| | Minnesota Attorney General [[Keith Ellison]], a member of Antifa, brought second degree murder charges against the arresting officers when medical examiner determined George Floyd's death was not related to his arrest. Antifa then provoked nationwide riots beginning in Minneapolis. In Minneapolis, violent anarcho-Marxists caused in excess of $55 million in damages, destruction of 200 buildings and more than 500 businesses that serve primarily minority communities. Nationwide scores of citizens were murdered, including police. Minneapolis then moved to bow to the Marxist initiatives and abolished its police protections. | | Minnesota Attorney General [[Keith Ellison]], a member of Antifa, brought second degree murder charges against the arresting officers when medical examiner determined George Floyd's death was not related to his arrest. Antifa then provoked nationwide riots beginning in Minneapolis. In Minneapolis, violent anarcho-Marxists caused in excess of $55 million in damages, destruction of 200 buildings and more than 500 businesses that serve primarily minority communities. Nationwide scores of citizens were murdered, including police. Minneapolis then moved to bow to the Marxist initiatives and abolished its police protections. |
| − | In June 2020, it was revealed that BLM was "Laundering MILLIONS" of dollars to [[Joe Biden]]'s 2020 Presidential Campaign by redirecting donors who choose to contribute to ''Black lives Matter'' via their website to a hyperlinked webpage (''ActBlue Charities'' platform) with BLM’s branding, to essentially deceive people into donating to Democrat campaigns.<ref>Grace Saldana | ''FreedomWire'', Black Lives Matter Launders MILLIONS To Biden Campaign, https://freedomwire.com/blm-biden-donations/, June 12, 2020</ref> Under the guise of peaceful protesting, the BLM continued in the ongoing targeting of historic monuments within the United States<ref>''the Federalist'', Vandals Are Destroying Monuments Because They’ve Been Taught To Hate America, https://thefederalist.com/2017/08/22/vandals-destroying-monuments-theyve-taught-hate-america/, August 22, 2017</ref> by vandalizing and/or destroying them. Historic members of Americas past, that were previously immortalized in statue form and located in public spaces, were targeted during nightly gatherings of radicalized anarchists. Often the letters "BLM" were spray painted on a statue's pedestal base or a statue would be decapitated or a statue would be toppled and removed from the pedestal, vandalized and then dragged away, all to the cheering and encouragement of those present.<ref>Tyler O'Neil | pjmedia, The Violence Against This Civil War Monument Captures Just How Badly the George Floyd Riots Have Gone Wrong, https://pjmedia.com/culture/tyler-o-neil/2020/06/04/george-floyd-rioters-deface-civil-war-monument-celebrating-black-union-patriots-n495913, Jun 04, 2020</ref> An American staple, ''Popular Mechanics'', actually published an article entitled 'How to Topple a Statue Using Science' to explain how to "Bring that sucker down without anyone getting hurt" and encouraged more vandalism.<ref>James Stout | ''Popular Mechanics'' How to Topple a Statue Using Science, https://www.popularmechanics.com/science/a32870657/remove-statue-science/, June 15, 2020</ref> Previously elected Democratic Party mayors of cities that condoned, expressed support for or turned a blind eye to the marxist BLM agenda began approving the painting of so-called "murals" on public roadways meant to antagonize [[President Donald Trump]], the Police and others that did not support the stated BLM position. In New York City, Mayor Bill de Blasio purposefully and intentionally targeted the [[Trump Tower]], that is located on Fifth Avenue in Manhattan, NY, with a gaudy mural proclaiming "BLACK LIVES MATTER" to send a "loud and clear" message.<ref>Justin Sink | Bloomberg, Trump faults ‘Black Lives’ mural outside Trump Tower, https://www.detroitnews.com/story/news/nation/2020/07/01/trump-faults-black-lives-mural-outside-trump-tower/112050238/, July 1, 2020</ref> | + | In June 2020, it was revealed that BLM was "Laundering MILLIONS" of dollars to [[Joe Biden]]'s 2020 Presidential Campaign by redirecting donors who choose to contribute to ''Black lives Matter'' via their website to a hyperlinked webpage (''ActBlue Charities'' platform) with BLM’s branding, to essentially deceive people into donating to Democrat campaigns.<ref>Grace Saldana | ''FreedomWire'', Black Lives Matter Launders MILLIONS To Biden Campaign, https://freedomwire.com/blm-biden-donations/, June 12, 2020</ref> Under the guise of peaceful protesting, the BLM continued in the ongoing targeting of historic monuments within the United States<ref>''the Federalist'', Vandals Are Destroying Monuments Because They’ve Been Taught To Hate America, https://thefederalist.com/2017/08/22/vandals-destroying-monuments-theyve-taught-hate-america/, August 22, 2017</ref> by vandalizing and/or destroying them. Historic members of Americas past, that were previously immortalized in statue form and located in public spaces, were targeted during nightly gatherings of radicalized anarchists. Often the letters "BLM" were spray painted on a statue's pedestal base or a statue would be decapitated or a statue would be toppled and removed from the pedestal, vandalized and then dragged away, all to the cheering and encouragement of those present.<ref>Tyler O'Neil | pjmedia, The Violence Against This Civil War Monument Captures Just How Badly the George Floyd Riots Have Gone Wrong, https://pjmedia.com/culture/tyler-o-neil/2020/06/04/george-floyd-rioters-deface-civil-war-monument-celebrating-black-union-patriots-n495913, Jun 04, 2020</ref> An American staple, ''Popular Mechanics'', actually published an article entitled 'How to Topple a Statue Using Science' to explain how to "Bring that sucker down without anyone getting hurt" and encouraged more vandalism.<ref>James Stout | ''Popular Mechanics'' How to Topple a Statue Using Science, https://www.popularmechanics.com/science/a32870657/remove-statue-science/, June 15, 2020</ref> Previously elected Democratic Party mayors of cities that condoned, expressed support for or turned a blind eye to the marxist BLM agenda began approving the painting of so-called "murals" on public roadways allegedly in attempts to antagonize [[President Donald Trump]], the Police and others that did not support the stated BLM position. In New York City, Mayor Bill de Blasio purposefully and intentionally targeted the [[Trump Tower]], that is located on Fifth Avenue in Manhattan, NY, with a gaudy mural proclaiming "BLACK LIVES MATTER" to send a "loud and clear" message.<ref>Justin Sink | Bloomberg, Trump faults ‘Black Lives’ mural outside Trump Tower, https://www.detroitnews.com/story/news/nation/2020/07/01/trump-faults-black-lives-mural-outside-trump-tower/112050238/, July 1, 2020</ref> |