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Airline Says Russian Plane Downed in Egypt by ‘External Influence’

Days after Metrojet’s Airbus A321 crashed in Egypt over the Sinai Peninsula, killing all 224 people on board, officials from the airline are now saying the plane was taken down by an “external influence.” The plane, which carried mostly Russian passengers, was flying from a Red Sea resort to St. Petersburg, Russia.

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Spring Valley High: Sheriff Says Video Shows Student Assaulting Officer

As the FBI and Department of Justice have been called in to investigate, new facts are still emerging in what Black Lives Matter activists have dubbed the #AssultAtSpringValleyHigh after videos of a Columbia, South Carolina, deputy forcibly removing a non-compliant student from a desk went viral after the Monday incident.

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Video of White Officer’s Takedown of Black Student Goes Viral

Videos of a white deputy roughly pulling a non-compliant black high school student out of her chair and then dragging her on the floor went viral Monday night, just hours after the incident occurred at Spring Valley High School in Columbia, South Carolina. Over half of Spring Valley High’s students are black.

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FAIL: Obama’s Defense of Black Lives Matter Contradicted by BLM Co-Founder’s Own Words

President Obama defended the Black Lives Matter movement during a Panel Discussion on Criminal Justice Reform at the White House saying, “Sometimes, like any of these loose organizations, some people pop off and say dumb things.” However, the three self-described “queer women” who founded BLM have made it abundantly clear that the group is not a ragtag, spontaneous movement, but rather the work of experienced community organizers working with unions and educators with the goal of reenergizing radical Black Liberation politics in the black community.

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Black Lives Matter Group Referenced by Sen. Elizabeth Warren Idolizes Terrorist

Leaders of a prominent Black Lives Matter group posted a photo of themselves paying homage to Assata Shakur, the convicted cop killer who is on the FBI’s most wanted terrorist list. A prominent picture of leaders of Millennial Activists United (MAU) shows them wearing “Assata Taught Me” shirts. MAU’s “If I die in police custody…” meme was recently referenced by Democratic Sen. Elizabeth Warren in a speech on racial justice.