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October 13, 2020

Sean Ono Lennon mocks Portland statue vandals: ‘The Pyramids should be torn down immediately’

Last Sunday’s “Day of Rage” in Portland, Ore. – in which rioters toppled statues of Abraham Lincoln and Theodore Roosevelt – drew mockery on Twitter from the 45-year-old son of the late rocker John Lennon and artist Yoko Ono.

September 27, 2020

Portland unrest prompts arrests; objects thrown at officers, flag burned: reports

More than a dozen rioters were arrested late Saturday in Portland, Ore., as crowd members threw cans, bottles and other objects at law enforcement officers, authorities said.

September 12, 2020

Rich kid 'rioters' are ignorant about the poor working class

Across the country, pampered children of the overclass are taking part in the vandalization, looting and burning of businesses, many of which are owned by immigrants and members of minority groups, under the guise of championing the Black Lives Matter movement.

September 9, 2020

NYC protesters, leading lives of wealth and privilege, busted for rioting

The so-called revolutionaries who were busted for rioting at a New Afrikan Black Panther Party rally took a break from their yacht club lives and modeling careers to be a part of the mayhem.

September 6, 2020

Wealthy NYC woman, 20, facing 4 years in prison after BLM rampage

One of the Black Lives Matter protesters now facing felony rioting and misdemeanor graffiti charges — after a window-smashing free-for-all in Manhattan — is a wealthy Upper East Sider whose mother is an architect and whose father is a child psychiatrist.

September 6, 2020

Portland ‘riot’ declared after Molotov cocktails tossed

At least three Molotov cocktails were tossed in the direction of Portland, Ore., police late Saturday, prompting yet another night of unrest in the city to be declared a riot, according to reports.

September 5, 2020

Rochester, New York City see violent clashes following Daniel Prude video release

Chaotic clashes continued in Rochester, N.Y., for a third night Friday in reaction to recently released police body-camera footage of the March arrest of Daniel Prude, a Black man who died of asphyxiation a week later.

September 3, 2020

NPR issues mea culpa, says 'In Defense of Looting' interview 'did not serve NPR's audience'

NPR issued a mea culpa for its publication of a much-criticized interview with the author of a new book entitled, “In Defense of Looting.”

September 2, 2020

Portland police chief urges elected officials to ‘hold people accountable’ for ‘nightly violence’

The police chief of Portland, Ore., has called on elected officials to “draw a line in the sand” against the “nightly violence” that has plagued the city over the last three months.

August 31, 2020

LAPD station vandalized, American flag set on fire

Several protesters vandalized a Los Angeles police station Friday night and set an American flag on fire, police said.