017/06/01/al-franken-kathy-griffin-cancels-event-239047">Politico</a>:
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I believe what Kathy Griffin did was inappropriate and not something that should be anywhere in our national discourse. I consider her a friend and I&#8217;m glad she realized she crossed the line and apologized. After hearing from many Minnesotans who were rightfully offended, I&#8217;ve come to the conclusion that it would be best for her not to participate in the event we had previously scheduled. I understand why Minnesotans were upset by this, and I take that very seriously.
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Follow Robert Kraychik on <a href="https://twitter.com/kr3ch3k">Twitter</a>.
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HYPOCRITE: Al Franken Cancels Maher Appearance After N-Word Joke Controversy

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On Saturday, a Black Lives Matter activist walked up to Trump International Hotel in Washington, D.C. with some spray and added a few creative flourishes to the multi-million dollar hotel. 
The vandal quickly spray-painted, &#8220;No Justice, No Peace&#8221; and &#8220;Black Lives Matter&#8221; on Trump&#8217;s high-end hotel before nonchalantly walking away. 

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Meanwhile in DC&#8230;protesters seem to have defaced the Trump International Hotel. Workers just covered the graffiti. <a href="https://t.co/gIOpB6dCmY">pic.twitter.com/gIOpB6dCmY</a>
&#8212; Jazmin Bailey (@JazminMBailey) <a href="https://twitter.com/JazminMBailey/status/782315215341977600">October 1, 2016</a></blockquote>
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Independent Journal Review&#8217;s <a href="http://ijr.com/2016/10/705807-vandals-attack-new-trump-washington-dc-hotel-tagging-black-lives-matter/">Kate Bennett</a>, who first reported the story, notes that images of the vandalism were circulating online by Saturday afternoon, and even April D. Ryan of Urban Radio Networks, a &#8220;prominent member of the White House press corps,&#8221; tweeted the image.
Eventually footage of the vandalism emerged, but despite the photos and video, as Gateway Pundit&#8217;s <a href="http://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2016/10/clinton-supporters-vandalize-trump-international-hotel-washington-dc/">Jim Hoft</a> points out, the media largely blacked out the story.
Here&#8217;s footage taken by one bystander who witnessed the defacing of Trump&#8217;s hotel:

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Hoft asks when Hillary Clinton, who met privately with Black Lives Matter agitators <a href="http://www.dailywire.com/search/site/DeRay%2520Mckesson">DeRay Mckesson</a> and Johnetta Elzie, will officially be asked to disown the movement, whose members &#8220;are responsible for millions of dollars of public destruction and dozens of attacks on police and innocent pedestriains.&#8221; But of course we all know the answer to that question.

WATCH: Black Lives Matter Activist Defaces Trump Hotel

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In a speech filled with platitudes such as &#8220;protest is this idea of telling the truth in public&#8221; and &#8220;power is this idea of impact and agency,&#8221; Black Lives Matter leader DeRay Mckesson <a href="http://www.thedailyaztec.com/78865/news/mckesson-addresses-police-brutality/">told an audience</a> at San Diego State University on Saturday that &#8220;he cannot think of an instance where it would be acceptable for a police officer to kill a person.&#8221;
He added: 
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&#8220;When is it okay for someone to kill their child? That is the only way I can think about this. Somebody&#8217;s kid is being killed.&#8221;
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Mckesson has used a similar line before. During an interview with <a href="http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2015/08/11/anger-outweighs-facts-in-ferguson.html">The Daily Beast</a> in 2015, he was asked if a police officer is ever justified in using lethal force &#8220;if someone points a gun at an officer (and even fires it).&#8221; He replied:
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&#8220;If someone killed your child, what would it take for you to say it was justified?&#8221;
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Here are five times lethal force was used against police officers:
1. Multiple Shots Fired
After a man shot a pizza shop employee 15 times in the back, NYPD Auxiliary Police Officers <a href="https://www.odmp.org/officer/18753-auxiliary-police-officer-yevgeniy-borisovitch-eugene-marshalik">Yevgeniy Marshalik</a> and <a href="https://www.odmp.org/officer/18752-auxiliary-police-officer-nicholas-todd-pekearo">Nicholas Pekearo</a> were in pursuit. During the chase, Officer Pekearo took cover behind a car. The suspect came up behind Pekearo, and shot him six times. The suspect then approached Officer Marshalik and shot him in the head. Both officers died as a result of their wounds.
2. Car Accident
Salt Lake City PD Officer <a href="https://www.odmp.org/officer/22733-police-officer-douglas-scott-barney-ii">Douglas Barney</a> was simply responding to a call regarding a car accident when he saw a male and female walking away from the scene. He approached them, and the male pulled out a gun a shot Officer Barney in the head, killing him.
3. Suicide Call
After someone called the police because their intoxicated friend was allegedly contemplating suicide, multiple officers from the San Jose PD responded. When the officers approached the apartment of the suicidal man, he opened fire on them, killing Officer <a href="http://www.odmp.org/officer/22420-police-officer-michael-jeremiah-johnson">Michael Johnson</a>.
4. Injunction
After handing a domestic violence injunction to a man in Shalimar, Florida, Deputy Sheriff <a href="http://www.odmp.org/officer/22604-deputy-sheriff-william-j-myers">William Myers</a> of the Okaloosa County Sheriff&#8217;s Office was shot in the back and head multiple times, killing him.
5. No Struggle Gunshot
When NYPD Detective <a href="https://www.odmp.org/officer/21042-detective-peter-john-figoski">Peter Figoski</a> and his partner arrived at the scene of a robbery, they were unaware that the suspects were still in the vicinity, hiding in the basement of the home they had invaded. As the suspects made a break for it, one of them came into contact with Figoski&#8217;s partner, and a struggle ensued. The other suspect returned, shot Figoski in the head, and fled the scene. Figoski died at Jamaica hospital shortly thereafter.
Bottom Line:
These are merely five instances in which police officers were murdered by suspects. According to the <a href="http://www.nleomf.org/facts/officer-fatalities-data/causes.html">National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial Fund</a>, 521 officers have been killed by firearms over the last decade.
These were men and women who volunteered to protect and serve and, in the process of doing their jobs, were killed. Deadly force would certainly have been warranted in the cases mentioned above, not to mention all the others.
Yevgeniy Marshalik was someone&#8217;s child; Nicholas Pekearo was someone&#8217;s child; Douglas Barney was someone&#8217;s child; Michael Johnson was someone&#8217;s child; William Myers was someone&#8217;s child; Peter Figoski was someone&#8217;s child, yet they were all gunned down by violent criminals.
What would DeRay Mckesson have to say about that?

Black Lives Matter’s DeRay: Police Should NEVER Kill Anybody

On Thursday morning, Twitter suspended the account of University of Tennessee law professor and USA Today columnist Glenn Reynolds, supposedly over this tweet:
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Reynolds&#8217; critics suggested that he wanted people to target protesters, although the linked story said that the &#8220;protesters&#8221; in question were &#8220;stopping traffic and surrounding vehicles,&#8221; menacing their occupants. Here&#8217;s the video:
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VIDEO: People surrounding vehicles driving along 277 near College Street. <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/CharlotteProtest?src=hash">#CharlotteProtest</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/KeithLamontScott?src=hash">#KeithLamontScott</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Charlotte?src=hash">#Charlotte</a> <a href="https://t.co/2tCHUJgFuc">pic.twitter.com/2tCHUJgFuc</a>
&#8212; WBTV News (@WBTV_News) <a href="https://twitter.com/WBTV_News/status/778803464071581696">September 22, 2016</a></blockquote>
Reynolds <a href="https://pjmedia.com/instapundit/244534/">responded</a> to the suspension:
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Can&#8217;t imagine why they&#8217;d do that, except that it seems to be happening to a lot of people for no obvious reason. It&#8217;s as if, despite assurances to the contrary, Twitter is out to silence voices it disagrees with or something.
UPDATE: Ah, it was about this tweet.
Sorry, blocking the interstate is dangerous, and trapping people in their cars and surrounding them is a threat. Driving on is self-preservation, especially when we&#8217;ve had mobs destroying property and injuring and killing people. But if Twitter doesn&#8217;t like me, I&#8217;m happy to stop providing them with free content.
ANOTHER UPDATE: Was just on Hugh Hewitt talking about this. Since Twitter won&#8217;t let me respond to &#8212; or even see &#8212; my critics, let me expand here.
I&#8217;ve always been a supporter of free speech and peaceful protest. I fully support people protesting police actions, and I&#8217;ve been writing in support of greater accountability for police for years.
But riots aren&#8217;t peaceful protest. And blocking interstates and trapping people in their cars is not peaceful protest &#8212; it&#8217;s threatening and dangerous, especially against the background of people rioting, cops being injured, civilian-on-civilian shootings, and so on. I wouldn&#8217;t actually aim for people blocking the road, but I wouldn&#8217;t stop because I&#8217;d fear for my safety, as I think any reasonable person would.
&#8220;Run them down&#8221; perhaps didn&#8217;t capture this fully, but it&#8217;s Twitter, where character limits stand in the way of nuance.
Meanwhile, regarding Twitter: I don&#8217;t even know that this is why I was suspended, as I&#8217;ve heard nothing from Twitter at all. They tell users and investors that they don&#8217;t censor, but they seem awfully quick to suspend people on one side of the debate and, as people over at Twitchy note, awfully tolerant of outright threats on the other.
Twitter can do without me, as I can certainly do without Twitter.
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Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey has long been an advocate for Black Lives Matter, conducting events with race-baiting riot <a href="http://www.dailywire.com/news/1343/five-things-you-need-know-about-black-lives-matter-aaron-bandler">cheerleader Deray McKesson</a>, who once taught a seminar at Yale with required reading including an essay titled &#8220;In Defense of Looting.&#8221; McKesson has also come out in support of convicted cop killers Assata Shakur and Mumia Abu Jamal <a href="https://twitter.com/deray/status/582726626103812097?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">on Twitter</a>. He&#8217;s talked up the value of the racist <a href="https://twitter.com/deray/status/500999380577431552?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">New Black Panther Party</a>.
All of this is not just acceptable but praiseworthy according to Dorsey. But Reynolds crossed the invisible line.
This is the danger of a social media network run by the left: double standards work as leftist tools for censorship. Facebook and Twitter are private companies and have the full right to suspend the accounts of anyone with whom they interact. But conservatives are quickly learning that they live at the mercy of the leftists who control such networks. It won&#8217;t be long before conservatives create their own social media outlets out of a sense of self-preservation.

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Twitter Suspends Instapundit For Tweeting ‘Run Them Down’ About Rioters

Twitter

On Wednesday, Black Lives Matter&#8217;s most prominent leader DeRay Mckesson <a href="http://uproxx.com/news/deray-mckesson-interview-black-lives-matter/">told</a> UPROXX that the violent actions of the movement&#8217;s rioters are justified, since &#8220;people take to the streets as a last resort.&#8221;
&#8220;So when I think about anything that happens when people are in the street, I always start by saying, &#8216;People should not have had to have been there in the first place,'&#8221; stated Mckesson. 
Specifically prefacing her question with the recent violent and racist rioting in Milwaukee, which she referred to euphemistically as &#8220;recent Milwaukee unrest,&#8221; UPROXX interviewer Kimberly Ricci asked if Mckesson was bothered by the term &#8220;riot,&#8221; as he was apparently partial to the term &#8220;protest.&#8221;
Since many Black Lives Matter&#8217;s &#8220;peaceful protests&#8221; have undeniably turned into vicious riots, where arson, physical violence and chants of death to cops have become staples, Mckesson decided that his best response was to justify the rioters, instead of simply disavowing them and their reprehensible acts. 
&#8220;What I know to be true is that people should not have had to feel like the only way for them being heard is by being in the street,&#8221; justified Mckesson. &#8220;And that is true across the country. I said that about Ferguson, I say that about Baltimore, I say that about Minneapolis, Chicago, every city in the country where people have taken to the streets.&#8221;
Mckesson continued his defense: &#8220;Remember, people take to the streets as a last resort,&#8221; he insisted. &#8220;They&#8217;ve made the phone call, they&#8217;ve tweeted, they&#8217;ve emailed, they&#8217;ve tried. And by the time people are in the street, it is because there is no other option.&#8221;
The leader then granted troubling blanket amnesty for all acts at the protests-turned-riots, since it&#8217;s supposedly society&#8217;s fault that rioters are even &#8220;there in the first place.&#8221;
&#8220;So when I think about anything that happens when people are in the street, I always start by saying, &#8216;People should not have had to have been there in the first place,'&#8221; he stated.
At the hands of Black Lives Matter, we have seen <a href="http://www.orlandoweekly.com/Blogs/archives/2016/07/18/a-police-car-was-set-on-fire-in-daytona-beach-black-lives-matter-note-found-nearby">cop cars</a> and <a href="https://www.conservativeoutfitters.com/blogs/news/watch-black-lives-matter-rioters-torch-milwaukee-video">gas stations</a> set on fire; we have seen <a href="http://www.dailywire.com/news/8377/leftist-journalist-flees-milwaukee-out-fear-anti-hank-berrien">white media and locals</a> targeted for beat-downs because of the color of their skin; we have seen <a href="http://www.dailywire.com/news/8355/7-things-you-need-know-about-milwaukee-riots-michael-qazvini">local businesses looted and trashed</a>; we have heard chants calling for <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hqQXmnMr_w8">dead cops</a>.
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VIDEO: Rioters chanting &#8220;black power&#8221; as gas station burns in <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/milwaukee?src=hash">#milwaukee</a> <a href="https://t.co/wQJ45WOocm">pic.twitter.com/wQJ45WOocm</a>
&#8212; Tim Pool (@Timcast) <a href="https://twitter.com/Timcast/status/764669696708866048">August 14, 2016</a></blockquote>
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So, why wouldn&#8217;t Mckesson disavow these actions instead of grant justification? If this &#8220;activist&#8221; is truly interested in peaceful protesting, why wouldn&#8217;t he distance his movement from those who disrupt with riot-like actions? Why in the world would he give cover to the actions of rioters?
Mckesson and other Black Lives Matter leaders were <a href="http://www.ibtimes.com/deray-mckesson-meets-obama-black-lives-matter-meeting-white-house-2391342">invited</a> to the White House in July by President Obama after a racially motivated Black Lives Matter sympathizer murdered five Dallas police officers who were manning a Black Lives Matter protest. At the meeting, Community Organizer-in-Chief Obama praised Mckesson and the other leaders for their &#8220;<a href="http://www.baltimoresun.com/news/maryland/politics/blog/bal-after-white-house-meeting-president-obama-praises-mayoral-candidate-deray-mckesson-s-outstanding-wor-20160218-story.html">outstanding work</a>.&#8221;

DeRay Mckesson: All Actions of Black Lives Matter Rioters Are Justified

Crime

Over the weekend, two of the most famous liars in America sat down for a meeting.
No, not Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump.
Senator Elizabeth Warren, who advanced her career by <a href="http://www.dailywire.com/news/7003/heres-everything-you-need-know-about-elizabeth-aaron-bandler">falsely claiming</a> she had Native American heritage, met with Deray McKesson, the Black Lives Matter activist who has advanced his career by promulgating false narratives about blacks killed by police.
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Elizabeth &#8216;Pocahontas&#8217; Warren meets <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/BLMTerrorist?src=hash">#BLMTerrorist</a> Leader &amp; inciter of cop killings DeRay whatever&#8230; <a href="https://t.co/V2Ne3MiNda">pic.twitter.com/V2Ne3MiNda</a>
&#8212; TexasLibertarian (@shootist2015) <a href="https://twitter.com/shootist2015/status/754805922380132352">July 17, 2016</a></blockquote>
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As Aaron Bandler of The Daily Wire has <a href="http://www.dailywire.com/news/1343/five-things-you-need-know-about-black-lives-matter-aaron-bandler">noted</a>, McKesson&#8217;s career is replete with nastiness; he has &#8220;helped organize <a href="http://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2015/10/yale-lecturer-and-blacklivesmatter-riot-leader-deray-mckesson-promotes-the-ethics-of-looting-to-class/">riots and protests</a> in Ferguson, Mo. and Baltimore, Md. that resulted in almost half of 500 businesses in Ferguson suffering &#8216;property damage or lost revenue.&#8217;&#8221; He has tweeted support for cop-killers:
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We watched an officer kill an unarmed Eric Garner on video. Don&#8217;t try to convince me that the justice system is just. Free Assata &amp; Mumia.
&#8212; deray mckesson (@deray) <a href="https://twitter.com/deray/status/582726626103812097">March 31, 2015</a></blockquote>
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Bandler explains, &#8220;Assata and Mumia refer to Assata Shakur and Mumia Abu-Jamal, both of whom have murdered cops in cold blood.&#8221; He has <a href="https://loveandragemedia.org/2015/08/10/ferguson-and-beyond-how-a-new-civil-rights-movement-began-and-wont-end/">romanticized</a> the death of Michael Brown, who tried to kill officer Darren Wilson.
Warren has a nastiness all her own; she recently said <a href="https://www.balloon-juice.com/2016/06/09/senator-warrens-speech-at-the-american-constitution-society/">this</a> of the Republican Party, which has every right to hold up judicial nominees as the Democratic Party has also done: &#8220;First, tearing down our centuries-old process for appointing judges. Second, viciously attacking judicial nominees, potential nominees, and even sitting federal judges, at the first sign that they might put the rule of law above devotion to the rich and powerful.&#8221;
Last September Warren pandered to the Black Lives Matter movement, <a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/post-politics/wp/2015/09/27/elizabeth-warren-just-gave-the-speech-that-black-lives-matter-activists-have-been-waiting-for/">blustering</a>, &#8220;None of us can ignore what is happening in this country. Not when our black friends, family, neighbors literally fear dying in the streets. This is the reality all of us must confront, as uncomfortable and ugly as that reality may be. It comes to us to once again affirm that black lives matter, that black citizens matter, that black families matter.&#8221;
McKesson returned the love the next day, <a href="http://www.weaselzippers.us/235406-deray-mckesson-gushes-over-elizabeth-warren-she-knows-the-american-dream-has-been-sustained-by-intentional-violence-against-blacks/">writing</a>, &#8220;Senator Warren&#8217;s speech clearly and powerfully calls into question America&#8217;s commitment to black lives by highlighting the role that structural racism has played and continues to play with regard to housing discrimination and voting rights. And Warren, better than any political leader I&#8217;ve yet heard, understands the protests as a matter of life or death &#8212; that the American dream has been sustained by an intentional violence and that the uprisings have been the result of years of lived trauma.&#8221;
The two liars deserve each other.

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