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In 2014, following the deaths of NYPD officers Wenjian Liu and Rafael Ramos, while they were eating lunch in their parked patrol car on a Brooklyn street corner, in what "investigators believe was a crazed gunman’s ­assassination-style mission to avenge Eric Garner and Michael Brown",<ref>Larry Celona, Shawn Cohen, Jamie Schram, Amber Jamieson and Laura Italiano | ''NY Post'', Gunman executes 2 NYPD cops in Garner ‘revenge’, https://nypost.com/2014/12/20/2-nypd-cops-shot-execution-style-in-brooklyn/, December 20, 2014</ref> it was discovered that the assassin had previously posted on his Instagram page, "Going to put pigs in a blanket", prior to carrying out the killings.  When news of the NYPD slayings spread, BLM protestors located in Ferguson, NC chanted and celebrated, "Pigs in a blanket!"  Others reported of BLM activists chanting “Pigs in a blanket, fry ’em like bacon”, while marching and protesting.<ref>Katie Pavlich  | ''Townhall'', Exposing The Black Lives Matter Movement For What It Is: Promotion of Cop Killing, https://townhall.com/tipsheet/katiepavlich/2015/09/02/exposing-black-lives-matter-for-what-it-is-promotion-of-cop-jilling-n2046941, September 02, 2015</ref>  During this timeframe, the ''hashtag'' #ShootThePolice was coined.<ref>Larry Celona, Shawn Cohen, Jamie Schram, Amber Jamieson and Laura Italiano | ''NY Post'', Gunman executes 2 NYPD cops in Garner ‘revenge’,https://nypost.com/2014/12/20/2-nypd-cops-shot-execution-style-in-brooklyn/, December 20, 2014</ref>

In 2014, following the deaths of NYPD officers Wenjian Liu and Rafael Ramos, while they were eating lunch in their parked patrol car on a Brooklyn street corner, in what "investigators believe was a crazed gunman’s ­assassination-style mission to avenge Eric Garner and Michael Brown",<ref>Larry Celona, Shawn Cohen, Jamie Schram, Amber Jamieson and Laura Italiano | ''NY Post'', Gunman executes 2 NYPD cops in Garner ‘revenge’, https://nypost.com/2014/12/20/2-nypd-cops-shot-execution-style-in-brooklyn/, December 20, 2014</ref> it was discovered that the assassin had previously posted on his Instagram page, "Going to put pigs in a blanket", prior to carrying out the killings.  When news of the NYPD slayings spread, BLM protestors located in Ferguson, NC chanted and celebrated, "Pigs in a blanket!"  Others reported of BLM activists chanting “Pigs in a blanket, fry ’em like bacon”, while marching and protesting.<ref>Katie Pavlich  | ''Townhall'', Exposing The Black Lives Matter Movement For What It Is: Promotion of Cop Killing, https://townhall.com/tipsheet/katiepavlich/2015/09/02/exposing-black-lives-matter-for-what-it-is-promotion-of-cop-jilling-n2046941, September 02, 2015</ref>  During this timeframe, the ''hashtag'' #ShootThePolice was coined.<ref>Larry Celona, Shawn Cohen, Jamie Schram, Amber Jamieson and Laura Italiano | ''NY Post'', Gunman executes 2 NYPD cops in Garner ‘revenge’,https://nypost.com/2014/12/20/2-nypd-cops-shot-execution-style-in-brooklyn/, December 20, 2014</ref>

In 2015, BLM was exposed as being a "movement for what it is: a racist and a violent hate group that promotes the execution of police officers".  Reportedly, BLM's twitter feed contained photos of activists wearing shirts that say "Assata Taught Me" and that BLM invokes the words of the convicted cop killer Assata Shakur at "all its events".  Assata Shakur, also known as Joanne Chesimard, is the woman that shot and killed New Jersey State Trooper Werner Foerster in 1973 and then fled to communist Cuba for sanctuary.<ref>Chuck Ross | ''Daily Caller'', Black Lives Matter Protesters Chant: ‘Pigs In A Blanket, Fry ‘Em Like Bacon’, https://dailycaller.com/2015/08/29/black-lives-matter-protesters-chant-pigs-in-a-blanket-fry-em-like-bacon-video/, August 29, 2015</ref><ref>Katie Pavlich  | ''The Hill'', Pavlich: Black Lives Matter, but what about police?, https://thehill.com/opinion/katie-pavlich/287465-pavlich-black-lives-matter-but-what-about-police, July 12, 2016</ref>   

In 2015, BLM was exposed as being a "movement for what it is: a racist and a violent hate group that promotes the execution of police officers".  Reportedly, BLM's twitter feed contained photos of activists wearing shirts that read "Assata Taught Me" and that the BLM invokes the words of the convicted cop killer Assata Shakur at "all its events".  Assata Shakur, also known as Joanne Chesimard, is the woman that shot and killed New Jersey State Trooper Werner Foerster in 1973 and then fled to communist Cuba for sanctuary.<ref>Chuck Ross | ''Daily Caller'', Black Lives Matter Protesters Chant: ‘Pigs In A Blanket, Fry ‘Em Like Bacon’, https://dailycaller.com/2015/08/29/black-lives-matter-protesters-chant-pigs-in-a-blanket-fry-em-like-bacon-video/, August 29, 2015</ref><ref>Katie Pavlich  | ''The Hill'', Pavlich: Black Lives Matter, but what about police?, https://thehill.com/opinion/katie-pavlich/287465-pavlich-black-lives-matter-but-what-about-police, July 12, 2016</ref>   

In May 2020, following the death of [[George Floyd]], the BLM was exposed to be devolving into a group promoting the destruction of the United States and the cherished values of the [[Founding Fathers]] after allegedly being infiltrated by the radical elements of [[Antifa]].  The BLM began promoting a campaign to #DefundThePolice, claiming they "demand acknowledgment and accountability for the devaluation and dehumanization of Black life at the hands of the police".<ref>Black Lives Matter, #DefundThePolice, https://blacklivesmatter.com/defundthepolice/?__cf_chl_jschl_tk__=2fddc8eb8604d172b8a25564f0f382c9244f155d-1592699319-0-AV7-5_wIiWv_RXFNZnGZRLUXp9cxzAqUL8U2RlPOr8DLNUCN1UrfU5PSp590OTQvVvDBap7yAtdZ6rIBGOVkc-EZSKffqoAg6wTqehs61NeFa7HGQUXD9pl68vp5b5c_w9yrhQphSPNxGqLvYAoksJxkvi6YolyFWCfIUi9G9QtLC2-95XFXGifZ6jNDn8eeeqU-kCum1gpW06QL78nZzUWo2A538Oxf7w1S31jEx3574vwParY4v-H_xb9_qzkcAcGpY2XtJSPJ823zYRi_g-E3DVemhhrurwB8RDwMTsflwCyf6XfgihngrG2uoJ0IcPqKYBv4UpYaMzMf-H0LccEItmhu-ytXxAMaXxMfalBF, May 30, 2020</ref>

In May 2020, following the death of [[George Floyd]], the BLM was exposed to be devolving into a group promoting the destruction of the United States and the cherished values of the [[Founding Fathers]] after allegedly being infiltrated by the radical elements of [[Antifa]].  The BLM began promoting a campaign to #DefundThePolice, claiming they "demand acknowledgment and accountability for the devaluation and dehumanization of Black life at the hands of the police".<ref>Black Lives Matter, #DefundThePolice, https://blacklivesmatter.com/defundthepolice/?__cf_chl_jschl_tk__=2fddc8eb8604d172b8a25564f0f382c9244f155d-1592699319-0-AV7-5_wIiWv_RXFNZnGZRLUXp9cxzAqUL8U2RlPOr8DLNUCN1UrfU5PSp590OTQvVvDBap7yAtdZ6rIBGOVkc-EZSKffqoAg6wTqehs61NeFa7HGQUXD9pl68vp5b5c_w9yrhQphSPNxGqLvYAoksJxkvi6YolyFWCfIUi9G9QtLC2-95XFXGifZ6jNDn8eeeqU-kCum1gpW06QL78nZzUWo2A538Oxf7w1S31jEx3574vwParY4v-H_xb9_qzkcAcGpY2XtJSPJ823zYRi_g-E3DVemhhrurwB8RDwMTsflwCyf6XfgihngrG2uoJ0IcPqKYBv4UpYaMzMf-H0LccEItmhu-ytXxAMaXxMfalBF, May 30, 2020</ref>