Black Lives Matter
An organization that rose to prominence in during the summer of 2020, Black Lives Matter (BLM) has been tied to acts of violence and destruction across American cities. During the summer of 2020, the protests turned riots organized by BLM across the country cost a combined $2 billion in property damage. Protesters operating under the banner of BLM in Minneapolis during the summer of 2020 torched police stations and other public buildings. In September of 2015 during a Minneapolis State Fair protest, BLM affiliated protesters recited the chant “pigs in a blanket, fry ’em like bacon” in reference to law enforcement officers. In Fort Worth, Texas, the memorials of firefighters and police officers were vandalized with the acronyms “BLM” and “ACAB” (All Cops Are Bastards). After the October 7, 2023, attack of more than 1,200 Israeli civilians by Hamas terrorist paratroopers, BLM Chicago posted a graphic showing a parachuting Hamas terrorist with text stating, “That is all and that is it!”