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The family of George Floyd, the black man killed while in police custody in Minneapolis, is asking the U.N. to help disarm police in the U.S.

160 members of the Harvard Law School faculty signed a letter last week condemning President Donald Trump’s response to the recent riots. One professor that signed onto the letter argued that Trump’s response has been “deeply unlawful.”

Army Secretary McCarthy and Maj. Gen. William J. Walker defended the use of National Guardsmen in Washington, DC, last week.

Please stop stressing. There is no massive social change taking place. There is no mass movement to defund the police and make white people kneel. This is a deep blue temper tantrum, an Astroturf campaign to make you feel like you’re outnumbered,

Pop superstar Lady Gaga used her virtual high school commencement speech to reflect on the protests sweeping the nation following the death of George Floyd, and said the “racist seeds” of America became “trees that grew prejudice branches and oppressive leaves and mangled roots that buried and entrenched themselves deep within the soil.”

LinkedIn employees have shown that when Silicon Valley employees are given the protection of anonymity, Black Lives Matter suddenly isn’t as popular as you might think.

Monday on MSNBC, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) called the martyrdom of George Floyd an opportunity to “make America proud again.”

Actress Sophie Turner attended a Black Lives Matter protest in California on Saturday holding a sign stating that “White Silence is Violence.”

White police officers and members of the community gathered on Saturday to wash the feet of black faith leaders in North Carolina.

GoFundMe has suspended a fundraiser hosted by BLEXIT founder Candace Owens and reportedly banned her from the site after she created a fundraiser in support of an Alabama business owner who criticized the George Floyd protests.

The Wikimedia Foundation, which owns Wikipedia, last Wednesday joined the chorus of companies organizations supporting the Black Lives Matter movement following the police-involved death of George Floyd. In its announcement, the Foundation stated there was “no neutral stance” on racial justice. They further committed to making Wikipedia and other Foundation-owned sites more “inclusive” through measures such as a  “universal code of conduct” the Foundation Board recently demanded.

Obama has quietly endorsed street “direct action” despite the risk of another huge death toll similar to the crime wave following the Ferguson riots.

The vast majority of Arizonans approve of Gov. Doug Ducey’s (R) prompt decision to order a statewide curfew to curb violent protests as many remain concerned over demonstrations, an Arizona Public Opinion Pulse poll released this week revealed.

Representative Val Demings (D-FL), a former chief of the Orlando Police Department, on Monday, praised the council’s decision to look into dismantling their police department after George Floyd died while in Minneapolis police custody.

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) and other leading Democrats unveiled legislation on Monday that aims to hold police departments more accountable in the wake of the death of George Floyd.

Monday on ABC’s “The View,” co-host Meghan McCain accused President Donald Trump of being “neutered” amid the protests over the death of George Floyd.

Monday on ABC’s “The View,” co-host Whoopi Goldberg said when President Donald Trump held a Bible in front of the historic St. John’s Episcopal Church in Washington, D.C., which had been damaged by arson, she was shocked when it did not “burst into flame.”

American officials and police may be turning Minneapolis into a new Somalia, according to Somali immigrants showcased in a New York Times article.

Democrat lawmakers, including House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA), took a knee and corresponding moment of silence for 8 minutes and 46 seconds in Emancipation Hall at the U.S. Capitol on Monday in honor of George Floyd and to “respect the actions of the American people to speak out” against the “consequences” of slavery and racism “specifically manifested in police brutality.”

Monday on CNN’s “New Day,” Minneapolis City Council President Lisa Bender defended her council’s attempt to disband the Minneapolis police department following the death of George Floyd.

Brussels, the centre of power for the ‘racially tolerant’ European Union, was ravaged by rioting and looting amidst Black Lives Matter protests over the death of American George Floyd.

A CNN poll released Monday showed Joe Biden, the Democrat Party’s presumptive nominee, leading President Trump by double digits.

A man allegedly drove into a group of protesters in Seattle on Sunday and shot one of the protesters in the arm. 

There is no mass movement to defund the police and make white people kneel. This is a deep blue temper tantrum, a moral panic engulfing the far left and moral cowards like Mitt Romney and Drew Brees.

London police squads were chased through the streets and pelted with missiles by crowds yelling “run, piggy” at the Black Lives Matter protest on Sunday.

President Barack Obama delivered another online commencement speech on Sunday, specifically addressing the protests in reaction to the death of George Floyd.

London’s Metropolitan Police Service (MPS) said that mass Black Lives Matter protests are still illegal under the nation’s national lockdown laws, yet have admitted that they are unlikely to prevent them from happening for fear of sparking “serious disorder” if the lockdown is enforced.

Black Lives Matter marchers in Bristol tore down a statue of philanthropist and parliamentarian Edward Colston and threw it the harbour over his ties to the slave trade.

President Trump attempted to decipher NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell’s social justice message in response to the players this weekend. Specifically, Trump wondered whether the commissioner’s messaging gave the players the green light to resume their anthem protests.

Author and Hoover Institution senior fellow Shelby Steele on Sunday sounded off on the goal of the George Floyd protests, some of which have turned violent after Floyd died in Minneapolis police custody. Steele told Mark Levin of Fox News Channel’s

Reebok, an apparel brand owned by Adidas, ended its business partnership with CrossFit following the fitness company’s CEO mocking a declaration of “racism” as “a public health issue.”

A convicted felon has been charged with murdering St. Louis, Missouri, 77-year-old retired police captain David Dorn during riots in the city last week.

New York 11th congressional district Republican candidate Nicole Malliotakis labeled Rep. Max Rose (D-NY) a “disgrace” for marching with protesters that want to defund the police.

Sen. Mitt Romney (R-UT) marched with protesters on Sunday to ensure that Americans “understand that black lives matter.”

Joe Biden’s campaign was asked Sunday to comment on the demands across the nation to defund the police, but he did not want to talk about it.

A young man in Buffalo, New York, was recognized recently for helping his city recover from riots and protests that followed the death of George Floyd.