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Black Lives Matter has been hijacked by George Soros: Sheriff …

Black Lives Matter has called for a boycott against white capitalism, according to its website, asking supporters to not spend money at white corporations between Nov. 25 and Jan. 1.

Former Milwaukee County Sheriff David Clarke on Friday said that George Soros has hijacked the Black Lives Matter organization in order to promote anti-capitalism.

This has George Soros funding written all over it, his movement the anti-capitalism movement, the anti-socialist movement has hijacked Black Lives Matter and they use them as a mask. They figured that coming out of the 60s when they failed with this movement, they felt that they were too white and they needed to add color, he said.

Billionaire investor George Soros has donated millions of dollars to Black Lives Matter through his Open Society Foundation, according to the Washington Times.

Clarke said that black people of all social classes and ages will feel the pain of not shopping at white corporations.

There is going to be a whole lot of young black kids that are going to be disappointed on Christmas morning when they wake up and find no Air Jordans under the tree. For higher end blacks that like the labels Gucci, Louis Vuitton, I guess not this year, he told FOX Business Liz MacDonald on Risk & Reward.

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The Black Lives Matter site also includes websites that list black organizations that people should buy from for the holiday season.

Socialism and anti-capitalism have done nothing anywhere in the world, including the United States to help black people, Clarke said.

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Black Lives Matter activist sues Jeanine Pirro for defaming …

Fox News host Jeanine Pirro smeared Black Lives Matter activist DeRay Mckesson by claiming he directed violence against a Baton Rouge police officer in 2016, according to a lawsuit filed Tuesday.

The defamation case Mckesson filed in Manhattan Supreme Court stems from Pirros commentary about a protest over the fatal police shooting of Alton Sterling, a black man, on July 5, 2016. Mckesson, 32, had attended a protest over the shooting and was arrested, but charges against him were dismissed and he and about 185 other protesters later settled a suit against the Baton Rouge police for $136,000.

An anonymous police officer filed a separate suit, alleging he was hit in the face by a rock a protester threw. The protester, the cop said, was incited by Mckesson. The cop named Mckesson and Black Lives Matter as defendants.

On Sept. 28, a federal judge in Louisiana tossed the officers suit, ruling that Black Lives Matter was a social movement that could not be sued. The judge also ruled the cop failed to explain how Mckesson allegedly incited the violence.

Black Lives Matter a social movement, can't be sued, judge rules

Enter Pirro.

In this particular case, Deray Mckesson, the organizer, actually was directing people, was directing the violence, Pirro said on Fox and Friends after the judge had ruled.

Youve got a police officer who was injured, he was injured at the direction of DeRay Mckesson, DeRay Mckesson walks away with a hundred thousand dollars, for an organization that is amorphous, we got a problem in this country.

Mckesson said Pirros comments have endangered his safety and seeks damages to be determined at trial.

Fox News' Jeanine Pirro charged for driving 119 mph upstate

I was found not guilty & I didnt direct any violence. In fact, I was protesting the violence of the police. Stop lying, he tweeted at Pirro.

Pirro has said on Twitter she was relying on paragraphs from the cops lawsuit during her appearance. But Mckesson says she wrongly described them as facts.

Pirro made these false statements of fact on the highest viewed morning cable show in the country, Fox & Friends, which reaches over 1.7 million viewers, Mckessons suit reads. These statements of fact are false, and were either known to be false by Defendant Pirro or were made with reckless disregard for whether they were true.

Fox News said it will fight the suit.

We informed Mr. McKessons counsel that our commentary was fully protected under the First Amendment and the privilege for reports of judicial proceedings, the network said.

A Washington Post column described the Fox & Friends segment as a remarkably efficient instance of the sort of race-baiting thats all too common on Fox News opinion shows.

Pirro, 66, served three terms as Westchester County district attorney after serving three years as a county judge. Last weekend on her show, Justice With Judge Jeanine, she called for a cleansing of FBI and Department of Justice officials investigating President Trump.

Last month, the Daily News reported that Pirro had been arrested upstate for driving 119 mph in a 65 mph zone.

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Black Lives Matter Leader DeRay McKesson Sues Jeanine Pirro …

12/12/2017 6:03 PM PST

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6:15 PM PT -- A FOX News spokesperson tells TMZ ...We informed Mr. McKesson's counsel that our commentary was fully protected under the First Amendment and the privilege for reports of judicial proceedings. We will defend this case vigorously.DeRay McKesson -- one of the leaders of the Black Lives Matter movement -- is suing FOX News personalityJeanine Pirrofor saying he directed protesters to attack a police officer.

McKesson says Pirro was on "FOX & Friends" on September 28, discussing a lawsuit filed by the cop against BLM. According to the suit, Pirro made a series of outrageous and false statements about him.

In the docs, obtained by TMZ, DeRay says Pirro blamed him for directing the violence, and added, "You've got a police officer who was injured, he was injured at the direction of DeRay McKesson."

DeRay believes Pirro made her statements knowing they were false -- and it's damaged his rep and endangered him as a civil rights activist. As we reported, a federal judge ruled McKesson was expressing his right to free speech at the demonstration, and it wasn't his faultthe officer got hurt.

DeRay's suing both Pirro and FOX News for defamation.

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Black Lives Matter Supporters Call Attention to Graphic Video …

Black Lives Matter activists were among those who used social media on Friday and Saturday to call attention to the case of Daniel Shaver, a 26-year-old man who was shot to death by a police officer in Mesa, Arizona in January 2016.

A disturbing, graphic video of the shooting was released shortly after the officer who killed Shaver, who was white, was acquitted of second-degree murder.

The video shows Shaver following the officer's instructions to crawl toward him and begging him not to shoot.

The officer had come to Shaver's hotel room after another guest reported that Shaver was pointing a rifle out of his window; he was actually showing a pellet gun he owned to a friend.

Prominent Black Lives Matter supporters including Shaun King and DeRay McKesson, as well as others who have drawn attention to police killings of black Americans, posted on Twitter about the case.

The Brutal Police Execution of Daniel Shaver

Sadly I've studied 100s of videos of American police executing non-violent, unarmed people. This is one of the worst I've ever witnessed.

This happened in January of 2016, but the judge just released the video.

A grave injustice. pic.twitter.com/O3UjLb3mZJ

Shaun King (@ShaunKing) December 8, 2017

#DanielShaver should be alive today.

deray (@deray) December 8, 2017

There is no excuse for this pattern of police brutality--how many videos of unarmed people being gunned down by cops do we need to see before policies change? #DanielShaver and his family deserve justice. https://t.co/yneLzMcLqJ

Rashad Robinson (@rashadrobinson) December 8, 2017

the American criminal justice system, as currently constructed, is not designed to indict or convict on-duty police officers who shoot and kill people -- no matter the circumstances of the shooting #DanielShaver https://t.co/DLjAdXePtP

Wesley Lowery (@WesleyLowery) December 9, 2017

The Black Lives Matter movement has fought to bring attention to cases of unarmed African-Americans who have been killed by police officers, and to advocate for law enforcement reforms that would reduce police killings. Black men are nearly three times as likely to be killed by an officer than white men. In addition to drawing attention to this serious issue, the movement has argued that police reforms would keep all Americans safer from police violence.

Through their platform Campaign Zero, released in 2015, Black Lives Matter has urged comprehensive reforms including the establishment of disciplinary police commissions and civilian complaint offices, strengthening of use of force policies, and investment in rigorous and sustained training for police officers on engaging with the public.

At the Atlantic, Conor Friedersdorf argued that the case of Daniel Shaver should serve as a rallying call for Americans who have previously viewed Black Lives Matter as divisive.

"If you're horrified by Daniel Shavers untimely death, yet against Black Lives Matter, consider that Shaver might well be alive if only the Mesa police department had long ago adopted reforms of the sort that Black Lives Matter suggests," he wrote.

Meanwhile, others on social media noted that groups which might be expected to jump to Daniel Shaver's defensethe NRA, which supports Arizona's open-carry laws that allowed Shaver to have a firearm and the "All Lives Matter" movement which ostensibly hopes to draw attention to the killings of white Americanshave been silent about Shaver's death.

The insanely heavy-handed police response to Daniel Shaver came after someone reported seeing him with a rifle. (it was a pellet gun).

Arizona is open carry, including for long guns.

So the NRA will denounce this verdict and demand better training for Mesa police, right?

Radley Balko (@radleybalko) December 8, 2017

#DanielShaver was killed in cold blood by a trigger happy cop.

His death was completely avoidable and should be protested. Plus, the cop was found not guilty. As usual.

But where are the #AllLivesMatter hashtags?

You don't actually care. You only use it as a rebuttal to #BLM pic.twitter.com/hSiJozT45m

#BulletzGotBeatz (@100Bulletz) December 8, 2017

The fact that #AllLivesMatter is so stunning quiet about #DanielShaver tells you everything you already knew about what their agenda was in the first place.

Black Wolverine (@WolveyJohnson) December 9, 2017

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Black Lives Matter Australia – Home | Facebook

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Those same core values of social and environmental justice are what brought me to the Greens.

Were at a time in history where we need leaders who understand the importance of connection to country and the need for sustainable living.

Right now, this country needs healing. It needs politicians with the guts to tackle climate change and stand up to the mining companies poisoning our land. It needs real people in politics who know what it's like to struggle with the rising cost of living.

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Im proud to be a First Nations woman. I belong to the oldest living culture in the world. Weve sustained and protected this land for thousands of years but our voices have been missing at the heart of government.

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As for those who say, She doesnt look Aboriginal, I ask you, what does Aboriginal look like? Were not a caricature or a stereotype. We come in all shapes and sizes.

So yeah, Im black and Im proud of it and I'm more than ready for the challenges ahead.

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