<p>A New Jersey teenager organized a protest to support Black Lives Matter after they began popping up across the country. Afterward, the city sent her a $2,500 bill for police overtime.</p>
<p>In June, 18-year-old Emily Gil decided to organize a protest after seeing them across the country following the police-involved death of Minneapolis resident George Floyd. She also wanted the protest to address a lack of affordable housing.</p>
<p>“It’s an issue we care about. And we notice these issues in our own towns, so we can do something about it,” Gil <a href="https://newyork.cbslocal.com/2020/08/28/new-jersey-teen-who-organized-rally-supporting-black-lives-matter-and-affordable-housing-billed-for-police-overtime/">told</a> CBS New York.</p>
<p>She told the outlet she met with the police chief regarding logistics for the protest and properly notified local officials about it. The protest occurred on July 25 and lasted around 90 minutes. In contrast to protests in major cities across the country, Gil’s appears to have actually remained peaceful.</p>
<p>“I would say it went really well,” Gil told CBS. “We stood there with our signs and people were honking and showing support.”</p>
<p>A few days after the rally, however, Gil received a letter from Englewood Mayor Mario Kranjac with a $2,500 bill for police overtime during her rally.</p>
<p>“I was shocked when I read that I had to pay to exercise my First Amendment right,” Gil told CBS.</p>
<p>More from CBS:</p>
<blockquote><p>The mayor said he is the first in decades to combat the housing issue and had no problem with the protest.</p>
<p>“And we made sure that we fulfilled and satisfied our obligation to make sure that they can exercise their freedom of speech and to peaceably assemble,” said Mayor Kranjac.</p>
<p>Kranjac said the borough has an ordinance in place that allows it to bill for any expenses incurred for police services at private events. The bill sent to Gil was standard protocol, he said.</p>
<p>“We always bill… the bicycle race or running race or any other event, where our police are used, including utility work, people pay for the overtime,” said the mayor.</p></blockquote>
<p>Gil said she believed such a policy would keep young people from organizing similar protests if they couldn’t afford the bill.</p>
<p>“I feel like if that voice is taken away, it’s really a big loss for the community at large,” she said.</p>
<p>The mayor told the outlet late last week, when the story was reported, that the money would be due “sometime soon” and that if Gil couldn’t pay, the borough administrator would handle the issue.</p>
<p>Days later, after backlash over the bill sent to the teenager, Kranjac rescinded the bill.</p>
<p>“The bill was mistakenly issued based on advice I received from our borough administrator who I understand consulted the borough attorney,” Kranjac <a href="https://www.nj.com/bergen/2020/08/mayor-rescinds-2500-bill-sent-to-nj-teen-who-held-black-lives-matter-protest.html">told</a> NJ Advance Media. “I was told that all private events requiring police overtime should be paid for by the organizers. That advice was incorrect.”</p>
<p>“I always want to make certain that everyone’s Constitutional Rights are fully respected,” Kranjac continued. “We will have to adjust the borough’s ordinances accordingly to ensure this never happens again.”</p>
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<p>Los Angeles police are seeking information on three men who evaded capture Sunday afternoon after allegedly firing shots at a caravan of vehicles waving Trump flags, en route from Woodland Hills, California, to Studio City.</p>
<p><a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/breaking-shots-may-have-been-fired-at-los-angeles-pro-trump-caravan-local-media-says">The Daily Wire reported Sunday</a> that shots &#8220;may have been fired&#8221; at the pro-Trump caravan, but police and rally attendees weren&#8217;t quite clear on the details. LAPD did say Sunday that they called out a SWAT team in response to rally-goers concerns about the potential gunfire.</p>
<p>“Officer Will Cooper of the Los Angeles Police Department said officials received a report that a man was firing at a caravan as it traveled along Ventura Boulevard near Chalk Hill shortly before 11:30 a.m. The incident was initially described as someone brandishing a firearm and throwing bottles at the vehicles but was later updated to include a report of shots fired, he said,” <a href="https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2020-08-30/armed-standoff-in-woodland-hills-after-shots-reportedly-fired-at-trump-car-caravan">the Los Angeles Times noted</a>.</p>
<p>Later reports indicated that a barricaded gunman situation reported separately to the LAPD, was likely connected to the alleged shooting.</p>
<p>Monday morning, the LAPD announced that they were seeking three men &#8212; the alleged gunman and two other persons of interest &#8212; in connection with the incident.</p>
<p>&#8220;The alleged shooting happened about 11:30 a.m. as the caravan of Trump supporters moved along Ventura Boulevard near the Chalk Hills Court building in the 20300 block,&#8221;<a href="https://losangeles.cbslocal.com/2020/08/30/trump-rally-caravan-protest-san-fernando-valley/"> Los Angeles&#8217; CBS affiliate reported</a>. &#8220;A SWAT team was called in eventually to 20568 Ventura Boulevard after police said the three men ran into an apartment building and refused to come out, leading to a standoff.&#8221;</p>
<p>&#8220;SWAT members made entry into the apartment at 5:30 p.m. but found no one inside, the LAPD reported,&#8221; the outlet added, noting that it appears the three men were able to escape from law enforcement.</p>
<p>The LAPD did note that the three men were caught on camera throwing rocks at the caravan before the alleged shooting, so they do have a clear picture of their suspects.</p>
<p>&#8220;The rally was mostly peaceful but police ended up shutting down part of the demonstration after three men were allegedly caught on camera throwing bottles at the caravan and then reportedly firing shots, which someone believed hit the tire of a truck in the rally,&#8221; CBS noted.</p>
<p>If police are able to verify the shooting, that would make the third incidence of gun violence attached to some form of demonstration in less than one week.</p>
<p>In Kenosha, a 17-year-old vigilante shot three people, killing two, in an altercation with rioters. He has been charged with at least one count of first-degree murder, alongside nearly a dozen additional, lesser charges. Police are also seeking a self-described member of Antifa for a shooting over the weekend in Portland, Oregon, that left a right-wing protester dead, after two opposing demonstrations clashed.</p>
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<p>Police in Charlotte, North Carolina, had to break out non-lethal measures for crowd control Sunday night after protesters, in town to demonstrate against President Donald Trump and the Republican National Convention, which kicks off Monday, blocked roads and vehicles and &#8220;interfered&#8221; with officers making an arrest.</p>
<p><a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/left-wing-activists-intimidate-people-eating-at-restaurant-in-charlotte-white-silence-equals-violence">As The Daily Wire reported Sunday</a>, protesters invaded Charlotte over the weekend, holding a series of demonstrations designed to draw attention from the Republican convention, which will hold a select number of meetings at the city&#8217;s convention center. President Donald Trump and other keynote speakers will deliver remarks from their home cities via video link.</p>
<p>“The second night of protests against the Republican National Convention in Charlotte saw at least 100 people march in uptown then through part of South End,” The Daily Wire noted, per the Charlotte Observer. “Several arrests were made after midnight. The night’s protests were overwhelmingly non-violent but, at times, tense. Police used pepper spray on the crowd multiple times.”</p>
<p>Sunday night &#8212; the third night of demonstrations &#8212; police broke out non-lethal means of crowd control again, though the demonstrations went from &#8220;tense&#8221; to &#8220;confrontational&#8221; <a href="https://www.foxnews.com/us/officers-in-charlotte-deploy-pepper-spray-make-arrests-during-demonstrations-ahead-of-rnc">according to Fox News and The Associated Press</a>.</p>
<p>&#8220;Charlotte-Mecklenburg police said in a string of tweets that officers deployed pepper spray and made two arrests while clearing roads that were filled with demonstrators who began to march throughout uptown Charlotte on Sunday,&#8221; the outlet noted.</p>
<p>&#8220;Crowds continued to block traffic and prevent buses and cars from moving. Demonstrators refused to clear the intersection. While officers were clearing the intersection, they deployed pepper spray and made two arrests,&#8221; the police added on social media, noting that crowds of protesters were thicker and more aggressive Sunday than they had been earlier in the weekend.</p>
<p>&#8220;Demonstrators are beginning to move barricades, construction cones, and trash cans to block roads and impede traffic on Tryon Street,&#8221; the police department added later.</p>
<p>Around 10:40 pm local time, officers said, demonstrators turned on law enforcement, attacking officers and interfering with arrests.</p>
<p>&#8220;A slow driving vehicle was surrounded by demonstrators and prevented from leaving the area. Officers intervened and were assaulted by demonstrators,&#8221; the police department said on Twitter.</p>
<p>Both parties&#8217; political conventions are typically marked with protests, and in years where the parties hold largely in-person gatherings, &#8220;demonstration spaces&#8221; are often set aside. This year, however, the novel coronavirus is preventing both Republicans and Democrats from holding their full conventions in a single location.</p>
<p>A national atmosphere of unrest, as well, has law enforcement officials concerned that Charlotte could be a magnet for riots or violence of the kind associated with demonstrations in other large cities like Portland, Oregon, and Seattle, Washington.</p>
<p>So far, Charlotte police say, they&#8217;ve arrested just 12 people. The Republican National Convention continues through Thursday, when President Donald Trump will accept the Republican party&#8217;s nomination from the lawn of the White House in Washington, D.C.</p>
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<p>Thousands of people have been arrested for allegedly peaceful protests in Chicago.</p>
<p>Last week, Mayor Lori Lightfoot banned these allegedly peaceful protests from coming into her neighborhood, claiming she had received threats and that she had “a right to make sure that my home is secure.” Other Chicago residents don’t seem to have that right, however.</p>
<p>Six people were arrested in Lightfoot’s Logan Square block for failing to disperse after police asked them. The protesters were arrested for “misdemeanor residential picketing,” WGN9 <a href="https://wgntv.com/news/chicago-news/police-6-arrested-near-mayor-lightfoots-house-after-failing-to-disperse/">reported</a>. None of the six arrested were actual Chicago or even Illinois residents; three were from various cities in New York, one was from Pennsylvania, another from Arkansas, and the sixth was from Seattle.</p>
<p>Police told WGN9 they had given the protesters a verbal warning that was ignored, leading to their arrests.</p>
<p>As The Daily Wire previously <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/fort-lori-chicago-police-ban-protests-on-mayors-block-order-arrests-for-violators">reported</a>, the Chicago Police Department banned protesters from the Logan Square block – where Mayor Lightfoot lives.</p>
<p>“The directive surfaced in a July email from then-Shakespeare District Commander Melvin Roman to officers under his command. It did not distinguish between the peaceful protesters Lightfoot regularly says she supports and those who might intend to be destructive, but ordered that after a warning is given to demonstrators, ‘It should be locked down,&#8217;” the Chicago Tribune <a href="https://www.chicagotribune.com/politics/ct-chicago-police-lightfoot-protests-20200820-57vxhaa57jhijo3xllrflztcse-story.html">reported</a>.</p>
<p>Police told the outlet that state law, as well as city code, prohibit protesting in residential areas.</p>
<p>“CPD remains committed to facilitating First Amendment rights, while also protecting public safety. CPD continues to enforce state law and the City’s municipal code regarding public assembly,” police spokeswoman Margaret Huynh said in a statement published by the paper. “The block is open at this time.”</p>
<p>Lightfoot later told reporters that her family had received numerous threats, which is why she deserved the protection while residents in other neighborhoods and business owners have had to deal with rioters.</p>
<p>“I think that residents of this city, understanding the nature of the threats that we are receiving on a daily basis, on a daily basis, understand I have a right to make sure that my home is secure,” Lightfoot said at the time.</p>
<p>The American Civil Liberties Union of Illinois told the Tribune that it might not be legal for police to protect the entire block where Lightfoot lives.</p>
<p>“The Supreme Court has found that the government can prohibit protests at a single home in a residential area, but that does not necessarily extend to the entire block,” ACLU spokesman Ed Yohnka said in a statement to the paper. “The right to free speech and peaceable assembly includes the right to choose one’s audience, and government actions that limit that right for the sake of residential privacy must be narrowly tailored to protect that interest.”</p>
<p>More from The Daily Wire’s Joseph Curl:</p>
<blockquote><p>Lightfoot is not the only politician who has banned protests near their own residence.</p>
<p>Pittsburgh Mayor Bill Peduto has allowed protests to occur but not in his own front yard.</p>
<p>“What I cannot defend is any neighborhood in our city — and their residents and families — being disturbed through the night and morning, and a peaceful protest devolving into unacceptable conduct in which residents are being harassed and threatened. This crosses a line that cannot be allowed to continue, causing those committing crimes against residents to face possible legal consequences for their actions,” Peduto said, <a href="https://pittsburgh.cbslocal.com/2020/08/19/pittsburgh-mayor-bill-peduto-house-protest-response/">according</a> to CBS-Pittsburgh.</p></blockquote>
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<p>Hundreds of police officers assigned to patrol Chicago’s neighborhoods have been diverted to the downtown to protect city businesses from looters, but the district where Mayor Lori Lightfoot lives still has police guarding it.</p>
<p>Chicago Police Department (CPD) Chief of Patrol Brian McDermott sent a memo to top cops with the subject line “Downtown Deployment of Tactical Teams and Incident Teams,” CWBChicago <a href="https://cwbchicago.com/2020/08/cpd-diverting-hundreds-of-cops-from-neighborhoods-to-downtown-but-mayors-district-is-exempt.html">reported</a>.</p>
<p>Officers ordered to go downtown “will be highly visible. Vehicles will have their [blue] lights activated for the duration of their tour,” McDermott wrote. Officers “will also ensure that they have their helmets, batons, masks (if issued) with them.”</p>
<p>The CPD has also banned protesters from demonstrating on the block where Mayor Lori Lightfoot (D) lives, ordering officers to arrest anyone who won&#8217;t leave, the Chicago Tribune <a href="https://www.chicagotribune.com/politics/ct-chicago-police-lightfoot-protests-20200820-57vxhaa57jhijo3xllrflztcse-story.html">reported</a>.</p>
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<p data-page="1" data-item-type="depthscroll" data-item-id="depth_scroll_top" data-item-number="top">Chicago police have been blocking access to the area using barricades and police in riot gear. Cops have also been containing protests in nearby areas while cutting off their access to Lightfoot&#8217;s block.</p>
<p data-page="1" data-item-type="depthscroll" data-item-id="depth_scroll_top" data-item-number="top">“I came up with the name ‘Fort Lori’ because it’s so hard to get in and out,” Ron Kaminecki, a 69-year old patent attorney who lives a few houses from Lightfoot, told the paper.</p>
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<p>Lightfoot told reporters on Thursday that she and her family have been receiving threats daily.</p>
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<p>Lightfoot is not the only politician who has banned protests near their own residence. Pittsburgh Mayor Bill Peduto has allowed protests to occur, but not in his own front yard.</p>
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<p>Protesters at a pro-police rally in Fort Collins, Colorado, on Saturday reportedly beat several far-left activists after the far-left activists allegedly went after a veteran who was in a wheelchair.</p>
<p>Several dozen pro-police protesters walked alongside the veteran in the wheelchair, who was carrying an American flag, as they seemingly forced the far-left activists out of the neighborhood. Numerous people who were on the pro-police side said that the far-left activists went after the man in the wheelchair, and suggested that was what ended up starting the fight.</p>
<p>Several people among the pro-police protesters stated repeatedly throughout the video that there was a kid&#8217;s birthday party in the area, and suggested that the far-left activists had disturbed the event. At another point in the video, an unidentifiable man said to the far-left activists that &#8220;as soon as you guys step away from the f***ing houses, we&#8217;re going to leave.&#8221;</p>
<p>The man who recorded the video said, &#8220;So, we are currently marching the Antifa commie bas****s out of the neighborhood because nobody wants Antifa in the neighborhood. Nobody wants them here, so we&#8217;re marching them out.&#8221;</p>
<p>&#8220;F***ing communist scum,&#8221; another man yelled at the far-left activists.</p>
<p>Moments later, a fight broke out as the protesters pushed the far-left activists out of the neighborhood, which ended up in a ditch with the residents significantly outnumbering the far-left activists.</p>
<p>&#8220;You guys came to the wrong the city, boys and girls,&#8221; the man who recorded the video said on a bullhorn.</p>
<p>&#8220;Everybody keep your hands off your weapons,&#8221; another man yelled out. &#8220;Keep punching each other in the face, just don&#8217;t shoot anybody.&#8221;</p>
<p>Several moments later, police sirens appeared in the background as numerous law enforcement officials arrived on the scene. Some of the far-left activists appeared to get into it with the police and were subsequently arrested.</p>
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<p lang="en" dir="ltr">“Antifa commie scum” get their asses handed to them in Colorado by local residents. <a href="https://t.co/CQzxlnlxbB">pic.twitter.com/CQzxlnlxbB</a></p>
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<p lang="en" dir="ltr">Antifa assaulted someone in a wheelchair. That’s what set off the beat down from residents. Police were on the scene to arrest the commies. <a href="https://t.co/LhqHFztjV2">pic.twitter.com/LhqHFztjV2</a></p>
<p>&mdash; Ian Miles Cheong (@stillgray) <a href="https://twitter.com/stillgray/status/1292319731664318464?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">August 9, 2020</a></p></blockquote>
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<p>A spokesperson for Fort Collins Police Services <a href="https://collegian.com/2020/08/category-news-violence-conversation-breaks-out-at-back-the-blue-rally/">said</a> that numerous people had been arrested over &#8220;physical disturbances&#8221; that occurred.</p>
<p>“We respect everyone’s right to peacefully assemble to voice their concerns,” the spokesperson said. “For the safety of our community, acts of violence, destruction of property, and other unlawful behavior will not be tolerated.”</p>
<p>Photos showed that hundreds of pro-police protesters showed up to the event, many of whom were waving American flags and had Trump signs.</p>
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<p>President Donald Trump mocked the media during a news conference on Friday evening for complaining about a room packed full of people that they claimed violated New Jersey&#8217;s COVID-19 guidelines, saying that it was a &#8220;peaceful protest.&#8221;</p>
<p>“Just in this room, you have dozens of people who are not following the guidelines in New Jersey which say you should not have more than 25 –,” the reporter stated before being loudly booed by many in the room.</p>
<p>“You’re wrong on that,” Trump shot back, “because it’s a political activity. They have exceptions, political activity, and it’s also a peaceful protest.”</p>
<p>The room erupted in laughter and cheers.</p>
<p>“To me, they look like they all, pretty much all have masks on,” Trump continued. “You have an exclusion in the law, it says ‘peaceful protest or political activity,’ right?”</p>
<p>Trump looked down at a sheet and said, “In fact, it specifically, yeah, it says exactly, ‘political activity or peaceful protest,’ and you can call it political activity, but I’d call it ‘peaceful protest’ because they heard you were coming up and they know the news is fake, they understand it better than anybody.”</p>
<p>The room again erupted in cheers.</p>
<p>“They asked whether or not they could be here, like the question about Russia,” Trump continued as he pointed at the reporter. “He doesn’t mention Iran was in the report, he doesn’t mention, or he mentions very late that China was in the report, because that’s the way they are.”</p>
<p>“If the press in this country were honest – it wasn’t corrupt, if it wasn’t fake – our country would be so much further ahead, but we’re doing really great,” the president said as he ended the news conference.</p>
<p>Trump&#8217;s remarks appeared to take a jab at the fact that the media largely gave leftists a pass when they have gone protesting over the last couple of months, which have often spiraled into violent riots.</p>
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<p lang="en" dir="ltr">A reporter tries to say President Trump is violating New Jersey’s Coronavirus guidelines.</p>
<p>Trump: It’s a peaceful protest.</p>
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<p>&mdash; Benny (@bennyjohnson) <a href="https://twitter.com/bennyjohnson/status/1291892170950168576?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">August 8, 2020</a></p></blockquote>
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<p>Left-wing reporters attacked Trump for the comment online, or suggested they did not understand what he was saying.</p>
<p>&#8220;Country club members booed because a reporter asked Pres Trump why they were not wearing masks as they watched Trump&#8217;s press conference,&#8221; PBS reporter Yamiche Alcindor tweeted. &#8220;Trump said the club members were engaged in a &#8216;peaceful protest.&#8217; Crowd cheered. Note: More than 160K Americans have died from COVID.&#8221;</p>
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<p lang="en" dir="ltr">Country club members booed because a reporter asked Pres Trump why they were not wearing masks as they watched Trump&#39;s press conference.</p>
<p>Trump said the club members were engaged in a &quot;peaceful protest.&quot; Crowd cheered.</p>
<p>Note: More than 160K Americans have died from COVID.</p>
<p>&mdash; Yamiche Alcindor (@Yamiche) <a href="https://twitter.com/Yamiche/status/1291891330818482181?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">August 8, 2020</a></p></blockquote>
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<p>&#8220;Wow. A reporter points out many club members in the room aren&#8217;t wearing mask, violating guidelines,&#8221; CBS News blogger Kathryn Watson wrote on Twitter. &#8220;The crowd boos the reporter. &#8216;Because it&#8217;s a political activity they have exceptions’ and it&#8217;s ‘also a peaceful protest,&#8217; Trump said. The crowd, full of wealthy members, cheers.&#8221;</p>
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<p lang="en" dir="ltr">Wow. A reporter points out many club members in the room aren&#39;t wearing mask, violating guidelines.</p>
<p>The crowd boos the reporter.</p>
<p>&quot;Because it&#39;s a political activity they have exceptions&quot; and it&#39;s &quot;also a peaceful protest,&quot; Trump said.</p>
<p>The crowd, full of wealthy members, cheers.</p>
<p>&mdash; Kathryn Watson (@kathrynw5) <a href="https://twitter.com/kathrynw5/status/1291890711579697152?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">August 8, 2020</a></p></blockquote>
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<p>&#8220;Trump says members of his NJ club who are gathered maskless are complying with law bc it’s a &#8216;political activity&#8217; and &#8216;peaceful protest.&#8217; It’s unclear what they are protesting. Trump in recent days has said that wearing a mask is patriotic, but seems to be endorsing no masks now,&#8221; CNN reporter Manu Raju tweeted. &#8220;Trump claimed they were protesting the media, though they were there just to watch the presser and cheered when he said that. He also said it was a &#8216;political activity&#8217; even though it was an official WH event.&#8221;</p>
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<p lang="en" dir="ltr">Trump claimed they were protesting the media, though they were there just to watch the presser and cheered when he said that. He also said it was a “political activity” even though it was an official WH event.</p>
<p>&mdash; Manu Raju (@mkraju) <a href="https://twitter.com/mkraju/status/1291892852444803072?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">August 8, 2020</a></p></blockquote>
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Trump Trolls Media For Complaining About Packed Room With COVID Guidelines: ‘It’s A Peaceful Protest’

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President Donald Trump mocked the media during a news conference on Friday evening for complaining about a room packed full of people that they claimed

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<p>On Saturday, New Orleans Saints quarterback Drew Brees spoke to local media as NFL pre-season training begins to ramp up.</p>
<p>Brees opened with a statement regarding the controversy surrounding his June 3 interview with Yahoo Finance during which he was asked about anthem-kneeling.</p>
<p>The quarterback stated that he has always “felt compelled to serve,” which is allegedly why he and his wife moved to New Orleans, Louisiana. After expressing that his time in the city has been incredibly “rewarding,” Brees addressed the interview directly.</p>
<p><a href="https://www.nola.com/sports/saints/article_8a5b7e40-d3ff-11ea-9bff-cf50af9d4c2d.html?utm_medium=social&amp;utm_source=twitter&amp;utm_campaign=user-share">NOLA</a> has provided the following partial transcript:</p>
<blockquote><p>Going back to my comment on June 3, to think for a second that New Orleans or the state of Louisiana or the black community would think that I was not standing with them for social justice, that completely broke my heart. It was crushing. Never, ever would I feel that way.</p>
<p>I recognize that I missed an opportunity that day. I had an opportunity to talk about and emphasize the social injustices that exist for our black community and our need as a country to support them and to advocate for systemic change. And my lack of awareness in that moment hurt a lot of people.</p></blockquote>
<p>Brees continued, saying that he “will always stand for the flag because of what it means to me, and to honor all those who have sacrificed, who have served and died for our country, and all those who have struggled to move this country forward.”</p>
<p>However, the quarterback added that he respects those who kneel or otherwise peacefully protest in order to “bring attention to the social injustices and systemic racism that so many have endured and continue to endure in our country.”</p>
<p>Brees continued, saying that he “will always support and advocate for the black and brown communities in the fight for social injustices,” and that he “feels a great sense of responsibility to serve and to lead and to bring true equality to everyone.”</p>
<p>Brees has been dogged by controversy ever since an early-June <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/nfl-quarterback-drew-brees-dragged-for-anthem-kneeling-remarks">interview</a> with Yahoo Finance Editor-at-Large Daniel Roberts.</p>
<p>During the interview, Roberts asked Brees about kneeling during the national anthem, as it was likely to return in the wake of the George Floyd protests. Brees replied, saying that he would “never agree with anybody disrespecting the flag of the United States of America, or our country.”</p>
<p>He continued, speaking about what the American flag and the national anthem meant to him personally.</p>
<p>The quarterback concluded: “Is everything right with our country right now? No, it’s not. We still have a long way to go. But I think what you do by standing there and showing respect to the flag with your hand over your heart is it shows unity. It shows that we are all in this together, we can all do better, and that we are all part of the solution.”</p>
<p>For his remarks, Brees was <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/nfl-quarterback-drew-brees-dragged-for-anthem-kneeling-remarks">dragged</a>.</p>
<p>After the backlash, he issued the following apology on Instagram:</p>
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<p style="margin: 8px 0 0 0; padding: 0 4px;"><a style="color: #000; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 17px; text-decoration: none; word-wrap: break-word;" href="https://www.instagram.com/p/CBA1P3gHpT_/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=loading" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">I would like to apologize to my friends, teammates, the City of New Orleans, the black community, NFL community and anyone I hurt with my comments yesterday. In speaking with some of you, it breaks my heart to know the pain I have caused. In an attempt to talk about respect, unity, and solidarity centered around the American flag and the national anthem, I made comments that were insensitive and completely missed the mark on the issues we are facing right now as a country. They lacked awareness and any type of compassion or empathy. Instead, those words have become divisive and hurtful and have misled people into believing that somehow I am an enemy. This could not be further from the truth, and is not an accurate reflection of my heart or my character. This is where I stand: I stand with the black community in the fight against systemic racial injustice and police brutality and support the creation of real policy change that will make a difference. I condemn the years of oppression that have taken place throughout our black communities and still exists today. I acknowledge that we as Americans, including myself, have not done enough to fight for that equality or to truly understand the struggles and plight of the black community. I recognize that I am part of the solution and can be a leader for the black community in this movement. I will never know what it’s like to be a black man or raise black children in America but I will work every day to put myself in those shoes and fight for what is right. I have ALWAYS been an ally, never an enemy. I am sick about the way my comments were perceived yesterday, but I take full responsibility and accountability. I recognize that I should do less talking and more listening&#8230;and when the black community is talking about their pain, we all need to listen. For that, I am very sorry and I ask your forgiveness.</a></p>
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<p>On June 5, the quarterback addressed President Trump directly, <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/drew-brees-to-president-trump-we-can-no-longer-use-the-flag-to-turn-people-away-or-distract-them-from-the-real-issues">writing</a> in part:</p>
<blockquote><p>Through my ongoing conversations with friends, teammates, and leaders in the black community, I realize this is not an issue about the American flag. It has never been. We can no longer use the flag to turn people away or distract them from the real issues that face our black communities.</p>
<p>We did this back in 2017, and regretfully I brought it back with my comments this week. We must stop talking about the flag and shift our attention to the real issues of systemic racial injustice, economic oppression, police brutality, and judicial &amp; prison reform.<span class="Apple-converted-space"><br />
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<p style="margin: 8px 0 0 0; padding: 0 4px;"><a style="color: #000; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 17px; text-decoration: none; word-wrap: break-word;" href="https://www.instagram.com/p/CBE4y_9Hj2S/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=loading" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">To @realdonaldtrump Through my ongoing conversations with friends, teammates, and leaders in the black community, I realize this is not an issue about the American flag. It has never been. We can no longer use the flag to turn people away or distract them from the real issues that face our black communities. We did this back in 2017, and regretfully I brought it back with my comments this week. We must stop talking about the flag and shift our attention to the real issues of systemic racial injustice, economic oppression, police brutality, and judicial &amp; prison reform. We are at a critical juncture in our nation’s history! If not now, then when? We as a white community need to listen and learn from the pain and suffering of our black communities. We must acknowledge the problems, identify the solutions, and then put this into action. The black community cannot do it alone. This will require all of us.</a></p>
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Drew Brees Will ‘Stand For The Flag,’ But Adds That His ‘Lack Of Awareness … Hurt A Lot Of People’

On Saturday, New Orleans Saints quarterback Drew Brees spoke to local media as NFL pre-season training begins to ramp up. Brees opened with a statement

Drew Brees Will ‘Stand For The Flag,’ But Adds That His ‘Lack Of Awareness ... Hurt A Lot Of People’ | The Daily Wire

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<p>On a court that says in large black letters, &#8220;Black Lives Matter,&#8221; every player, coach, and referee in attendance at the Thursday evening Utah Jazz v New Orleans Pelicans NBA game took a knee during the national anthem.</p>
<p>Kneeling during the anthem was popularized by then-San Francisco 49ers quarterback Colin Kaepernick in 2016, allegedly to protest racist police brutality.</p>
<p>The kneeling from the NBA players and staffers comes the day after a bombshell ESPN report outlined alleged <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/kids-abused-at-nba-youth-training-camps-in-china-employee-says-it-was-like-working-in-world-war-ii-germany-report-claims">abuse of children</a> at NBA youth training camps in China.</p>
<p>&#8220;Every player, coach and ref takes a knee during the national anthem before the Pelicans-Jazz game,&#8221; Bleacher Report posted on Thursday night.</p>
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<p lang="en" dir="ltr">Every player, coach and ref takes a knee during the national anthem before the Pelicans-Jazz game <a href="https://t.co/LZy1A6s8VM">pic.twitter.com/LZy1A6s8VM</a></p>
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<p>Players also rocked warm-up shirts that promoted the radical, far-left Black Lives Matter movement.</p>
<p>In the “<a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/prominent-black-trump-supporter-proposes-new-movement-all-black-lives-matter-takes-swing-at-kaepernick">What We Believe</a>” section of the official Black Lives Matter website, the organization calls for the “national defunding of police” and for the “disruption” of the nuclear family.</p>
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<p>Though left-wing social activism is becoming central to the NBA here in the States, the league has troubling ties to China, a leader in human rights abuses.</p>
<p>According to the ESPN report published Wednesday, &#8220;American coaches at three NBA training academies in China told league officials their Chinese partners were physically abusing young players and failing to provide schooling, even though commissioner Adam Silver had said that education would be central to the program.&#8221;</p>
<p>&#8220;One of the academies that was opened by the NBA was in Xinjiang, where the Chinese Communist Party allegedly has millions of people locked up in concentration camps,&#8221; <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/kids-abused-at-nba-youth-training-camps-in-china-employee-says-it-was-like-working-in-world-war-ii-germany-report-claims">The Daily Wire</a> noted. &#8220;ESPN says that it obtained an email that the NBA sent to employees that instructed employees not to tell ESPN that they were being instructed to answer questions about the league’s new China scandal.&#8221;</p>
<p>Bringing attention to the NBA&#8217;s troubling relationship with communist and human rights-violating China, Houston Rockets General Manager Daryl Morey tweeted on October 4 an expression of solidarity with the protesters in Hong Kong who were pushing back against the communist regime. “<a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/report-heres-how-much-money-that-pro-hong-kong-tweet-cost-the-nba">Fight for Freedom. Stand with Hong Kong</a>,&#8221; the post said.</p>
<p>Morey, though, was seemingly pressured into deleting the post, and the NBA initially publicly admonished him.</p>
<p>&#8220;Amid pressure, Morey quickly deleted the tweet, while the NBA issued a <a href="https://twitter.com/NBAPR/status/1181007400729489409/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">statement</a> describing the post as having &#8216;deeply offended many of our friends and fans in China, which is regrettable,'&#8221; <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/report-heres-how-much-money-that-pro-hong-kong-tweet-cost-the-nba">The Daily Wire</a> outlined. &#8220;The NBA’s initial response sparked accusations that the league had &#8216;caved to Chinese censorship,&#8217; prompting NBA Commissioner Adam Silver to attempt to &#8216;clarify&#8217; the league’s stance, <a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/sports/2019/10/08/nba-commissioner-adam-silver-says-players-executives-are-free-comment-china/">stating</a> the league &#8216;will not put itself in a position of regulating what players, employees and team owners say or will not say on these issues.&#8217; Morey, said Silver, has a right to &#8216;exercising his freedom of expression.'&#8221;</p>
<p><strong>Related: <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/kids-abused-at-nba-youth-training-camps-in-china-employee-says-it-was-like-working-in-world-war-ii-germany-report-claims">Kids Abused At NBA Youth Training Camps In China; Employee Says It Was Like Working In ‘World War II Germany,’ Report Claims</a></strong></p>
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<p>Actor Jussie Smollett, the man who allegedly staged an infamous hate crime hoax to advance his career, attended a Black Lives Matter protest outside Trump Tower in New York where he raised a fist in solidarity.</p>
<p class="mol-para-with-font">&#8220;Wearing a baseball cap and an orange face mask, the star who appeared in the series Empire gathered with other demonstrators outside Trump Tower to fight against systemic racism and police brutality,&#8221; <a href="https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-8562741/Jussie-Smollett-38-raises-fist-Black-Lives-Matter-protest-Trump-Tower-New-York.html">reported</a> the Daily Mail.  &#8220;The tower has been an epicenter for protests in the city where Mayor Bill de Blasio helped paint a Black Lives Matter mural on Fifth Avenue facing Trump&#8217;s building.&#8221;</p>
<p class="mol-para-with-font">&#8220;Smollett wore a blue T-shirt and jean shorts for the protest and was recognized by his distinctive equal sign tattoo on his right arm,&#8221; the report continued. &#8220;It&#8217;s not clear what group he was protesting with.&#8221;</p>
<p>On Saturday, protests outside the tower chanted that President Donald Trump be removed from office. At night, they displayed a banner that read, &#8220;Trump/Pence #OutNow.&#8221; A flag was also raised emblazoned with the message, &#8220;Revolution Now!&#8221;</p>
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<p>&mdash; Daily Mail Celebrity (@DailyMailCeleb) <a href="https://twitter.com/DailyMailCeleb/status/1287676379694333953?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">July 27, 2020</a></p></blockquote>
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<p>As The Daily Wire <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/jussie-smollett-cites-george-floyd-protests-in-legal-battle-with-chicago">reported</a>, Smollett&#8217;s presence at the protest comes over a month after he connected his legal troubles in Chicago with ongoing protests in response to the tragic death of George Floyd at the hands of a white Minneapolis police officer.</p>
<blockquote><p>In the filing, first reported by <a href="https://www.tmz.com/2020/06/08/jussie-smollett-protests-city-of-chicago-case-police-misconduct/">TMZ</a> and since published <a href="https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-8400205/Jussie-Smollett-invokes-George-Floyd-protests-ongoing-legal-battle-Chicago.html">online</a>, Smollett’s lawyers try to use the protests against police, which have increasingly taken the form of the radical “Defund The Police” movement, to the embattled actor’s advantage.</p>
<p>Smollett is attempting to obtain documents about the firing of Chicago Police Department Superintendent Eddie Johnson, who was superintendent during Smollett’s explosive investigation. Johnson’s subsequent firing, Smollett’s legal team insists, is relevant to his case. The city says Johnson’s termination has nothing to do with whether or not Smollett lied to police about the supposed hate crime against him.</p></blockquote>
<p>In early 2019, the “Empire” actor claimed he fell victim to a hate crime on one cold winter’s night in Chicago at the hands of two men who derided him with homophobic slurs and then yelled “this is MAGA country” before tying a noose around his neck. At first, the media took Smollett’s story at face-value until evidence quickly mounted that he had hired two brothers from Nigeria to stage the attack, supposedly in an effort to boost his salary on the show.</p>
<p>After Jussie Smollet turned himself in to police for the felony charge of filing a false police report, the situation took a turn for the worse when the charges against were suddenly dropped by Chicago prosecutor Kim Foxx, prompting outrage from both the Chicago Police Department and Mayor Rahm Emanuel. In an obvious attempt to rectify the situation and regain city trust, a Chicago judge appointed a special prosecutor to investigate the way his case was handled.</p>
<p>Smollett has since been indicted on charges of disorderly conduct; the city of Chicago is also suing Smollett for $130,000 in wasted police resources. He has <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/jussie-smolletts-malicious-prosecution-lawsuit-tossed-out-of-court">failed to have</a> the charges dropped on the basis of double-jeopardy.</p>
<p><strong>RELATED:  <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/jussie-smollett-cites-george-floyd-protests-in-legal-battle-with-chicago">Jussie Smollett Finds Way To Work George Floyd Protests Into Legal Battle With Chicago</a></strong></p>
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Jussie Smollett Attends BLM Protest Outside Trump Tower

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Actor Jussie Smollett, the man who allegedly staged an infamous hate crime hoax to advance his career, attended a Black Lives Matter protest outside Trump

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<p>Major League Baseball&#8217;s social media accounts aggressively defended several San Francisco Giants players, coaches, and managers Monday night after angry baseball viewers voiced concerns over Jaylin Davis, Mike Yastrzemski, Austin Slater, and others taking a knee during the national anthem.</p>
<p>The Giants players, as well as two coaches and manager Gabe Kapler, knelt during patriotic pre-game festivities to show solidarity with the Black Lives Matter movement. Kapler, who has been a vocal supporter of Black Lives Matter on Twitter, told the team ahead of time of his plan to kneel <a href="https://www.mlb.com/news/giants-gabe-kapler-kneel-during-national-anthem">and, MLB.com reports,</a> several players decided to follow suit.</p>
<p>&#8220;Several Giants, including manager Gabe Kapler, first-base coach Antoan Richardson, hitting coach Justin Viele and outfielders Jaylin Davis, Mike Yastrzemski, and Austin Slater, took a knee during the national anthem before Monday’s exhibition game in Oakland,&#8221; baseball&#8217;s official news outlet reported Monday. &#8220;Shortstop Brandon Crawford stood between Davis and Richardson and put his hand on their shoulders in a show of support.&#8221;</p>
<p>&#8220;I did that because I wanted them to know I wasn&#8217;t pleased with the way our country has handled police brutality,” Kapler told media. “I told them I wanted to amplify their voices, and I wanted to amplify the voices of the Black community and marginalized communities as well.&#8221;</p>
<p><a href="https://twitter.com/SFGiants/status/1285440363910426624?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1285440363910426624%7Ctwgr%5E&amp;ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.mlb.com%2Fnews%2Fgiants-gabe-kapler-kneel-during-national-anthem">The Giants issued a statement</a> supporting the team, and when viewers, who tuned in to watch the Giants play an exhibition game on Monday evening, objected to the protest, Major League Baseball&#8217;s official social media accounts stepped in to aggressively defend the group.</p>
<p>After one fan complained, tweeting that &#8220;the national anthem is sang for our military not our law enforcement firstly. You kneel you&#8217;re disrespecting your military. Yes black lives matter, kneeling for the national is showing complete lack of respect for out men and women fighting for your freedom,&#8221; MLB fired back, &#8220;It has never been about the military or the flag. The players and coaches are using their platforms to peacefully protest.&#8221;</p>
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<p lang="en" dir="ltr">It has never been about the military or the flag. The players and coaches are using their platforms to peacefully protest.</p>
<p>&mdash; MLB (@MLB) <a href="https://twitter.com/MLB/status/1285399814797230080?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">July 21, 2020</a></p></blockquote>
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<p>When other fans noticed and began to weigh in on their own, MLB went to the mat.</p>
<p>&#8220;pllllleeeeaaaseeee stop posting things like this. yes black lives do indeed matter. but it’s a polarizing topic. keep politics out of baseball!&#8221; one fan fired back at the organization.</p>
<p>&#8220;Supporting human rights is not political,&#8221; MLB snapped back.</p>
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<p lang="en" dir="ltr">Supporting human rights is not political.</p>
<p>&mdash; MLB (@MLB) <a href="https://twitter.com/MLB/status/1285399029896097795?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">July 21, 2020</a></p></blockquote>
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<p>&#8220;Quit bringing all this political bs into sports! You are there to play a game not to be a politician, play the game,&#8221; yet another tweeted at MLB&#8217;s account.</p>
<p>&#8220;Supporting our players and supporting equality is not political,&#8221; MLB responded.</p>
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<p lang="en" dir="ltr">Supporting our players and supporting equality is not political.</p>
<p>&mdash; MLB (@MLB) <a href="https://twitter.com/MLB/status/1285389935521026050?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">July 21, 2020</a></p></blockquote>
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<p>The MLB did not tweet back at President Donald Trump who tweeted that &#8220;the game is over for me.&#8221;</p>
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<p lang="en" dir="ltr">Looking forward to live sports, but any time I witness a player kneeling during the National Anthem, a sign of great disrespect for our Country and our Flag, the game is over for me!</p>
<p>&mdash; Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) <a href="https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/1285520982648729600?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">July 21, 2020</a></p></blockquote>
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<p>Major League Baseball is allowing kneeling protests as a way of expressing solidarity with the national anti-racism protests that took place following the death of George Floyd in the custody of Minneapolis police. Kapler, though, is not the first person affiliated with the MLB to take a knee. Oakland A&#8217;s catcher, Bruce Maxwell, knelt in solidarity with Colin Kaepernick back in 2017, <a href="https://www.nbcsports.com/bayarea/athletics/mlb-issues-statement-bruce-maxwell-kneeling-during-national-anthem">per NBC Sports</a>.</p>
<p>At that time, MLB issued a statement distancing itself from Maxwell&#8217;s statement but expressing support for his freedom of speech. Maxwell received &#8220;minimal support&#8221; for his actions, <a href="https://nypost.com/2020/07/08/bruce-maxwell-i-was-pushed-out-of-mlb-for-kneeling/">per the New York Post</a>, and no other player in the league knelt that season.</p>
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<p>Law enforcement officials in St. Louis have allegedly served a warrant on the St. Louis couple who recently defended their home when a large mob of angry demonstrators allegedly trespassed onto their private property.</p>
<p>“5 On Your Side has learned St. Louis police officers executed a search warrant Friday evening at the home of Mark and Patricia McCloskey, the Central West end couple who confronted protesters with weapons in June,” KSDK News <a href="https://www.ksdk.com/article/news/local/mccloskeys-served-with-warrant-police-take-rifle-shown-in-viral-pictures-st-louis-protests/63-c6059a94-528c-4fa5-8fea-4a87fba31f1c">reported</a>. “Sources tell 5 On Your Side police seized one of the weapons, the rifle, from the couple and they told police their attorney has the pistol seen in photos.”</p>
<p>Fox News host Shannon Bream confirmed the news in a tweet, writing, &#8220;BREAKING: Warrant reportedly served on St. Louis couple who stood outside their home with weapons as protesters approached. We&#8217;re told weapon(s) seized. We&#8217;ve got the warrant and pictures for you at 11p &#8211; PLUS, Missouri @AGEricSchmitt joins us LIVE&#8230;”</p>
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<p lang="en" dir="ltr">BREAKING:  Warrant reportedly served on St. Louis couple who stood outside their home with weapons as protesters approached.  We&#39;re told weapon(s) seized.  We&#39;ve got the warrant and pictures for you at 11p &#8211; PLUS, Missouri <a href="https://twitter.com/AGEricSchmitt?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@AGEricSchmitt</a> joins us LIVE <a href="https://twitter.com/FoxNews?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@FoxNews</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/foxnewsnight?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@FoxNewsNight</a></p>
<p>&mdash; Shannon Bream (@ShannonBream) <a href="https://twitter.com/ShannonBream/status/1281778799970058240?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">July 11, 2020</a></p></blockquote>
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<p>Attorney Harmeet K. Dhillon responded to the news by tweeting, &#8220;Missouri is a Castle Doctrine state, permitted among the broadest latitudes of any state in using even deadly force to protect yourself or your property. This couple used NO force, despite the imminent threat from a trespassing mob. The seizure of weapons is government overreach.&#8221;</p>
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<p lang="en" dir="ltr">Missouri is a Castle Doctrine state, permitted among the broadest latitudes of any state in using even deadly force to protect yourself or your property. This couple used NO force, despite the imminent threat from a trespassing mob. The seizure of weapons is government overreach. <a href="https://t.co/CZI3w3GhpE">https://t.co/CZI3w3GhpE</a></p>
<p>&mdash; Harmeet K. Dhillon (@pnjaban) <a href="https://twitter.com/pnjaban/status/1281784497499852806?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">July 11, 2020</a></p></blockquote>
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<p>The left-wing demonstrators returned to the couple&#8217;s home last week and were met by private security that was guarding the home.</p>
<p>&#8220;When about 300 protesters returned Friday — holdings signs reading &#8216;Black Lives Matter. Period&#8217; and &#8216;No Justice, No Peace&#8217; — a more subdued Mark McCloskey could be seen peering out from his balcony while his wife appeared to be shooting video of the marchers on her mobile phone,&#8221; the New York Post <a href="https://nypost.com/2020/07/05/st-louis-couple-stay-on-balcony-as-protesters-return-to-mansion/">reported</a>. &#8220;The photos also show private security guards setting up barricades and securing the gate prior to Friday’s new demonstration.&#8221;</p>
<p>Mark McCloskey, who guarded his private property with an AR-15, <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/homeowner-sounds-off-rioters-threatened-to-kill-us-take-our-home-rifle-only-thing-that-saved-us?%3Futm_source=twitter&amp;utm_medium=social&amp;utm_campaign=dwtwitter">told</a> a local news station following the incident, “We were threatened with our lives, threatened with the house being burned down, my office building being burned down, even our dog’s life being threatened. It was about as bad as you can get. You know, I really thought it was the storming of Bastille, that we would be dead and the house would be burned and there was nothing we could do about it. It was a huge and frightening crowd and they broke in the gate and they were coming at us.”</p>
<p>St. Louis Circuit Attorney Kimberly Gardner, a Democrat, claimed that the McCloskey&#8217;s defending their private property was a &#8220;violent assault&#8221; and that authorities “will use the full power of Missouri law to hold people accountable.”</p>
<p>Albert Watkins, the McCloskeys’ attorney, <a href="https://www.foxnews.com/us/st-louis-gun-couple-investigated-clash-protesters">told</a> Fox News that &#8220;If Kimberly Gardner wants to press charges against two attorneys who are protecting their home and their family and themselves on their own property, I will tell you that it will be nothing short of the proverbial cluster f***.&#8221;</p>
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<p>On Wednesday morning, protesters in North Carolina decided to demonstrate against racism by slowing down en masse on a North Carolina highway, thus delaying traffic and possibly endangering people by slowing the response of first responders. But after roughly 40 minutes, State Highway Patrol officers started pulling over the demonstrators.</p>
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<p lang="en" dir="ltr">BREAKING: Multiple arrests following a demonstration for social justice on I-40 that slowed traffic to a crawl <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/abc11?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#abc11</a> <a href="https://t.co/K0aHMwxfW3">pic.twitter.com/K0aHMwxfW3</a></p>
<p>&mdash; Morgan Norwood (@MorganABC11) <a href="https://twitter.com/MorganABC11/status/1275783613720809474?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">June 24, 2020</a></p></blockquote>
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<p>The demonstration, which ABC 11 reported was titled, &#8220;SlowDown2StopRacism,” commenced on Interstate 40 at 8:46 a.m. and then traveled to I-40. “Drivers were asked to slow the traffic to ‘advance the people&#8217;s movement to end systemic racism,’ ABC 11 stated, adding, “A flier for the event said demonstrations were happening all over North Carolina … Participating drivers were asked to stay in their cars and maintain a safe distance from other vehicles.”</p>
<p>An announcement of the planned protest <a href="https://www.facebook.com/TheFayettevilleVoice/posts/609717076344678">on Facebook</a> stated, “Join in by slowing down to advance the people’s movement to end systemic racism. At 8:46 a.m. slow down to 10 mph anywhere on I-40. This is the people’s protest.  The slowdown can be individually or a collective effort.” It added, “Maintain safe distances. Stay in your vehicles. End at 9:30 a.m. Spread the word.” The announcement named cities where the protest should take place, writing, “Calling all N.C. cities: Raleigh, Durham, Fayetteville, Charlotte, Greensboro, Asheville, Wilmington. Join in.”</p>
<p><a href="https://www.wral.com/cars-come-to-a-standstill-on-i-40-in-raleigh-to-protest-george-floyd-s-death/19159312/?fbclid=IwAR0MuFF91q92m0dEsLruT0gXQ2t_TYN5mGhm8r1CCDxbxBbeVdSDyl8YWKU">WRAL</a> reported, “Although the protest was advertised as ‘statewide,&#8221;’ the slowdown appeared to be limited to Raleigh,” adding that the was planned for 8:46 a.m. to commemorate the eight minutes and forty-six seconds a Minnesota police officer knelt on George Floyd’s death before he died.</p>
<p>“Zainab Baloch, a former Raleigh mayoral candidate and Young Americans Protest co-founder, said the slowdown is meant to bring more attention to demands to defund police and hold them accountable. In Raleigh ‘the City Council has yet to do any kind of comprehensive police reform,’ she said. ‘It’s unacceptable,’” the <a href="https://www.newsobserver.com/news/local/article243743152.html">News Observer</a>reported.</p>
<p>The Raleigh City Council recently approved a $1.1 million increase for the <a href="https://www.newsobserver.com/news/local/counties/wake-county/article243542042.html">Raleigh Police Department. </a> “The budget, which the City Council approved unanimously, includes a $1.1 million increase for the Raleigh Police Department but not an additional $5.2 million sought by the police and fire departments … Nearly $3 million of the $5.2 million would have funded 28 new police positions including two specialized units focused on mental health and homelessness and parks and greenways,” the News Observer noted.</p>
<p>Last Friday, two Confederate statues in Raleigh were torn down by protesters, but police ultimately didn&#8217;t stop them. &#8220;A spokeswoman for the State Capitol police said officers were told to stand down not long before <span class="nanospell-typo">protesters</span> toppled monuments on the capitol grounds. She said the chief of State Capitol police made the call to &#8216;protect protesters, bystanders and law enforcement,'&#8221; WRAL <a href="https://www.wral.com/officials-explain-lack-of-police-intervention-during-height-of-friday-s-protest-monuments-removal/19153912/">reported</a>. Initially, officers cut the ropes of protesters and engaged with protesters, injuring several police officers, but State Capitol Police Chief Chip Hawley decided to pull police back after protesters  again tried to attack the monument, according to N.C. Department of Public Safety spokeswoman Pam Walker.</p>
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On Wednesday morning, protesters in North Carolina decided to demonstrate against racism by slowing down en masse on a North Carolina highway, thus

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<p>Thousands of maskless protesters running rampant through the streets? No problem. A political rally for President Trump? Out of the question!</p>
<p>That&#8217;s the take of Joy Behar, a co-host of ABC&#8217;s &#8220;The View,&#8221; who claims Trump’s Tulsa, Oklahoma, rally on Saturday is a far greater danger to public health than the Black Lives Matter protests occurring across the U.S.</p>
<p>“He only cares that you come and supply kudos to his massive ego,” Behar said Tuesday before demanding Trump supporters stay home. “He won’t even give you health insurance if you get sick. Why are you going? Why?”</p>
<p>“The rally for Trump is indoors,” Behar said. “The protesters are out in the streets and most of them are wearing masks, I notice, even though a lot of them are not. And they should be, but the indoor situation is ten times worse and much more dangerous. That’s all. It’s completely different.”</p>
<p>Another co-host, Sunny Hostin, agreed. “You’re inviting 60,000 people to a rally where … masks are optional,” she said. “They very well may be infected with a life-ending virus. I just think it’s – he&#8217;s a menace.”</p>
<p>Fellow co-host Meghan McCain, a conservative, said Behar and Hostin are hypocrites for praising gathering with tens of thousands of people while lambasting Trump for holding a rally.</p>
<p>“The message from the media is as long as you are protesting something or going to a rally that is of the right politics, you can do it and we’ll ignore the spread of COVID[-19],” Ms. McCain said, Mediaite <a href="https://www.mediaite.com/tv/joy-behar-meghan-mccain-clash-over-hypocrisy-of-pandemic-rallies-im-sorry-thats-ridiculous/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">reported</a>.</p>
<p>“So going to a Trump rally is somehow more dangerous than going to a rally in Brooklyn over the weekend,&#8221; McCain said. &#8220;We have to be consistent on this. And what we’re seeing is a lot of anger festering up. When you’re seeing people who are now taking it into their own hands and going and opening up playgrounds in Brooklyn because [Mayor Bill] de Blasio won’t let them, but at the same time hundreds of thousands of people can go protest in Brooklyn. The messaging is very confusing for people.”</p>
<p>But Behar and Hostin left out the fact that Trump campaign manager Brad Parscale wrote on Twitter that rally attendees will undergo temperature checks and receive free face masks and hand sanitizer before entering the venue.</p>
<p>And Meghan Blood, a spokesman for the BOK Center, where the rally will be held, told <a href="https://www.politico.com/news/2020/06/16/tusla-trump-rally-coronavirus-324004">Politico</a> that the center will adhere to the state’s regulations for events.</p>
<p>“Government officials have advised that the campaign rally as planned is consistent with the guidance for the OURS [Open Up &amp; Recover Safely] plan for entertainment venues, however, in the event that the governing authorities impose new restrictions, we will notify the event organizers immediately,” Blood said in a statement to Politico.</p>
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Protests Continue Across The Country In Reaction To Death Of George Floyd

‘Completely Different’: Host Of ‘The View’ Says Trump Rally ‘10 Times Worse’ Health Risk Than BLM Protests

Joy Behar

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<p>Iran sponsored an international art exhibition highlighting the death of American George Floyd, who died while being arrested by Minneapolis police on Memorial Day.</p>
<p>The exhibition, titled “I can’t breathe” after Floyd’s own comments during his final moments, featured artwork depicting Floyd’s arrest, U.S. police as Nazis and white supremacists, and the United States as a systemically racist country. In one painting, a Guillotine for “black people” was decorated with an American flag blade, according to Iranian state television video shared by the Middle East Media Research Institute (MEMRI).</p>
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<p lang="en" dir="ltr">Tehran Hosts “I Can’t Breathe” Cartoon Exhibition: America, Trump, Police Depicted with Nazi, KKK Imagery; Star of David Shown Crushing the Neck of a Dove <a href="https://t.co/2YEbsfXaHo">pic.twitter.com/2YEbsfXaHo</a></p>
<p>&mdash; MEMRI (@MEMRIReports) <a href="https://twitter.com/MEMRIReports/status/1272201817456328704?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">June 14, 2020</a></p></blockquote>
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<p>Masoud Shojaei Tabtabaei, the director of the Center for Visual Arts in Hozeh Honari, explained the exhibition in an interview with state television.</p>
<p>“After we witnessed the bitter incident in which a black man was murdered by American police, we also witnessed a wave of protests in America and it has spread to other western countries. Since the pleading and the cries for help were accompanied by the words ‘I can’t breathe,’ we named the exhibition ‘I can’t breathe,’” Tabtabaei said according to MEMRI.</p>
<p>“In our view, the fire was smoldering underneath the ashes and it has now erupted. This is not only happening in America, we are witnessing a wave of protests against racial discrimination in all Western countries,” Tabtabaei continued. “We invited our friends, the artists, to accompany us in this. The result is 72 pieces by 45 artists from 27 countries.”</p>
<p>Floyd’s death has sparked a wave of civil unrest in major American cities that has spread internationally to countries such as Japan, France, and New Zealand. Iran has used the unrest to characterize the U.S. as a prolific violator of human rights while ignoring its own systemic problems.</p>
<p>For example, Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammed Javad Zarif defended the government’s policy of executing citizens found to be gay last year, according to <a href="https://www.dw.com/en/iran-defends-execution-of-gay-people/a-49144899">DW</a>.</p>
<p>“Our society has moral principles. And we live according to these principles. These are moral principles concerning the behavior of people in general. And that means that the law is respected and the law is obeyed,” Zarif said in response to a question on the law from a German reporter. He continued to attack alleged human rights violations by the U.S. and Israel.</p>
<p>An increase in gasoline prices sparked a massive wave of protests against the Iranian regime last year. The government responded forcefully, killing potentially hundreds of its own citizens in an effort to quell the backlash against its government. An Iranian economy devastated by U.S. sanctions contributed to the unrest and anger against the regime.</p>
<p>“The recent use of lethal force against people throughout the country is unprecedented, even for the Islamic Republic and its record of violence,” Omid Memarian, the deputy director at the Center for Human Rights in Iran, told <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2019/12/01/world/middleeast/iran-protests-deaths.html">The New York Times</a> in December.</p>
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Hassan Rouhani

Iran Puts On ‘I Can’t Breathe’ Art Exhibition, Shows Trump As Hitler, Police as Ku Klux Klan

Iran

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<p>The U.S. Soccer Federation repealed the league&#8217;s ban on kneeling during the pre-game national anthem on Wednesday following recent protests and riots raging throughout the nation ostensibly over the death of George Floyd, a black male who died last month after a police officer knelt on the 46-year-old’s neck for over eight minutes during an arrest, as shown in viral video footage.</p>
<p>&#8220;The U.S. Soccer Board of Directors voted yesterday afternoon to repeal Policy 604-1, which required our players to stand during the national anthem,&#8221; U.S. Soccer <a href="https://www.ussoccer.com/stories/2020/06/us-soccer-board-of-directors-votes-to-repeal-policy-national-anthem-policy">announced</a> Wednesday.</p>
<p>&#8220;The policy was put in place after Megan Rapinoe kneeled<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>in solidarity with<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>the peaceful protest inspired by Colin Kaepernick, who was protesting police brutality, and the systematic oppression of Black people and people of color in America,&#8221; the statement said. &#8220;It has become clear that this policy<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>was wrong<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>and<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>detracted from the important message of Black Lives Matter.&#8221;</p>
<p>&#8220;We have not done enough to listen – especially to our players – to understand and acknowledge the very real and meaningful experiences of Black and other minority communities in our country,&#8221; the organization continued. &#8220;We apologize to our players – especially our Black players – staff, fans, and all who support eradicating racism. Sports are a powerful platform for good, and we have not used our platform as effectively as we should have. We can do more on these specific issues and we will.&#8221;</p>
<p>Going forward, U.S. Soccer said, it will be &#8220;up to our players to determine how they can best use their platforms to fight all forms of racism, discrimination, and inequality.&#8221;</p>
<p>&#8220;We are here for our players and are ready to support them in elevating their efforts to achieve social justice. We cannot change the past, but we can make a difference in the future. We are committed to this change effort, and we will be implementing supporting actions in the near future,&#8221; the statement closed.</p>
<p>As previously <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/47169/us-womens-soccer-co-captain-ill-probably-never-hank-berrien">reported</a> by The Daily Wire, Megan Rapinoe began kneeling during the anthem in 2016. “I know what it means to look at the flag and not have it protect all of your liberties,” the athlete claimed at the time.</p>
<p>Rapinoe was forced to drop the kneeling act after the U.S. Soccer Federation responded with a policy requiring the national team to “stand respectfully.”</p>
<p>“Our national anthem is an opportunity … to reflect upon the liberties and freedom we all appreciate in this country. As part of the privilege to represent your country, we have an expectation that our players and coaches will stand and honor our flag while the national anthem is played,” a <a href="https://twitter.com/JohnDHalloran/status/776607393098661889">statement</a> from the organization said at the time.</p>
<p>Despite publicly praising the United States and acknowledging that she will “respect” the standing policy, Rapinoe bashed the bylaw in May, telling Yahoo! Sports: “Using this blanketed patriotism as a defense against what the protest actually is was pretty cowardly. I think the NFL does it. I felt like the statement from U.S. Soccer, and then the rule they made without ever talking to me, that was the same as what the NFL was doing — just to not have the conversation, to try to just stop me from doing what I’m doing instead of at least having a conversation, and trying to figure out a [solution] that makes sense for everyone.”</p>
<p>Moreover, Rapinoe notably refused to put her hand over her heart and sing along to the national anthem during World Cup matches last summer &#8212; an act, she later claimed, was an “<a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/47169/us-womens-soccer-co-captain-ill-probably-never-hank-berrien">F you</a>” to “sexist,” “racist,” and “small-minded” President Donald Trump.</p>
<p>Apparently, the U.S. Soccer Federation is now on board with Rapinoe and other players&#8217; protesting.</p>
<p>Since Floyd&#8217;s death, all four officers involved in the arrest have been fired, investigations from the FBI and state law enforcement have been opened, and the officer at the center of the incident was taken into custody and charged with second-degree murder; the three other officers involved have since been <a href="https://www.cnn.com/2020/06/03/us/george-floyd-officers-charges/index.html">charged</a>, too.</p>
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Netherlands v United States

U.S. Soccer Reverses Course On Kneeling During National Anthem; Issues Apology, Support For BLM

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<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Stan Wischnowski, the executive editor of the Philadelphia Inquirer, has resigned following twenty years working at the organization after the newspaper ran the headline “Buildings Matter, Too” on an architecture critic’s column drawing attention to the negative consequences of damaging property and buildings.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">The Inquirer </span><a href="https://www.inquirer.com/news/stan-wischnowski-resigns-philadelphia-inquirer-20200606.html"><span style="font-weight: 400;">reported</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;"> that the executive editor announced his resignation “days after discontent among the newspaper’s staff erupted over a headline on a column about the impact of the civil unrest following the police killing of George Floyd in Minneapolis.”</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">The newspaper’s publisher told staff in a memo that they will “look both internally and externally for a second leader who embodies our values, embraces our shared strategy, and understands the diversity of the communities we serve.”</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">After the incident, Wischnowski and two other editors issued an article-length </span><a href="https://www.inquirer.com/columnists/floyd-protest-center-city-philadelphia-lootings-52nd-street-walnut-chestnut-street-20200601.html"><span style="font-weight: 400;">apology</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;"> for suggesting that “the loss of buildings and the lives of Black Americans” were equivalent.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">“The headline offensively riffed on the Black Lives Matter movement, and suggested an equivalence between the loss of buildings and the lives of black Americans. That is unacceptable,” said the editors. “While no such comparison was intended, intent is ultimately irrelevant. An editor’s attempt to capture a columnist’s nuanced argument in a few words went horribly wrong, and the resulting hurt and anger are plain.”</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">The editors also explained the editing process, promised “to listen as we work to improve,” and shared that they held a “two-hour newsroom-wide meeting” on Wednesday to listen to the “sadness, anger and despair” of employees. Diane Mastrull, president of the NewsGuild of Greater Philadelphia union, told </span><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2020/06/06/business/media/editor-philadephia-inquirer-resigns.html?action=click&amp;module=Top%20Stories&amp;pgtype=Homepage"><span style="font-weight: 400;">The New York Times</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;"> in an interview that the staff also discussed diversity and pay inequity.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Over three dozen “journalist of color at the Philadelphia Inquirer” also signed an open letter expressing that they were “tired of the hasty apologies and silent corrections,” and the “workshops and worksheets and diversity panels,” and the actions from leadership eroding trust in the community with “careless, unempathetic decisions.”</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">“We’re tired of shouldering the burden of dragging this 200-year-old institution kicking and screaming into a more equitable age. We’re tired of being told of the progress the company has made and being served platitudes about ‘diversity and inclusion’ when we raise our concerns.</span> <span style="font-weight: 400;">We’re tired of seeing our words and photos twisted to fit a narrative that does not reflect our reality. We’re tired of being told to show both sides of issues there are no two sides of,” said the letter.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">“We demand action. We demand a plan, with deadlines. We demand full, transparent commitment to changing how we do business. No more ‘handling internally.’ No more quiet corrections. If we are to walk into a better world, we need to do it with our chests forward—acknowledge and accept where we make mistakes, and show how we learn from them. Your embarrassment is not worth more than our humanity,” said the letter, before concluding: “This is what it means to ‘give a damn.’”</span></p>
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Protests Continue In Philadelphia In Response To Death Of George Floyd In Minneapolis

Philadelphia Inquirer Editor Resigns Days After Apologizing For ‘Buildings Matter’ Headline

Stan Wischnowski, the executive editor of the Philadelphia Inquirer, has resigned following twenty years working at the organization after the newspaper

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<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey was booed away from a protest when a woman with a microphone turned the crowd against him after he refused to say he would defund the local police department.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">A video of the event posted by WCCO reporter David Schuman shows that before the protester with the microphone turned the crowd against the mayor, she tells him that he has a “yes or no question” to answer: “Will you commit to defunding the Minneapolis police department?”</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">It’s unclear if the mayor answers the question, as the protestor proceeds to lecture him about the community not wanting police — while the crowd cheers her on.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">“Alright, be quiet, y&#8217;all. Be quiet, cause it’s important that we actually hear this. It’s important that we hear this because if y’all don’t know, he’s up for re-election next year,” said the protester, as the crowd cheers her on. “If ya’ll don’t know, he’s up for re-election next year, and if he says no, guess what the f*** we going to do next.”</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">The crowd again erupts into cheers, and a drum beating near the camera can be heard, before the woman shushes the crowd to hear his answer. While the mayor’s answer isn’t audible, it was nevertheless unsatisfactory to the protester, who then ushers him to “get the f*** out of here!”</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Other members of the crowd begin to boo him, and then protesters erupted into a chant calling on the mayor to leave, repeating “Go home. Go home, Jacob, go home.” Members of the crowd make an opening for the mayor, who slowly begins to leave as a couple of protesters follow him, shouting.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">In another video, posted by the labor advocacy organization CTUL, the crowd appears to stop shouting “go home,” in favor of repeatedly chanting “shame.”</span></p>
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<p dir="ltr" lang="en">Whoa. <a href="https://twitter.com/MayorFrey?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@MayorFrey</a> is asked “Will you commit to defunding police, yes or no?” Speaker says his re-election hinges on the answer. Couldn’t hear answer but the crowd erupts in boos, chanting “GO HOME JACOB.”</p>
<p>Full video: <a href="https://t.co/zODcbYGdeS">pic.twitter.com/zODcbYGdeS</a></p>
<p>— David Schuman (@david_schuman) <a href="https://twitter.com/david_schuman/status/1269396648666566658?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">June 6, 2020</a></p></blockquote>
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<p dir="ltr" lang="en">Mayor Frey <a href="https://twitter.com/Jacob_Frey?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@Jacob_Frey</a> says he doesnt want to defund the police. So the crowd led by <a href="https://twitter.com/BlackVisionsMN?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@BlackVisionsMN</a> tell him to leave. <a href="https://t.co/DaJHJXPwRm">pic.twitter.com/DaJHJXPwRm</a></p>
<p>— CTUL (@CTUL_TC) <a href="https://twitter.com/CTUL_TC/status/1269396638411481094?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">June 6, 2020</a></p></blockquote>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">After he was booed, Frey told a local </span><a href="https://minnesota.cbslocal.com/video/4580782-mayor-frey-gives-statement-at-protest-for-not-supporting-defunding-mpd/"><span style="font-weight: 400;">CBS News</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;"> affiliate about his stance on police reforms: “If you’re asking whether I’m for massive structural reform to revise a structurally racist system: The answer is yes. If you’re asking whether I will do everything possible to push back against the inherent inequities that are literally built into the architecture: The answer is yes.  If you’re asking whether I’m willing to do everything I possibly can, throughout the rest of my term, to make sure that the police union, the police contract, the arbitration system, and some of these policies that have resulted in problems — specifically for black and brown people, and murder by the way — over a series of generations, I’m all for that.”</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">“I’m not for abolishing the entire police department, and I’ll be honest about that too,” said the mayor.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">According to </span><a href="https://www.foxnews.com/politics/minneapolis-city-council-members-aim-to-dismantle-police-department-rethink-public-safety"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Fox News</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;">, members of the Minneapolis city council declared on Twitter earlier this week that they were going to “dismantle the Minneapolis Police Department.” One of the city council members who tweeted this is Jeremiah Ellison, the son of Minnesota Attorney General Keith Ellison, who is prosecuting the case against the former police officers charged in George Floyd’s death.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Lisa Bender, the president of the Minneapolis City Council, has also called for the police to be dismantled and replaced with a “transformative new model of public safety.”</span></p>
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<p dir="ltr" lang="en">Yes. We are going to dismantle the Minneapolis Police Department and replace it with a transformative new model of public safety. <a href="https://t.co/FCfjoPy64k">https://t.co/FCfjoPy64k</a></p>
<p>— Lisa Bender (@lisabendermpls) <a href="https://twitter.com/lisabendermpls/status/1268644819628224513?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">June 4, 2020</a></p></blockquote>
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Anti-Racism Protests Held In U.S. Cities Nationwide

WATCH: Minneapolis Mayor Booed, Chanted Away After Protestor Turns Crowd Against Him

Minneapolis

Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey was booed away from a protest when a woman with a microphone turned the crowd against him after he refused to say he would

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<p>On Friday, New Orleans Saints quarterback Drew Brees issued an Instagram statement to President Donald Trump.</p>
<p>“To Donald Trump,” the text-image reads:</p>
<blockquote><p>Through my ongoing conversations with friends, teammates, and leaders in the black community, I realize this is not an issue about the American flag. It has never been. We can no longer use the flag to turn people away or distract them from the real issues that face our black communities.</p>
<p>We did this back in 2017, and regretfully I brought it back with my comments this week. We must stop talking about the flag and shift our attention to the real issues of systemic racial injustice, economic oppression, police brutality, and judicial &amp; prison reform.</p>
<p>We are at a critical juncture in our nation’s history! If not now, then when? We as a white community need to listen and learn from the pain and suffering of our black communities. We must acknowledge the problems, identify the solutions, and then put this into action. The black community cannot do it alone. This will require all of us.</p></blockquote>
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<p style="margin: 8px 0 0 0; padding: 0 4px;"><a style="color: #000; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 17px; text-decoration: none; word-wrap: break-word;" href="https://www.instagram.com/p/CBE4y_9Hj2S/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=loading" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">To @realdonaldtrump Through my ongoing conversations with friends, teammates, and leaders in the black community, I realize this is not an issue about the American flag. It has never been. We can no longer use the flag to turn people away or distract them from the real issues that face our black communities. We did this back in 2017, and regretfully I brought it back with my comments this week. We must stop talking about the flag and shift our attention to the real issues of systemic racial injustice, economic oppression, police brutality, and judicial &amp; prison reform. We are at a critical juncture in our nation’s history! If not now, then when? We as a white community need to listen and learn from the pain and suffering of our black communities. We must acknowledge the problems, identify the solutions, and then put this into action. The black community cannot do it alone. This will require all of us.</a></p>
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<p>The Instagram post from Brees has more than 237,000 “likes” as of publication.</p>
<p>Brees’ latest post is likely in response to the following tweet from President Trump:</p>
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<p dir="ltr" lang="en">&#8230;We should be standing up straight and tall, ideally with a salute, or a hand on heart. There are other things you can protest, but not our Great American Flag &#8211; NO KNEELING!</p>
<p>— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) <a href="https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/1268998143733051394?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">June 5, 2020</a></p></blockquote>
<p>Brees has been caught up in controversy since Wednesday, when during an <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/nfl-quarterback-drew-brees-dragged-for-anthem-kneeling-remarks">interview</a> with Yahoo Finance, he spoke about the anthem kneeling protests in the NFL.</p>
<p>Yahoo Finance Editor-at-Large Daniel Roberts asked Brees about the possibility that anthem kneeling would return to the NFL in light of the ongoing protests and riots following the killing of George Floyd.</p>
<p>Brees replied in part:</p>
<blockquote><p>I will never agree with anybody disrespecting the flag of the United States of America, or our country&#8230;</p>
<p>Is everything right with our country right now? No, it’s not. We still have a long way to go. But I think what you do by standing there and showing respect to the flag with your hand over your heart is it shows unity. It shows that we are all in this together, we can all do better, and that we are all part of the solution.</p></blockquote>
<p>Read his full statement <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/nfl-quarterback-drew-brees-dragged-for-anthem-kneeling-remarks">here</a>.</p>
<p>After the interview went live, Brees was hit with intense <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/nfl-quarterback-drew-brees-dragged-for-anthem-kneeling-remarks">backlash</a>, including from Saints safety Malcolm Jenkins, who released a lengthy video in which he severely criticized Brees.</p>
<p>“Even though we’re teammates, I can’t let this slide,” Jenkins stated.</p>
<p>The very next day, Brees issued the following apology on Instagram:</p>
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<p style="margin: 8px 0 0 0; padding: 0 4px;"><a style="color: #000; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 17px; text-decoration: none; word-wrap: break-word;" href="https://www.instagram.com/p/CBA1P3gHpT_/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=loading" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">I would like to apologize to my friends, teammates, the City of New Orleans, the black community, NFL community and anyone I hurt with my comments yesterday. In speaking with some of you, it breaks my heart to know the pain I have caused. In an attempt to talk about respect, unity, and solidarity centered around the American flag and the national anthem, I made comments that were insensitive and completely missed the mark on the issues we are facing right now as a country. They lacked awareness and any type of compassion or empathy. Instead, those words have become divisive and hurtful and have misled people into believing that somehow I am an enemy. This could not be further from the truth, and is not an accurate reflection of my heart or my character. This is where I stand: I stand with the black community in the fight against systemic racial injustice and police brutality and support the creation of real policy change that will make a difference. I condemn the years of oppression that have taken place throughout our black communities and still exists today. I acknowledge that we as Americans, including myself, have not done enough to fight for that equality or to truly understand the struggles and plight of the black community. I recognize that I am part of the solution and can be a leader for the black community in this movement. I will never know what it’s like to be a black man or raise black children in America but I will work every day to put myself in those shoes and fight for what is right. I have ALWAYS been an ally, never an enemy. I am sick about the way my comments were perceived yesterday, but I take full responsibility and accountability. I recognize that I should do less talking and more listening&#8230;and when the black community is talking about their pain, we all need to listen. For that, I am very sorry and I ask your forgiveness.</a></p>
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<p>Some commenters were disappointed that the quarterback “caved” to the “mob.”</p>
<p>Dave Rubin of “The Rubin Report” tweeted:</p>
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<p dir="ltr" lang="en">Bad move Drew. Now live on your knees forever.</p>
<p>— Dave Rubin (@RubinReport) <a href="https://twitter.com/RubinReport/status/1268552406230618112?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">June 4, 2020</a></p></blockquote>
<blockquote><p>Bad move Drew. Now live on your knees forever.</p></blockquote>
<p>Conservative radio host and columnist David Webb tweeted:</p>
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<p dir="ltr" lang="en">It&#8217;s a sad day when your or any American&#8217;s right to voice an opinion succumbs to the mob, any mob, regardless of agreement or disagreement. <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/GeorgeFloyd?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#GeorgeFloyd</a></p>
<p>— David Webb (@davidwebbshow) <a href="https://twitter.com/davidwebbshow/status/1268580040498982913?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">June 4, 2020</a></p></blockquote>
<blockquote><p>It&#8217;s a sad day when your or any American&#8217;s right to voice an opinion succumbs to the mob, any mob, regardless of agreement or disagreement. <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/GeorgeFloyd?src=hash">#GeorgeFloyd</a></p></blockquote>
<p>Regardless, Brees’ apolotweet has received more than 57,000 “likes,” and been retweeted appropriately 26,000 times as of publication. His statement on Instagram, which was linked in the tweet, has been “liked” more than 329,000 times.</p>
<p>Brees’ initial Instagram apology was followed by <a href="https://www.instagram.com/p/CBCIljGngKI/">another post</a> in which he wrote: “Step-by-step you will see my heart for exactly what it is and the way everyone around me sees it. I’m sorry it has taken this long to act and to participate in a meaningful way but I am your ally in this fight.”</p>
<p><b>RELATED: <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/nfl-quarterback-drew-brees-dragged-for-anthem-kneeling-remarks">NFL Quarterback Drew Brees DRAGGED For Anthem Kneeling Remarks</a></b></p>
<p><b>RELATED: <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/drew-brees-caves-asks-for-forgiveness-for-saying-americans-should-respect-the-flag">Drew Brees Caves, Asks For ‘Forgiveness’ For Saying Americans Should Respect The Flag</a></b></p>
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Drew Brees To President Trump: ‘We Can No Longer Use The Flag To Turn People Away Or Distract Them From The Real Issues…’

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<p>All lives actually do matter. A sports announcer last week lost his job for using the phrase &#8220;all lives matter&#8221; instead of &#8220;black lives matter.&#8221; Our cultural superiors insist on certain phraseology these days, or else. It is just another effort in the culture war to make you care and think in particular ways.</p>
<p>The phrase &#8220;all lives matter&#8221; came about in pushback to aggressive efforts a few years ago by Black Lives Matter activists. This statement of fact is now presumed to be a calling card of white supremacists.</p>
<p>On Tuesday, people rushed to social media to add black squares. Major corporations shut down their websites. People protested in the streets. I saw more than one person shamed for innocently using the phrase &#8220;all lives matter&#8221; or, as a worse offense, putting up a picture other than a black square on Instagram.</p>
<p>We have replaced virtue with virtue signaling. Activists would have us believe the government that brought us slavery, Jim Crow, anti-interracial marriage laws, affirmative action and police brutality is the government that will solve the problem. The government that started a war on poverty to bring us a great society actually managed to keep people in poverty and destroy families. But this time, just you wait, the government is going to fix it.</p>
<p>Our social betters who demand we use certain phrases as a secular religious rite and display certain empty squares as a sacrament also demand we vote for Joe Biden. The man who served as a vice president for eight years and served in government for over 40 years and who authored the very crime legislation many argue made things worse is now the solution. The man who helped destroy a generation of young black men through aggressive crime legislation now wants to preside over the government, which controls an increasingly brutal police force, and thinks he will solve the problem.</p>
<p>Or not.</p>
<p>Progressives who insisted Americans continue to stay home even after the COVID-19 curve flattened now believe mass protests are fine. Livelihoods and businesses are destroyed. Gather to riot and get a pass, but gather for church and go to jail. Ironically, these same people who think health care insurance is awful think property and casualty insurance will be just fine to make small businesses whole after the riots.</p>
<p>This is not to excuse the other side. Some can watch the George Floyd video and not see a problem. There are people who thought the optics of the park service clearing out a crowd of protestors with pepper pellets and smoke canisters so the President could hold up a Bible in front of a church he does not attend was a brilliant political move. It was not. There are people who think the President&#8217;s tweets do not stir the pot. They are wrong.</p>
<p>Increasingly, as a society, we do not allow thinking outside tribal comfort zones. Much of the press leans left and is more sympathetic to that tribal thinking. Concurrently, politicians from both sides feed off the grievances in order to gain more power. Neither side has any incentive to find a solution when both profit by keeping the discord going.</p>
<p>Americans would be better off abandoning the quaint and repeatedly proven-false notion that Washington has the solution to what ails us. Washington, inevitably, makes most things worse, outside the core functions of government. Americans are too obsessed with Washington. They are too obsessed with Donald Trump. They are too obsessed with Joe Biden.</p>
<p>People think Washington will provide the solutions if you just put up enough black squares on Instagram. But Washington will not provide the solution, and, most likely, your state capitol will not either. You will provide the solution. Seek the welfare of your city, and there, not Washington, will you make progress. If you can give sweat equity, work. If you can&#8217;t, give money. Give prayer and support. Give it to the local food bank, the local soup kitchen, the local homeless shelter, the local battered women&#8217;s clinic, the local public school. Give; work; pray; invest in your city. You, not politicians and political parties, will fix this.</p>
<p><i>To find out more about Erick Erickson and read features by other Creators Syndicate writers and cartoonists, visit the Creators Syndicate website at www.creators.com.</i></p>


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ERICKSON: The Status Quo Of Virtue Signaling

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