A massive riot at a California prison on Wednesday led to eight corrections officers and one inmate being hospitalized, according to the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation.
Authorities said that 200 inmates at Ironwood State Prison in Blythe “rushed toward the officers attacking them with fists and rocks.” The violent outburst began around 10 a.m. Wednesday when officers were escorting an inmate who was part of a contraband investigation, KCRA <a href="https://www.kcra.com/article/blythe-prison-riot-200-prisoners-9-injured/46619417#" target="_blank" rel="noopener">reported</a>. The prisoners reportedly rushed the corrections officers after the inmate they were escorting headbutted a staff member and was being subdued.
Officers fired warning shots from their rifles and then used &#8220;chemical agents and non-lethal impact rounds&#8221; to stop the riot, authorities said in a statement. The eight corrections officers and the inmate who were injured in the melee were treated at a hospital and later released from care. Information on the extent of the corrections officers’ and inmate’s injuries wasn’t available.
Authorities have reportedly identified at least 30 prisoners who had direct involvement in the riot as their investigation continues. Ironwood is a minimum-medium security prison that houses around 2,500 prisoners east of Los Angeles, according to KCRA.
California <a href="https://www.cbsnews.com/losangeles/news/200-inmates-rush-guards-during-riot-at-riverside-county-prison/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">issued</a> a statewide prison threat warning after the riot on Wednesday, which sparked a 24-hour statewide threat assessment as prisoners were restricted to their cells.
As California imprisons fewer people and some prisons close down permanently, Democratic Governor Gavin Newsom has promised to focus more on rehabilitation. Last year, Newsom <a href="https://calmatters.org/justice/2023/03/san-quentin-prison-gavin-newsom/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">announced</a> the transformation of the high-security San Quentin State Prison into a “center for innovation focused on education, rehabilitation and breaking cycles of crime.”
Newsom argued that a greater emphasis on rehabilitation will be better for prisoners and communities in the long run.
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“We’re here to do more and be better, to reconcile and to address the stubborn realities. We are as dumb as we want to be,” he said at San Quentin. “Two-thirds of folks coming out of prison every year, within three years, violate some probation order or commit another damn crime. Where’s the safety in that?”

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8 Corrections Officers Hospitalized After 200 Prisoners Riot At California Prison, Authorities Say

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On Wednesday night, pro-Palestinian demonstrators fought with officers from the New York Police Department while trying to disrupt the annual lighting of the giant Christmas tree at Rockefeller Center in Manhattan.
Ahead of the event, pro-Palestinian groups had issued a “call for action,” in which they insisted “Jesus was a Palestinian,” rather than Jewish. The call for action stated, “Flood The Tree Lighting,” using &#8220;flood&#8221; in an apparent reference to the name Hamas terrorists used for the October massacre of Israelis, “Operation Al-Aqsa Flood.”
Prior to the event, a spokesman for the NYPD’s Intelligence and Counterterrorism Bureau stated, “We do anticipate that there will be protests in the city on Wednesday — to include around the area of the tree lighting — and at future gatherings around the city in the days and weeks to come, as we have seen over the past seven weeks. The NYPD will be on hand to protect the tree lighting and all those attending, and we will not tolerate disruption or any threats to public safety.”
Some of the demonstrators actively fought with police, with some of the rioters yelling, &#8220;Shut it down,&#8221; while others broke through police barricades.
One man masked in a keffiyeh burned an NYPD hat, and one taunted NYPD officers, yelling, &#8220;Do you want to get shot now? Which one of y’all want to get Derek Chauvin’d? I’d give you that Chris Dorner treatment real quick!&#8221;
Chris Dorner was a former officer of the Los Angeles Police Department (LAPD) who committed revenge killings targeting the LAPD that left four people dead. Dorner wrote in his <a href="https://www.police1.com/fugitive/articles/full-text-ex-lapd-cop-suspected-murderer-christopher-dorners-manifesto-PT8h7r7zxo1Vg4Eg/">manifesto</a>, &#8220;I will bring unconventional and asymmetrical warfare to those in LAPD uniform whether on or off duty. ISR [intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance] is my strength and your weakness. You will now live the life of the prey.&#8221;
Footage of the riotous demonstration at Rockefeller Center has circulated online.
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One of the mass produced signs at the “Flood The Tree Lighting For Gaza” says: “Victory to the Palestinian resistance” <a href="https://t.co/eTPh9mRMok">pic.twitter.com/eTPh9mRMok</a>
&mdash; Julio Rosas (@Julio_Rosas11) <a href="https://twitter.com/Julio_Rosas11/status/1730004890225688835?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">November 29, 2023</a></blockquote>
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What started as an argument over preventing protesters from going into the street, a black man in a keffiyeh started heckling a black NYPD officer: “Listen to that white man…Get your dumba** in the back!” <a href="https://t.co/nyUoAYlRl3">pic.twitter.com/nyUoAYlRl3</a>
&mdash; Julio Rosas (@Julio_Rosas11) <a href="https://twitter.com/Julio_Rosas11/status/1730019056969764986?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">November 30, 2023</a></blockquote>
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🚨: More videos of fighting between NYPD and the Palestinian crowd. <a href="https://t.co/GinmfYzkNs">pic.twitter.com/GinmfYzkNs</a>
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A man masked in a keffiyeh showed off the NYPD hat he set on fire. <a href="https://t.co/75n5tAduWW">pic.twitter.com/75n5tAduWW</a>
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🚨: The Palestinian crowd became hostile and fought with NYPD once again when they tried to prevent officers from taking away someone they had arrested. <a href="https://t.co/eUaCbePziP">pic.twitter.com/eUaCbePziP</a>
&mdash; Julio Rosas (@Julio_Rosas11) <a href="https://twitter.com/Julio_Rosas11/status/1730041528725221670?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">November 30, 2023</a></blockquote>
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A pro-Palestinian marcher taunts NYPD officers, praising when police were either killed or shot: “Which one of y’all want to get Derek Chauvin’d? I’d give you that Chris Dorner treatment real quick!” <a href="https://t.co/lRD4gOSgb1">pic.twitter.com/lRD4gOSgb1</a>
&mdash; Julio Rosas (@Julio_Rosas11) <a href="https://twitter.com/Julio_Rosas11/status/1730061221850755372?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">November 30, 2023</a></blockquote>
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Visibly Jewish person walks by pro-Hamas NYC rally yesterday. 
He gets called a “nazi,” “k*ke,” “Jew piece of shit,” and a “genocide supporter”
At what point are we going to stop pretending any of this is about supporting Palestinians or a ceasefire?<a href="https://t.co/PyxV2dKJAb">pic.twitter.com/PyxV2dKJAb</a>
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Palestinian protests are erupting across the Middle East tonight.
Just kidding, this is a Christmas Tree lighting ceremony in the United States of America.
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&mdash; Western Lensman (@WesternLensman) <a href="https://twitter.com/WesternLensman/status/1730029611713499296?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">November 30, 2023</a></blockquote>
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Pro-Palestinian Protester carries a BURNING NYPD cop hat, as the group marches through Manhattan for &quot;Flood Tree Lighting for Gaza&quot; Protest.
Desk@freedomnews.tv to license <a href="https://t.co/NloLj00APx">pic.twitter.com/NloLj00APx</a>
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🚨<a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/BREAKING?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#BREAKING</a>: Chaos erupts As Pro-Palestinian Protesters try to Disrupt the Rockefeller Christmas Tree Lighting breaking through barricades and fighting with police ⁰⁰📌<a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Manhattan?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#Manhattan</a> | <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/NewYork?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#NewYork</a> ⁰⁰Currently Chaos is unfolding in midtown Manhattan, in New York City, as reports of… <a href="https://t.co/MdfiLxHdxr">pic.twitter.com/MdfiLxHdxr</a>
&mdash; R A W S A L E R T S (@rawsalerts) <a href="https://twitter.com/rawsalerts/status/1730049602068381982?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">November 30, 2023</a></blockquote>
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New York police intervene in Pro-Palestinian demonstration

‘Which One Of Y’all Want To Get Derek Chauvin’d’: Anti-Israel Activists Attack NYPD At NY Christmas Tree Lighting

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On Tuesday, <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/georgia" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Georgia&#8217;s</a> Attorney General Chris Carr announced the indictment of 61 alleged &#8220;militant anarchists&#8221; under Georgia&#8217;s Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations (RICO) Act. That indictment was handed down last week by the same Fulton County Grand Jury that indicted former President Donald Trump and 18 other co-defendants on RICO charges.
The charges stem from alleged radical actions taken by anti-police actors connected with the &#8220;Stop Cop City&#8221; movement that occurred between 2020 and 2022, according to Georgia Attorney General Chris Carr. As The Daily Wire previously reported, far-Left environmental protesters coalesced in response to the 2021 announcement of the Atlanta Public Safety Training Center — a first responder and police training facility that received millions in taxpayer funding and is being built on nearly 400 acres of the <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/5-left-wing-protesters-targeting-planned-georgia-police-center-charged-with-domestic-terrorism" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Weelaunee Forest</a>. Since then, individuals connected to the &#8220;Stop Cop City&#8221; movement have been accused of participating in riots, vandalizing cop cars, and committing unruly actions as part of their opposition to the training facility.
According to Carr, these individuals have been conspiring to commit violence in the pursuit of anarchy since the summer of 2020, following the death of George Floyd. Yet, he said these alleged &#8220;anti-government anarchists in Atlanta recognized an opportunity to rally against law enforcement&#8221; and changed course following the 2021 announcement of the police training facility. Most of those charged in the indictment are from out of state.
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Georgia Attorney General Chris Carr (R) announces that a grand jury has returned indictments for 61 people on racketeering charges following a state investigation into protests against a controversial police and training facility near Atlanta that critics call “Cop City.” <a href="https://t.co/q4EBoR5cxO">pic.twitter.com/q4EBoR5cxO</a>
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In March 2023, 35 individuals were arrested for attacking construction equipment set to be used to build the facility.
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More footage of the group of violent agitators used the cover of a peaceful protest of the proposed Atlanta Public Safety Training Center. <a href="https://t.co/ewtDRf130G">pic.twitter.com/ewtDRf130G</a>
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Yesterday in Atlanta, during the stop cop city riot. Anarchists throw rocks at a burning tractor.<a href="https://t.co/UUUwQvQu4Z">pic.twitter.com/UUUwQvQu4Z</a>
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A similar chaotic event broke out in <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/5-left-wing-protesters-targeting-planned-georgia-police-center-charged-with-domestic-terrorism">December 2022</a>. Officials at the time pleaded with opponents of the plan to use legal recourse.
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“The discourse of opposition is in city halls, it is in the public square, it is on the sidewalks. That is where you note your displeasure or your disagreement,” Atlanta Police Chief Darin Schierbaum said at the time. “It is not in Molotov cocktails. It is not in shooting fireworks at firefighters. … It is not throwing rocks at our squad cars. That is criminal activity. The reason that the Georgia Bureau of Investigation and the FBI are investigating this is because this isn’t a protest. This is terrorism.”
In January 2022, black-clad protesters also torched vehicles and vandalized buildings after an anti-police activist was <a href="https://www.fox5atlanta.com/news/atlanta-riots-timeline-stop-cop-city-movement-apd-training-facility">killed</a> by authorities.
In response to last week&#8217;s indictment, the Cop City Vote Coalition released a statement accusing Carr of assaulting &#8220;the broader movement for racial justice and equity.&#8221;
&#8220;Carr’s actions are a part of a retaliatory pattern of prosecutions against organizers nationwide that attack the right to protest and freedom of speech,&#8221; the group <a href="https://capitol-beat.org/2023/09/protesters-of-atlantas-cop-city-training-center-indicted-on-rico-charges/#:~:text=%E2%80%9CCarr's%20actions%20are%20part%20of,or%20the%20attorney%20general's%20office.%E2%80%9D">said</a>.
&#8220;The Cop City Vote coalition strongly condemns these anti-democratic charges,&#8221; the Cop City Vote Coalition added. &#8220;We will not be intimidated by power-hungry strongmen, whether in City Hall or the Attorney General’s office. Chris Carr may try to use his prosecutors and power to build his gubernatorial campaign and silence free speech, but his threats will not silence our commitment to standing up for our future, our community, and our city.&#8221;
After Carr&#8217;s announcement, The Atlanta Journal-Constitution reported that &#8220;the same Fulton County grand jury that handed up indictments against Trump and his codefendants also handed up these indictments involving the efforts by activists to block the Atlanta public safety center.&#8221; 
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The <a href="https://twitter.com/ajc?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@ajc</a> has confirmed that the same Fulton County grand jury that handed up indictments against Trump and his codefendants also handed up these indictments involving the efforts by activists to block the Atlanta public safety center: <a href="https://t.co/dWvr6WQR4g">https://t.co/dWvr6WQR4g</a>
&mdash; Greg Bluestein (@bluestein) <a href="https://twitter.com/bluestein/status/1699077628257558721?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">September 5, 2023</a></blockquote>
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ATLANTA, USA – JANUARY 21: Firefighters work to extinguish a fire after an Atlanta police vehicle was set on fire during a “Stop cop city” protest in Atlanta, Georgia, United States on January 21, 2023. Multiple buildings were vandalized and an Atlanta police vehicle was set on fire as multiple arrests were made.

61 ‘Militant Anarchists’ Charged Under Georgia’s RICO Law — By Same Grand Jury That Indicted Trump

61 'Militant Anarchists' Charged Under Georgia's RICO Law — By Same Grand Jury That Indicted Trump

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A memorial in France honoring those who were deported from the country by the Nazis during World War II was <a href="https://www.thejc.com/news/world/paris-holocaust-memorial-vandalised-as-city-rocked-by-riots-1neagq1at8sgLmYoCSbalb" target="_blank" rel="noopener">reportedly</a> vandalized this week by rioters protesting the police shooting of a 17-year-old boy on Tuesday. 
The vandalism targeted the Memorial to the Martyrs of the Deportation, a monument erected in 1962 in a Paris suburb remembering the roughly 200,000 people who were deported from France to Nazi Germany during World War II. This would include Jews who would become victims of the Holocaust, Gypsies, and French workers who were sent to labor camps. 
“It is truly horrifying to witness the Memorial to the Martyrs of the Deportation in Nanterre being vandalized,” the European Jewish Congress <a href="https://twitter.com/eurojewcong/status/1674498765707702295?s=20" target="_blank" rel="noopener">said</a> in a statement. “This shameful act of disrespect for the memory of the victims of the Holocaust must be unequivocally condemned and those responsible held accountable.”
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It is truly horrifying to witness the Memorial to the Martyrs of the Deportation in Nanterre being vandalized.
This shameful act of disrespect for the memory of the victims of the Holocaust must be unequivocally condemned and those responsible held accountable. <a href="https://t.co/B0HT3L9TiF">pic.twitter.com/B0HT3L9TiF</a>
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Ariel Goldmann, president of the United Jewish Social Fund, also called out the vandalism, according to the Jewish Chronicle. “It is an absolute outrage and a disgrace. Nothing is respected,” he said. 
The deportation memorial has drawn <a href="https://books.google.com/books?id=TJffCwAAQBAJ&amp;pg=PA58&amp;lpg=PA58&amp;dq=victims+as+French+nationals,+distorts+the+historical+record+by+suggesting+that+victims+died+willingly+for+a+national+caus&amp;source=bl&amp;ots=At9L0OYPQ6&amp;sig=ACfU3U3NQ0_1Wnph8W4w-X14dRvz7OcZ5w&amp;hl=en&amp;sa=X&amp;ved=2ahUKEwiIjrSJuev_AhWmkoQIHfVmAbIQ6AF6BAgdEAM#v=onepage&amp;q=victims%20as%20French%20nationals%2C%20distorts%20the%20historical%20record%20by%20suggesting%20that%20victims%20died%20willingly%20for%20a%20national%20caus&amp;f=false" target="_blank" rel="noopener">some criticism</a> in the past for not explicitly referencing the Jewish victims of the Nazi deportations.  
Hundreds have been arrested in France since violent riots broke out after 17-year-old Nahel M. was shot <a href="https://apnews.com/article/france-police-shooting-protests-paris-nanterre-nahel-220e30e596ed6ad28e152be3df03ec98" target="_blank" rel="noopener">during a confrontation</a> with police after they attempted to stop a vehicle he was in. French police were attempting to conduct a traffic stop on the vehicle Nahel M. was in, but he did not stop and drove through a red light. Police later caught up to the vehicle, then stuck in traffic, and told Nahel M. to get out. As the car attempted to drive away, an officer shot the teen, Nanterre prosecutor Pascal Prache said.
Rioters have burned buildings and cars while also targeting police with fireworks. 
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Activists have claimed that the shooting is part of a pattern of violence by French police against minorities. 
The shooting, <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/france-rocked-by-violent-riots-after-police-involved-shooting-during-attempted-traffic-stop" target="_blank" rel="noopener">which was </a>condemned by top French officials including Macron, will be investigated by two magistrates. The officer responsible for the shooting has been suspended pending an investigation. 
“An act like the one that we saw, if the investigation confirms the videos that we have seen, is never justified,” French Interior Minister Gérald Darmanin said of the shooting. 
A French police union responded to the public condemnation by saying that the officers “like any citizen, have the right to the presumption of innocence.&#8221;

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‘Horrifying’: Memorial Honoring Victims Of Holocaust Vandalized By Rioters: Report

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Three activists who help head up an <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/atlanta" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Atlanta</a>-based Left-wing bail fund have been arrested by <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/georgia" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Georgia</a> investigators.  
The Georgia Bureau of Investigation (GBI) and the Atlanta Police Department <a href="https://gbi.georgia.gov/press-releases/2023-05-31/three-arrested-money-laundering-and-charity-fraud-atlanta" target="_blank" rel="noopener">announced</a> Wednesday that 39-year-old Marlon Scott Kautz of Atlanta, 30-year-old Savannah Patterson of Savannah, and 42-year-old Adele Maclean of Atlanta had been charged with money laundering and charity fraud. The arrests come after months of investigations following a <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/35-arrested-in-fiery-atlanta-police-training-site-protest" target="_blank" rel="noopener">fiery riot</a> that took place at the site of an Atlanta police training center in March.
According to the GBI, the arrests were linked to the “ongoing investigation of individuals responsible for numerous criminal acts at the future site of the Atlanta Public Safety Training Center and other metro Atlanta locations.”
Kautz, Patterson, and Maclean help oversee the Atlanta Solidarity Fund, which is used to pay bail for protesters and others who have been arrested. The group <a href="https://www.foxnews.com/politics/atlanta-bail-fund-rushes-support-arrested-cop-city-activists-23-charged-domestic-terrorism" target="_blank" rel="noopener">fundraised</a> for individuals arrested in the wake of a riot that took place at the future site of the Atlanta Public Safety Training, dubbed “Cop City” by critics.
 “We will not rest until we have held accountable every person who has funded, organized, or participated in this violence and intimidation,” Georgia Attorney General Chris Carr <a href="https://twitter.com/Georgia_AG/status/1663919197846482947" target="_blank" rel="noopener">said</a>.
During the March incident, people launched fireworks and threw large rocks, bricks, and Molotov cocktails during the clash, police said, and some construction equipment caught fire. Many were charged with domestic terrorism charges.
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Georgia Republican Governor Brian Kemp <a href="https://twitter.com/GovKemp/status/1663943106859786240/photo/2" target="_blank" rel="noopener">also commented</a> on the arrests, saying that he was proud to announce that “those who backed their [protesters&#8217;] illegal actions are also under arrest and will face justice.” 
“These criminals facilitated and encouraged domestic terrorism with no regard for others, watching as communities faced the destructive consequences of their actions,” he added. “Here in Georgia, We DO NOT allow that to happen. Today’s announcement is a reminder that we will track down every member of a criminal organization, from violent foot soldiers to their uncaring leaders.”  
The group itself said that the organizers <a href="https://twitter.com/ATLSolFund/status/1664110983428681728" target="_blank" rel="noopener">were</a> “arrested in an attempt to cut off protestors from legal aid. We remain unafraid and stand strong in fighting to protect civil liberties.”
The unrest in March marked a crescendo in the clashes with law enforcement by anti-police demonstrators and environmentalists after the $90 million training center was approved by the Atlanta City Council in 2021 and construction began in a forested area.
Daniel Chaitin contributed to this report.

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Atlanta Activists Linked To Fiery Police Protests Charged With Fraud, Money Laundering: Police

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Brian Kemp

Have you been looking for some <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/inflation" target="_blank" rel="noopener">passive income</a> in President Joe Biden&#8217;s America?
Well, perhaps the easiest way to make a buck is to go block a highway in the name of the Black Lives Matter movement and hope for some police pressure to get off the road.
The <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/philadelphia" target="_blank" rel="noopener">City of Philadelphia</a> just <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2023/03/20/us/philadelphia-protests-settlement.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">announced</a> a $9.25 million settlement to some 300 or so protesters who were tear-gassed and more by Philadelphia Police because they plopped down on Interstate-676 in the City of Brotherly Love to protest for St. George Floyd in 2020.
“The pain and trauma caused by a legacy of systemic racism and police brutality against Black and Brown Philadelphians is immeasurable,” Philadelphia Mayor Jim Kenney said in a statement about the settlement.
“We hope this settlement will provide some healing from the harm experienced by people in their neighborhoods in West Philadelphia and during demonstrations on I-676 in 2020,” he added.
To be clear, the protesters on I-676 brought traffic to a <a href="https://6abc.com/philadelphia-protest--i676-protest-vine-street-expressway-tear-gas-philly-george-floyd/10729400/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">grinding halt</a> in late spring of 2020. It was a gigantic safety hazard and Philadelphia experienced nighttime riots during that same period.
The city will also donate hundreds of thousands for counseling to a nonprofit called &#8220;Bread &amp; Roses,&#8221; which is a political organization focusing on racial, social, and every other conceivable kind of leftist version of justice.
Similarly, New York City announced last month that it would give <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2023/03/20/us/philadelphia-protests-settlement.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">thousands of dollars</a> each to certain protesters who allegedly suffered police brutality during the 2020 riots as well. Sometimes it pays to be woke.
The views expressed in this piece are the author’s own and do not necessarily represent those of The Daily Wire.

PHILADELPHIA, PA – JUNE 01: A protester holds a tribute poster to George Lloyd after a march through Center City on June 1, 2020 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Demonstrations have erupted all across the country in response to George Floyd’s death in Minneapolis, Minnesota while in police custody a week ago.

Easiest Way To Make A Buck? Block A Highway During A ‘Racial Justice’ Protest

Easiest Way To Make A Buck? Block A Highway During A 'Racial Justice' Protest

2020

Black Lives Matter

George Floyd

Philadelphia

Aerial footage appears to show a crowd of people making their way to the site of a training center for police, firefighters, and EMTs in <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/atlanta" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Atlanta</a> where a fiery riot took place Sunday evening.
The video, released by the Atlanta Police Department, shows more than 100 individuals walking in a large group before cutting to different more close-up camera shots of chaotic moments during what officials are describing as a domestic terrorism attack.
Rounding out the 4 minutes and 12 seconds of footage is more video from above showing a smaller group of individuals in a forested area appearing to change their clothes.
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Police said a group of <a href="https://www.atlantapd.org/Home/Components/News/News/3927/631" target="_blank" rel="noopener">&#8220;violent agitators&#8221;</a> wearing all-black &#8220;used the cover of a peaceful protest&#8221; and conducted a &#8220;coordinated attack&#8221; at the construction area of the Atlanta Public Safety Training Center, which has been derisively labeled &#8220;Cop City&#8221; by critics amid protests by anti-police and environmental activists.
<a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/watch-it-atlanta-police-release-footage-of-alleged-terror-attack" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Multiple video releases</a> by police show people throwing objects, authorities arriving on the scene, officers nearly being struck by what appears to be fireworks, and multiple pieces of construction equipment on fire.
Authorities estimated there was <a href="https://www.11alive.com/article/news/local/atlanta-training-center-riot-people-arrested-city-council-meeting/85-2f46f9a9-722a-47ff-aa51-af6f2e3b87ab">$150,000 in property damage</a>, according to NBC affiliate 11 Alive.
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Officers &#8220;exercised restraint&#8221; and used non-lethal enforcement to conduct arrests of at least 35 people, police said. Twenty-three individuals are <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/atlanta-rioters-face-domestic-terrorism-charges-report" target="_blank" rel="noopener">facing a domestic terrorism charge</a>, a felony that could warrant up to 35 years in prison. A list provided by police shows only two of these people are from Georgia, while the rest are from other states as well as France and Canada.
The far-Left nonprofit Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC) <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/southern-poverty-law-center-attorney-charged-with-terrorism-in-atlanta-riot" target="_blank" rel="noopener">confirmed one of its employees</a> was among those people who were arrested.
&#8220;An employee at the SPLC was arrested while acting — and identifying — as a legal observer on behalf of the National Lawyers Guild (NLG),&#8221; an SPLC spokesperson said in a statement. &#8220;The employee is an experienced legal observer, and their arrest is not evidence of any crime, but of heavy-handed law enforcement intervention against protesters.&#8221;
<a href="https://twitter.com/GovKemp/status/1632731737506607106" target="_blank" rel="noopener">In a statement</a>, Georgia Republican Governor Brian Kemp said &#8220;domestic terrorism will NOT be tolerated in this state,” and pledged, “We will not rest until those who use violence and intimidation for an extremist end are brought to full justice.&#8221;

Environmental Activists Reoccupy Atlanta Forest

Atlanta Police Release Aerial Footage Of Training Center Rioters

Nearly two dozen people <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/35-arrested-in-fiery-atlanta-police-training-site-protest" target="_blank" rel="noopener">arrested in connection</a> to the violence at the future site of a police training center in Atlanta on Sunday face domestic terrorism charges, according to authorities.
Atlanta police <a href="https://www.atlantapd.org/Home/Components/News/News/3927/631" target="_blank" rel="noopener">posted a list</a> of 23 individuals charged with domestic terrorism by the Georgia Bureau of Investigation. The list shows only two of these people are from Georgia, while the rest are from other states as well as France and Canada.
The Associated Press says the domestic terrorism charge is a felony that <a href="https://apnews.com/article/atlanta-police-training-site-protest-fire-1ba4362c9337e27ecaf44283fc72fc56" target="_blank" rel="noopener">carries a penalty of up to 35 years in prison</a>.
Police said a group of <a href="https://www.atlantapd.org/Home/Components/News/News/3927/631" target="_blank" rel="noopener">&#8220;violent agitators&#8221;</a> wearing all-black &#8220;used the cover of a peaceful protest&#8221; and conducted a &#8220;coordinated attack&#8221; at the construction area of the Atlanta Public Safety Training Center, which critics have dubbed &#8220;Cop City.&#8221;
People launched fireworks and threw large rocks, bricks, and Molotov cocktails during the clash, said police, and some construction equipment caught fire.
Officers &#8220;exercised restraint&#8221; and used non-lethal enforcement to conduct arrests of at least 35 people, police said. No officers were injured, authorities noted.
&#8220;This is a national network, an international group of people that are organized to come to our state to undermine a public safety training center,&#8221; Georgia Attorney General Chris Carr said during a Monday morning <a href="https://www.foxnews.com/us/atlanta-cop-city-anarchy-sees-35-agitators-detained-part-international-group" target="_blank" rel="noopener">appearance on Fox News</a>.
The unrest Sunday night marks another crescendo in the clashes with law enforcement by anti-police demonstrators and environmentalists after the $90 million training center was approved by the Atlanta City Council in 2021 and construction began in a forested area.
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<a href="https://twitter.com/GovKemp/status/1632731737506607106" target="_blank" rel="noopener">In a statement</a>, Georgia Republican Governor Brian Kemp said &#8220;domestic terrorism will NOT be tolerated in this state,” and pledged, “We will not rest until those who use violence and intimidation for an extremist end are brought to full justice.&#8221;

Atlanta police facility site

Atlanta Rioters Face Domestic Terrorism Charges

Riots

Terrorism

Oberlin College, Barnard College, American University, New York University, and the University of Maine — these are just some of the <a href="https://nypost.com/2023/01/23/spoiled-children-of-privilege-trying-to-burn-atlanta-down/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">alma maters</a> of the surprisingly privileged rioters recently <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/alleged-far-left-rioters-attack-police-smash-office-buildings-in-atlanta" target="_blank" rel="noopener">arrested in Atlanta</a>. They’ve been charged with domestic terrorism, criminal trespass, aggravated assault, and other crimes under Georgia law.
The rioters — driven to defend a forest and prevent a police training center from opening — had allegedly been attacking police officers and EMTs, vandalizing public and private property, and preventing access to private land. During the arrests, law enforcement uncovered explosive devices, gasoline, road flares, mortar-style fireworks, edged weapons, pellet rifles, gas masks, and a blow torch.
This would be upsetting, but perhaps unsurprising, if these crimes were committed by affected locals — a displaced homeowner, an angry taxpayer, or families affected by police violence. But these young individuals are a traveling crew of suspected criminals from states like Maine, Michigan, Minnesota, Nevada, New York, Oregon, Tennessee, and Washington. They riot under the name Defend the Atlanta Forest today, but tomorrow it might be any one of the almost <a href="https://defendtheatlantaforest.org/solidarity/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">600</a> groups that endorse Defend the Atlanta Forest’s cause.
If these rioters terrorized communities under an ISIS or Hamas banner, we would ask how well-off adherents in their 20s and 30s became so radicalized. These young adults have not suffered any oppression by the Atlanta loggers or ultra-trained police officers. And yet something has motivated them to travel thousands of miles (explosives in tow) to squat in a forest and &#8220;defend&#8221; half a mile of property they have never seen and oppose the training of police officers they will never encounter.
They are driven by the <a href="https://defendtheatlantaforest.org/faq/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">belief</a> that “police disproportionately harm and imprison black people and people of color” and that the training center will “escalate this structural commitment to racist harm.” And they believe that “ecological destruction constitutes a grave threat to life on Earth,” particularly “Atlanta’s black communities,” and without these trees, Atlanta will face flooding and lose a breeding ground for “many amphibians.”
If this training center were actually going to lead to rampant racism against black people, cause Atlanta to flood, or “life on Earth” to deteriorate, maybe I would be forest squatting too.
But the evidence shows us that criminal behavior, not skin color, drives most police action. And despite our fixation on catastrophic weather events, the data shows that people are today much <a href="https://nypost.com/2022/09/06/theres-plenty-of-good-news-about-the-environment/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">safer</a> from weather — thanks to wealth, driven by energy and innovation. And we’ve got thousands more <a href="https://twitter.com/BjornLomborg/status/1596907524577320960" target="_blank" rel="noopener">polar bears</a> and humpback whales than we used to (at least until <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/wind-farm-blamed-for-surge-in-dead-whales-on-u-s-atlantic-coast" target="_blank" rel="noopener">the windmills</a> do their damage).
It’s not all positive, but the truth is complicated. Radicals don’t care about the truth; they care about a dogma. And, sadly, dogmas are perpetuated at American universities.
Let’s take a look at some of the course offerings at Oberlin College, an easy target. &#8220;Critical Race Theory in Education&#8220; <a href="https://catalog.oberlin.edu/preview_course_nopop.php?catoid=46&amp;coid=174780" target="_blank" rel="noopener">teaches</a> students about “manifestations of racism in the American school system.” &#8220;History of Race in American Cities and Suburbs&#8220; <a href="https://catalog.oberlin.edu/preview_course_nopop.php?catoid=46&amp;coid=173247" target="_blank" rel="noopener">explores</a> “interracial and interethnic contestation/struggle.” &#8220;Climate Change&#8220; <a href="https://catalog.oberlin.edu/preview_entity.php?catoid=46&amp;ent_oid=4398#" target="_blank" rel="noopener">asks</a> students to consider climate change through the lens of “apocalypse” and “dystopia.”
It’s a surprise more Oberlin graduates don’t find themselves arrested in Atlanta. The common theme seems to be that American civilization — schools, cities, productivity — is the enemy.
If institutions in Syria or Afghanistan existed to promote an anti-American narrative meandering toward violence, we’d certainly be watching. We would not reward these institutions with hoards of federal dollars, at the very least.
So too here. If Oberlin College wants to teach &#8220;<a href="https://catalog.oberlin.edu/preview_course_nopop.php?catoid=46&amp;coid=173239" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Queer Trauma Narratives</a>,&#8221; so be it. It’s a free country. But federal money should only be spent in the public interest. It’s past time we question whether our universities promote it.
May Mailman is a senior fellow at Independent Women’s Law Center.
The views expressed in this piece are those of the author and do not necessarily represent those of The Daily Wire.
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Atlanta Rioters Prove Elite Colleges Are Breeding Grounds Of Domestic Terrorism

Antifa

New York University

Oberlin College

Readers Pass

<a href="http://dailywire.com/topic/brazil" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Brazil</a> plans to punish supporters of former President <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/jair-bolsonaro" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Jair Bolsonaro</a> who stormed the nation’s federal buildings on Sunday.
Thousands of supporters of the right-wing chief executive, who was succeeded by left-wing President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva last week following contentious national elections, <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/breaking-thousands-of-bolsonaro-supporters-storm-brazils-congress-supreme-court-presidential-office">entered</a> facilities hosting the South American nation’s legislative and executive branches. Officials have vowed to prosecute the rioters and have taken some into custody.
“The coup plotters who promoted the destruction of public property in Brasilia are being identified and will be punished,” Lula <a href="https://twitter.com/LulaOficial/status/1612280715231612928" target="_blank" rel="noopener">vowed</a> Sunday on social media. “Tomorrow we resume work at the Planalto Palace. Democracy always. Goodnight.”
Lula, a self-described socialist, <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/ex-con-defeats-incumbent-in-brazilian-presidential-election" target="_blank" rel="noopener">defeated</a> Bolsonaro, a populist conservative called the “Trump of the Tropics,” by a margin of 50.9% to 49.1% during national elections held in October. A justice on the Brazilian Supreme Court voided corruption convictions against Lula two years ago, restoring his eligibility for office. Documents leaked after Lula’s trial suggested that the judge in the case, Sergio Moro, improperly collaborated with the prosecution.
Bolsonaro supporters, concerned that Lula would adopt soft-on-crime policies and otherwise move the nation leftward, have camped in front of military facilities in recent months, pleading for authorities to take control of the government. Lula is also a populist and an icon in Latin America, where his ideology, Lulism, constitutes a popular strand of socialist thought.
Military assets were nevertheless deployed on Sunday to manage the protests.
“I come to inform you that more than 400 people have already been arrested and will pay for the crimes committed,” Brazilian Federal District Governor Ibaneis Rocha <a href="https://twitter.com/IbaneisOficial/status/1612231280179183617" target="_blank" rel="noopener">said</a> on social media. “We continue working to identify all the others who participated in these terrorist acts this afternoon in the Federal District. We continue to work to restore order.”
Bolsonaro, currently residing in Florida while reportedly facing investigations in his home country, has claimed that the election results were fraudulent. On Sunday, however, he condemned illegal protests. “Peaceful demonstrations, in the form of the law, are part of democracy,” he <a href="https://twitter.com/jairbolsonaro/status/1612242019564548097?s=20&amp;t=L8P6-CWW_kUnM0YptjMQ0w" target="_blank" rel="noopener">remarked</a>. &#8220;However, depredations and invasions of public buildings as occurred today, as well as those practiced by the left in 2013 and 2017, escape the rule.”
The protests came almost exactly two years after Trump supporters stormed the United States Capitol Building on January 6, 2021, drawing a comparison between the two events from American commentators.
President Joe Biden expressed concern over the protests in Brazil.
“I condemn the assault on democracy and on the peaceful transfer of power in Brazil,” he <a href="https://twitter.com/POTUS/status/1612227134516256770" target="_blank" rel="noopener">said</a>, reiterating his willingness to work with Lula. “Brazil’s democratic institutions have our full support and the will of the Brazilian people must not be undermined.”
American law enforcement agencies drew criticism after January 6 for throwing the book at the rioters, who were predominantly right-of-center, while seemingly ignoring protests related to the death of George Floyd that caused extensive damage to major American cities months earlier. The alleged <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/wheres-the-outrage-from-elected-leaders-over-the-abuse-of-january-6-prisoners" target="_blank" rel="noopener">treatment</a> of the January 6 defendants has also provoked criticism toward the Justice Department.
Michael Whittaker contributed to this report.

Supporters of former Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro storm governmental buildings

Brazilian Government Plans To Punish Pro-Bolsonaro Protesters Who Stormed Federal Buildings

Brazilian Government Arrests Hundreds Of Pro-Bolsonaro Protesters Who Invaded Federal Buildings

Brazil

Global Politics

Jair Bolsonaro

Protest

Protesters

Protests

The <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/arizona">Arizona</a> Department of Public Safety (AZDPS) released a statement Saturday, responding to the riotous behavior of <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/protests-hit-cities-across-the-country-following-scotus-abortion-decision">pro-abortion</a> activists at the state’s Capitol building Friday night.
The protests attracted between 7,000 and 8,000 people following the Supreme Court’s <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/united-states-supreme-court-overturns-roe-v-wade-leaves-abortion-restrictions-to-states">overturning of Roe v. Wade</a> and began as a peaceful demonstration, <a href="https://www.azdps.gov/news/ims/85">according to AZDPS</a>. However, the protest soon turned chaotic as rioters attempted to breach the state’s Capitol building and vandalized historical monuments.
“What began as a peaceful protest evolved into anarchical and criminal actions by masses of splinter groups. As groups realized the state legislature was in session, they attempted to breach the doors of the Arizona Senate and force their way into the building,” AZDPS wrote.
The rioters reportedly terrified state lawmakers who were still in the process of voting on legislation, The Daily Wire previously <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/far-left-rages-across-country-after-supreme-court-overturns-unconstitutional-roe-v-wade-ruling">wrote</a>.
“We are currently there being held hostage inside the Senate building due to members of the public trying to breach our security,” Arizona state Senator Kelly Townsend tweeted. “We smell teargas and the children of one of the members are in the office sobbing with fear. I expect a J24 committee to be created immediately.”
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We are currently there being held hostage inside the Senate building due to members of the public trying to breach our security. We smell teargas and the children of one of the members are in the office sobbing with fear. I expect a J24 committee to be created immediately.
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Video from the riot showed Arizona state troopers using tear gas to disperse the activists. “Due to the direct threat to the occupants of the Senate building and damage to the building itself, Arizona State Troopers took immediate action and utilized tactics including the deployment of field force teams and tear gas,” AZDPS explained.
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DPS used tear gas and people went running away from the Capitol. People coughing and now DPS is telling people to disperse. Protestors were banging on the Capitol windows ⁦⁦<a href="https://twitter.com/azfamily?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@azfamily</a>⁩ <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Phoenix?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#Phoenix</a> <a href="https://t.co/IZpgOuTDlu">pic.twitter.com/IZpgOuTDlu</a>
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Along with rioters attempting to breach the state’s Capitol building, people also vandalized statues and memorials in Wesley Bolin Plaza. AZDPS released photos of the defacement of historical monuments, showing spray painted phrases such as “Abort the Court,” “F*** SCOTUS,” “F*** GOP,” and “F*** Ducey,” in reference to Governor Doug Doucey (R-AZ).
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AZDPS explained that state troopers “exercised patience and application of tactics” as some had “unwisely brought children to the protest turned unlawful assembly.” Authorities deployed tear gas only after multiple warnings to activists to clear the area.
“After the plaza was cleared, additional state buildings in the area sustained criminal damage,” AZDPS added.

Pro-Abortion Sign

‘Anarchical And Criminal Actions’: Arizona Authorities Address Rioting From Pro-Abortion Activists In State Capitol

Arizona Authorities Address Rioting From Pro-Abortion Activists In State Capitol

Arizona

Doug Ducey

Phoenix

Pro-Abortion

Supreme Court

The month of May marks many things: Mother’s Day, Memorial Day, warmer weather, and a sense that summer’s right around the corner. Sadly, for many, myself included, May also marks the moment the country’s perception of the police changed overnight — when George Floyd was killed by former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin. 
Understandably, people were upset with Chauvin’s actions, but the Twin Cities decided to take things to a whole new level by rioting outside the 3rd Precinct on a daily basis after the incident, leading to a chain of events that saw mass destruction to Minneapolis and St. Paul. The rioting and its devastating aftermath were not contained in Minnesota, either. Soon, whole cities were engulfed in riots, with participants justifying their actions because of what happened to Floyd.
It wasn’t just rioters who were trying to claim what they were doing — setting buildings on fire and attacking police officers — was actually a good thing. Media members also downplayed or excused the rioters’ wrath. Many within the mainstream media became the BLM and Antifa rioters’ rapid response team by trying to put the chaotic events in “context.” This grew into a cycle that I became all too familiar with when I went to cover people in the BLM and Antifa movements finding any excuse, no matter how thin, to riot in city after city throughout 2020. 
“It’s not, generally speaking, unruly…” <a href="https://twitter.com/CalebJHull/status/1266222112458629120?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1266222112458629120%7Ctwgr%5E%7Ctwcon%5Es1_&amp;ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.analyzingamerica.org%2F2020%2F05%2F596464%2F">said</a> Ali Velshi of MSNBC. “Fiery But Mostly Peaceful Protest After Police Shooting,” <a href="https://twitter.com/JoeConchaTV/status/1298863702272344064">read</a> a CNN chyron describing Kenosha, Wisconsin. The media’s rush to defend the rioters was frustrating to see while witnessing the riots firsthand. Oftentimes, it was minority neighborhoods that bore the brunt of the damage caused by “racial justice” actors, <a href="https://fee.org/articles/george-floyd-riots-caused-record-setting-2-billion-in-damage-new-report-says-here-s-why-the-true-cost-is-even-higher/">totaling</a> at least $2 billion by the third month.
We don’t have to look far to find examples of the BLM and abolish the police movements’ forces trying to glorify riots. The end of this past April marked the 30-year anniversary of the Los Angeles riots that broke out in 1992 following the acquittal of city police officers who were caught on film beating Rodney King.
 People’s City Council &#8211; Los Angeles, a popular Twitter account for progressive causes, <a href="https://twitter.com/PplsCityCouncil/status/1520194468409790465">tweeted</a> the following with pictures of the devastation: “TODAY IN HISTORY &#8211;  April 29, 1992. Today marks the 30 year anniversary of the 1992 LA uprisings. The city will never forget this and we shall rise up again. POWER TO LOOTERS. POWER TO RIOTERS.”
Calling the ’92 riots an “uprising” has become a popular tactic with the BLM to abolish the police movements. It seeks to legitimize the destruction of the property of people who had nothing to do with what caused the outrage in the first place, lumping it under the umbrella of the objectively true message that Black lives matter.
I should know. I documented the riots as they were happening during that hectic year and followed up with survivors months later for my <a href="https://www.amazon.com/Fiery-But-Mostly-Peaceful-Gaslighting-ebook/dp/B09SJ621YW/ref=sr_1_1?crid=1HT63NBZG01T0&amp;keywords=fiery+but+mostly+peaceful&amp;qid=1651540475&amp;sprefix=fiery+but+mostly+peaceful%2Caps%2C73&amp;sr=8-1">book</a>, “Fiery But Mostly Peaceful.” I wrote the book because I wanted to have a physical record of what occurred in 2020 since, while many things can remain on the internet forever, these days it’s not a guarantee. 
Not only do we have to worry about Big Tech censoring my reporting on the riots because it went against the broader “mostly peaceful” narrative, but now we have to be concerned with the Department of Homeland Security’s “Disinformation Governance Board” created by the Biden administration. The <a href="https://www.newsweek.com/who-nina-jankowicz-head-joe-biden-disinformation-governance-board-1701677">person</a> put in charge of this Ministry of Truth has been revealed to be a hardcore partisan for Democrats. There are a lot of questions over how exactly this board will carry out its mission to combat “disinformation,” but if the riots and the COVID-19 pandemic have taught us anything, it’s that the powers that be — Big Tech, the media, and our government — will lie or gaslight us even about things that can be plainly seen to be the opposite of what they say they are.
This brings us back to what will be retold on the second anniversary of Floyd’s death. His death should not have happened, but neither should the riots that followed. Ordinary Americans’ lives were turned upside down as police were overwhelmed or told to pull away from areas that were controlled by the rioters. 
Over a year later, survivors of the riots told me that the feeling of something like that happening again was very much on their minds. In order to prevent something like that from happening again, we have to accurately remember what transpired. Yes, there were many peaceful BLM protests. But there were also many riots that cost lives and millions of dollars. Two years later, the country is continuing to see a high violent crime rate that was jump-started by the riots and fueled by progressive “racial justice” policies. Two wrongs don’t make a right and the ends certainly didn’t justify the means.
The views expressed in this piece are the author&#8217;s own and do not necessarily represent those of The Daily Wire.

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Don’t Let Them Whitewash The 2020 Riots

Don't Let Them Whitewash The 2020 Riots

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