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The Black Lives Matter movement is linked to more than 9 in 10 riots across the country, according to a recent study. US experienced 637 riots between May 26 and September 12, and 91% of those riots were linked to the BLM movement.

New study shows BLM movement is linked to 91% riots over 3 months

Derek Chauvin who pressed his knee against 46 years old George Floyd, which led to his death has been charged with second degree murder and manslaughter. Three other policemen are charged with abetting the murder of Floyd, whose death sparked the famous Black Lives Matter protest across the world in May.

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Hundreds of people gathered Monday afternoon in a small town south of Portland for a vehicle rally for President Trump where they clashed with the 'Black Lives Matter' protestors.

Trump supporters and counter-protesters clashed at Oregon's Capital

A group of 'Black Live Matters' protesters in Canada’s Montreal Saturday tore down a statue of the country’s first Prime Minister, Sir John A MacDonald, who was known for imposing discriminatory policies that led to the mistreatment and death of indigenous people in the 19th century.

Anti-racism protesters pull down statue of Sir John A Macdonald

In this screen capture from police body camera footage, George Floyd is seen in his car as police approach and try to arrest him

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<p>Hundreds of people swept through the Magnificent Mile and other parts of downtown Chicago early on Monday, smashing windows, looting stores, clashing with police and at one point exchanging gunfire with officers, local media reported quoting authorities.&nbsp;</p>

<p>Videos being circulated on micro-blogging site, Twitter showed the ransacked stores, broken windows and people looting the stores with an armful of merchandise.&nbsp;</p>

<p>The looting began shortly after midnight with protesters seen darting through the broken store windows and doors along Michigan Avenue.&nbsp;</p>

<p>Chicago and many other US&nbsp;cities had witneseed&nbsp;widespread looting in May and June in the wake of the Minneapolis police killing of George Floyd.</p>

<p>The authorities have not confirmed on what triggered the violence and vandalism on Monday.</p>

<p>Though, a video doing rounds on Twitter is being said as the reason for the protests to have turned violent. It is the video&nbsp;posted on Twitter with hashtag #FREETIANNA by @SarahBaska. The caption read, "she should not be facing 15 years in prison for organising a protest. Reply to this tweet with #FREETIANNA". The video shows a girl handcuffed and taken away by police.&nbsp;</p>

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<p dir="ltr" lang="en">she should NOT be facing 15 years in PRISON FOR ORGANIZING A PROTEST. REPLY TO THIS TWEET WITH <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/FREETIANNA?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#FREETIANNA</a> !!!!!! <a href="https://t.co/BXHcHNMUFi">pic.twitter.com/BXHcHNMUFi</a></p>
— Sarah Baska (@SarahBaska) <a href="https://twitter.com/SarahBaska/status/1292704121393274881?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">August 10, 2020</a></blockquote>
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<p>It is after this video that the protesters turned violent and&nbsp;attacked the police, ransacking&nbsp;stores and as they left downtown Chicago in chaos.&nbsp;</p>

<p>Post the video by @SarahBaska went viral, several videos started doing rounds on social media of stores being attacked by protesters. It wasn't immediately clear whether it was the BLM protesters who did this.</p>

<p>In a video by&nbsp;Twitter user @djtek,&nbsp;a woman can be seen being caught by the police after she was trying to flee with loot bags in her hand.&nbsp;</p>

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<p dir="ltr" lang="en"><a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/CHICAGOScanner?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#CHICAGOScanner</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/chicagoriots?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#chicagoriots</a><br />
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<p>A tweet thread by Twitter user @GOPrincess depicts multiple instances where people can be seen looting stores and running away. The thread captures the chaos in Chicago and business being hit due to the looting.&nbsp;</p>

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<p dir="ltr" lang="en">Where is <a href="https://twitter.com/chicagosmayor?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@chicagosmayor</a> Lori Lightfoot while <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Chicago?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#Chicago</a> is being looted + destroyed?<br />
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She “bravely” showed up to a beach because naughty people weren’t social distancing!<br />
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What about the wide array of neighborhoods where people are murdered?! She checking on them?<a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/ChicagoRiots?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#ChicagoRiots</a> <a href="https://t.co/RMb1iFn3Sf">pic.twitter.com/RMb1iFn3Sf</a></p>
— GOPrincess 🇺🇸 MN Mama (@GOPrincess) <a href="https://twitter.com/GOPrincess/status/1292714403805245441?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">August 10, 2020</a></blockquote>
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<p><strong>Other viral tweets depicting the violence in Chicago</strong></p>

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<p dir="ltr" lang="en">Currently in <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Chicago?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#Chicago</a> 😳😳<a href="https://t.co/k1YaHkxcMT">https://t.co/k1YaHkxcMT</a> <a href="https://t.co/EUE59iTn2Y">pic.twitter.com/EUE59iTn2Y</a></p>
— ChicagoShadeRoom (@Realchibaby) <a href="https://twitter.com/Realchibaby/status/1292750187098714112?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">August 10, 2020</a></blockquote>
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<p dir="ltr" lang="en">High-end retailers are getting looted and vandalized downtown early this morning. Hundreds of people ha e made their way to the downtown area. Chicago police on this video chase someone on North Michigan Avenue. <a href="https://t.co/xkNHvss1qY">pic.twitter.com/xkNHvss1qY</a></p>
— Jeremy Gorner (@JeremyGorner) <a href="https://twitter.com/JeremyGorner/status/1292737710860402688?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">August 10, 2020</a></blockquote>
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<p dir="ltr" lang="en">There are hundreds and hundreds of people downtown right now. <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Chicago?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#Chicago</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/ChicagoScanner?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#ChicagoScanner</a> <a href="https://t.co/03CziG6vHo">pic.twitter.com/03CziG6vHo</a></p>
— Paige Fry (@paigexfry) <a href="https://twitter.com/paigexfry/status/1292719826516017152?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">August 10, 2020</a></blockquote>
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<p dir="ltr" lang="en">Marcus store <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Chicago?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#Chicago</a> <a href="https://t.co/ioSxZjhuDn">pic.twitter.com/ioSxZjhuDn</a></p>
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<p dir="ltr" lang="en">Riot In downtown Chicago, officer gets hit in the face <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/chicagoriots?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#chicagoriots</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/ChicagoProtests?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#ChicagoProtests</a> <a href="https://t.co/vSZDTYMDEk">pic.twitter.com/vSZDTYMDEk</a></p>
— ᗡoʊble𝕲FromdaH (@doubleg38street) <a href="https://twitter.com/doubleg38street/status/1292738516921843714?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">August 10, 2020</a></blockquote>
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Hundreds of people swept through the Magnificent Mile and other parts of downtown Chicago early on Monday, smashing windows, looting stores, clashing with police and at one point exchanging gunfire with officers, local media reported quoting authorities.

Hundreds of people swept through the Magnificent Mile and other parts of downtown Chicago early on Monday, smashing windows, looting stores, clashing with police and at one point exchanging gunfire with officers, local media reported quoting authorities. Videos being circulated on micro-blogging site, Twitter showed the ransacked stores, broken windows and people looting the stores with an armful of merchandise. The looting began shortly after midnight with protesters seen darting through the broken store windows and doors along Michigan Avenue. Chicago and many other US cities had witneseed widespread looting in May and June in the wake of the Minneapolis police killing of George Floyd. The authorities have not confirmed on what triggered the violence and vandalism on Monday. Though, a video doing rounds on Twitter is being said as the reason for the protests to have turned violent. It is the video posted on Twitter with hashtag #FREETIANNA by @SarahBaska. The caption read, "she should not be facing 15 years in prison for organising a protest. Reply to this tweet with #FREETIANNA". The video shows a girl handcuffed and taken away by police. Watch the video here: she should NOT be facing 15 years in PRISON FOR ORGANIZING A PROTEST. REPLY TO THIS TWEET WITH #FREETIANNA !!!!!! pic.twitter.com/BXHcHNMUFi — Sarah Baska (@SarahBaska) August 10, 2020 × It is after this video that the protesters turned violent and attacked the police, ransacking stores and as they left downtown Chicago in chaos. Post the video by @SarahBaska went viral, several videos started doing rounds on social media of stores being attacked by protesters. It wasn't immediately clear whether it was the BLM protesters who did this. In a video by Twitter user @djtek, a woman can be seen being caught by the police after she was trying to flee with loot bags in her hand. Watch the video here: #CHICAGOScanner #chicagoriots She wasn't fast enough. pic.twitter.com/PevHoGvQNd — Celebrity DJ-DJ Tek (@djtek) August 10, 2020 × A tweet thread by Twitter user @GOPrincess depicts multiple instances where people can be seen looting stores and running away. The thread captures the chaos in Chicago and business being hit due to the looting. Watch the video here: Where is @chicagosmayor Lori Lightfoot while #Chicago is being looted + destroyed? She “bravely” showed up to a beach because naughty people weren’t social distancing! What about the wide array of neighborhoods where people are murdered?! She checking on them?#ChicagoRiots pic.twitter.com/RMb1iFn3Sf — GOPrincess 🇺🇸 MN Mama (@GOPrincess) August 10, 2020 × Other viral tweets depicting the violence in Chicago Currently in #Chicago 😳😳https://t.co/k1YaHkxcMT pic.twitter.com/EUE59iTn2Y — ChicagoShadeRoom (@Realchibaby) August 10, 2020 × High-end retailers are getting looted and vandalized downtown early this morning. Hundreds of people ha e made their way to the downtown area. Chicago police on this video chase someone on North Michigan Avenue. pic.twitter.com/xkNHvss1qY — Jeremy Gorner (@JeremyGorner) August 10, 2020 × There are hundreds and hundreds of people downtown right now. #Chicago #ChicagoScanner pic.twitter.com/03CziG6vHo — Paige Fry (@paigexfry) August 10, 2020 × Marcus store #Chicago pic.twitter.com/ioSxZjhuDn — Paige Fry (@paigexfry) August 10, 2020 × Riot In downtown Chicago, officer gets hit in the face #chicagoriots #ChicagoProtests pic.twitter.com/vSZDTYMDEk — ᗡoʊble𝕲FromdaH (@doubleg38street) August 10, 2020 ×

Shops ransacked, looted in Chicago as BLM protest turns violent: Report

<p>Vice President Mike Pence has described the Black Lives Matter (BLM) movement as a political agenda of "radical left", saying that it intends to defund the police and bringing down monuments.&nbsp;</p>

<p>"What I see in the leaders of the Black Lives Matter movement is a political agenda of the radical left that would defund the police, that would tear down monuments, that would press a radical left agenda," Pence said in an interview to CBS.</p>

<p><strong>Also read |&nbsp;<a href="https://www.wionews.com/world/trump-tweets-then-deletes-video-of-a-man-chanting-white-power-wh-defends-309218">Trump tweets, then deletes, video of a man chanting 'white power'; WH defends</a></strong></p>

<p>Highlighting that "all lives matter", he also added that George Floyd's death was inexcusable.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</p>

<p><strong>Also read |&nbsp;<a href="https://www.wionews.com/world/trump-issues-wanted-poster-for-people-who-vandalized-statues-308903">Trump issues 'wanted' poster for people who vandalized statues</a></strong></p>

<p>The vice president said that he cherishes "the progress that we have made toward a more perfect union for African Americans throughout our history". Pence said that African American leaders have made it clear to the US administration "they want law and order" and "peace in our streets".&nbsp;</p>

<p>Black Lives Matter movement has gained prominence first in the US and then worldwide after the death of George Floyd, an African American, in Minneapolis, US after a police officer kneeled on his neck for several minutes.&nbsp;</p>


Vice President Mike Pence has described the Black Lives Matter (BLM) movement as a political agenda of "radical left", saying that it intends to defund the police and bringing down monuments.

Vice President Mike Pence has described the Black Lives Matter (BLM) movement as a political agenda of "radical left", saying that it intends to defund the police and bringing down monuments. "What I see in the leaders of the Black Lives Matter movement is a political agenda of the radical left that would defund the police, that would tear down monuments, that would press a radical left agenda," Pence said in an interview to CBS. Also read | Trump tweets, then deletes, video of a man chanting 'white power'; WH defends Highlighting that "all lives matter", he also added that George Floyd's death was inexcusable. Also read | Trump issues 'wanted' poster for people who vandalized statues The vice president said that he cherishes "the progress that we have made toward a more perfect union for African Americans throughout our history". Pence said that African American leaders have made it clear to the US administration "they want law and order" and "peace in our streets". Black Lives Matter movement has gained prominence first in the US and then worldwide after the death of George Floyd, an African American, in Minneapolis, US after a police officer kneeled on his neck for several minutes.

Black Lives Matter political agenda of radical left: Mike Pence

The 'Black Lives Matter' protest in the United States has unmasked the institutional brutality against the African Americans of the country. It has also unmasked that people have refused to remain mute spectators now. In the latest coming in from the State of Rhode Island, the Governor has signed an order stating that the state will be officially changing its name due to its ties to the history of slavery. Watch report.

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The incident happened yesterday, when prison guards responded to a disturbance that broke out in the exercise yard.

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A statue of former British Prime Minister Winston Churchill was vandalised by Black Lives Matter (BLM) protesters on Sunday. He might be a great leader for Britain but globally he was considered as a racist.

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