News Controversy
Judge Rules Black Lives Matter, Hashtag Cannot be Sued
29 September 2017 An anonymous Baton Rouge officer's attempt to sue DeRay Mckesson, Black Lives Matter, and the #BlackLivesMatter hashtag proved unsuccessful.
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News Controversy
St. Louis Protests Resume After 80 Arrests
18 September 2017 Three days of peaceful protests and violent unrest have followed the acquittal of a white former police officer in the killing of a black suspect.
News Crime
Racist Twitter Trolls Pose as Houston Looters
1 September 2017 Amidst devastating flooding in the wake of Hurricane Harvey, fake Twitter accounts were used to sow fear and racial hatred.
Fact Check Fake News
Black Lives Matter ‘Thugs’ Blocked Emergency Crews from Reaching Hurricane Victims?
28 August 2017 Reports that protesters had blocked emergency crews from reaching people stranded by Hurricane Harvey are — like earlier stories from which they were recycled — completely false.
News
Did a Black Lives Matter Activist ‘Demand’ That White People Give Up Their Homes?
24 August 2017 Chanelle Helm wrote a list of recommendations about what wealthy white people can do to help eradicate racial injustice — if they want.
Fact Check
Did the Green Bay Packers Coach Just ‘Piss Off’ His ‘Racist’ Players With What He Put on the Field?
23 August 2017 Despite a misleading clickbait headline, Green Bay Packer coach Mike McCarthy didn't put anything in the field.
Fact Check Politics
Leftist Activists Demand New York Museum Take Down Statue of ‘Racist’ Theodore Roosevelt?
16 August 2017 Clashes with neo-Nazis in Charlottesville did not inspire "leftists" to demand the removal of a statue of Theodore Roosevelt in New York City.
News Crime
Ferguson Attorney: Brown Family Settlement $1.5 Million
23 June 2017 Police fatally shot Michael Brown, an unarmed African American teenager, in 2014.
News Political News
Professor Questions Suspension Following TV Show Appearance
22 June 2017 A New Jersey professor says she was suspended after discussing a Black Lives Matter event on "Tucker Carlson Tonight."
News
Minnesota Officer Acquitted in Shooting Death of Philando Castile
16 June 2017 Castile's mother said after the verdict: "My son loved this city, and the city killed my son."
News Crime
Girlfriend of Black Man Killed by Officer Testifies in Trial
6 June 2017 Philando Castile was killed by a police officer during a traffic stop in St. Paul, MN.
News Controversy
Painting of Tamir Rice Shooting Withdrawn from Art Festival
26 May 2017 A painting depicting the shooting of Tamir Rice was withdrawn from a Pittsburgh arts festival after it provoked 'intense reactions.'
News Controversy
Torch-Bearing White Supremacists Rally in Charlottesville, Virginia
15 May 2017 The crowd gathered to protest the planned removal of a statue of Confederate general Robert E. Lee.
Fact Check Fake News
Man Arrested After Police Find 19 Female Bodies in Freezers with ‘Black Lives Matter’ Carved into Skin?
Updated Reports that a Chicago man named Rasheed Thompson was arrested in connection with dead bodies found in his basement freezer are fake news.
Fact Check
Were Black Lives Matter Protests in Ferguson Funded by Russia?
10 April 2017 Twitter sleuths alleged that the racial justice movement was funded by the Putin administration, but offered no proof.
Fact Check Fake News
Southern Illinois University at Carbondale Closing Down Thanks to ‘Social Justice Warriors’?
11 January 2017 A story that SIU-C will be shuttering its doors originated from a hoax news web site.
News Controversy
Fraternal Order of Police Calls for Amazon to Drop ‘Black Lives Matter’ Products
26 December 2016 After a similar, successful request to Walmart, the Fraternal Order of Police urged Amazon to drop 'Black Lives Matter' merchandise.
News Controversy
‘Black Lives Matter’ Shirts Sold on Walmart.com
16 December 2016 The retail giant is being criticized for offering the shirts, but they are only available through a third party seller.
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