• Man accused of stealing Pelosi's lectern charged in invasion

    Man accused of stealing Pelosi's lectern charged in invasion

    Jan 09, 2021 09:25 PM EST

    ... or taken down, Johnson posted on social media that he was in Washington, D.C., during Wednesday’s riot and included disparaging comments about the Black Lives Matter movement, according to The Bradenton Herald. An Arizona man seen in photos and video of the mob wearing a costume with a ...

  • What are the national security implications of the U.S. Capitol breach?

    What are the national security implications of the U.S. Capitol breach?

    Jan 09, 2021 06:40 PM EST

    ... to think that all of that went by the wayside. When you juxtapose that to how prepared Washington, D.C., was for the Black Lives Matter marches.  Juliette Kayyem: It is so inexplicable. And I know people think they understand maybe because the police don't like Black Lives Matter ...

  • Police response at the Capitol brings claims of 'white privilege’

    Police response at the Capitol brings claims of 'white privilege’

    Jan 07, 2021 11:35 PM EST

    ... comparisons being made, as I mentioned in the introduction, between what we saw unfold yesterday and the way that law enforcement has responded to the Black Lives Matter protests over this summer and a number of other protests. The split-screen images, when you look at them, they are just ...

  • Lawmakers continue vote count after violent incursion on Capitol Hill

    Lawmakers continue vote count after violent incursion on Capitol Hill

    Jan 06, 2021 11:50 PM EST

    ... overwhelmingly white group. There were very few people of color. And we know in the past, when we have seen the president respond to the Black Lives Matter protests, for example, calling people thugs who peacefully took to the streets in protest of racial injustice. That was not the response ...

  • Self-described American nationalist is held in New York City bomb hoax

    Self-described American nationalist is held in New York City bomb hoax

    Jan 05, 2021 11:15 PM EST

    ... tweeted a photo showing an aerosol-type can, a roll of duct tape, wires and other items recovered from the car. Another photo showed a Black Lives Matter poster among the items. Investigators were looking into whether the poster was left there as a diversion, possibly to make it appear ...

  • Judge bans Proud Boys leader from Washington after arrest

    Judge bans Proud Boys leader from Washington after arrest

    Jan 05, 2021 10:02 PM EST

    WASHINGTON (AP) — A judge has banned the leader of the Proud Boys from the nation's capital after he was accused of vandalizing a Black Lives Matter banner at a historic black church and found with high-capacity firearm magazines when he was arrested. The order bans Henry "Enrique" Tarrio ...

  • WATCH: No criminal charges against Wisconsin officer who shot Jacob Blake

    WATCH: No criminal charges against Wisconsin officer who shot Jacob Blake

    Jan 05, 2021 09:48 PM EST

    ... in Minneapolis, a death that was captured on bystander video and sparked outrage and protests that spread across the United States and beyond. The galvanized Black Lives Matter movement put a spotlight on inequitable policing and became a fault line in politics, with President Donald Trump criticizing protesters and aggressively ...

  • Trump to speak at D.C. rally expected to draw hundreds as Congress meets to vote on election

    Trump to speak at D.C. rally expected to draw hundreds as Congress meets to vote on election

    Jan 05, 2021 08:54 PM EST

    ... 15,000 participants. The Dec. 12 rally drew smaller numbers, but a larger contingent of Proud Boys. During previous pro-Trump protests, police sealed off Black Lives Matter Plaza itself, but the confrontations spilled out to the surrounding streets. Black Lives Matter Plaza was sealed off Tuesday. “We know that ...

  • Kyle Rittenhouse pleads not guilty in fatal Kenosha protest shootings

    Kyle Rittenhouse pleads not guilty in fatal Kenosha protest shootings

    Jan 05, 2021 07:55 PM EST

    ... in Minneapolis, which also was captured on bystander video and which sparked outrage and protests that spread across the United States and beyond. The galvanized Black Lives Matter movement put a spotlight on inequitable policing and became a fault line in politics, with President Donald Trump criticizing protesters and aggressively ...

  • D.C. mayor calls in National Guard for protests as Congress is expected to affirm Biden victory

    D.C. mayor calls in National Guard for protests as Congress is expected to affirm Biden victory

    Jan 04, 2021 08:05 PM EST

    ... for one of the protests on The Ellipse, just south of the White House. During the Dec. 12 pro-Trump protests, at least two local Black churches had Black Lives Matter banners torn down and set ablaze. Contee said the hate-crimes investigation into those incidents was still ongoing and ...