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Of course Democrats want to abolish the police and confiscate our guns. Of course these power-hungry leftists want us helpless and defenseless. Duh.

Gov. Tom Wolf (D) on Friday defended his decision to violate social distancing guidelines — and his state’s own orders — by attending a Black Lives Matter protest in Harrisburg but admitted that it was “inconsistent” for him to do so, particularly after threatening business owners.

HOUSTON, Texas — A mural depicting a peace officer hanging from a noose was discovered on the side of a building in Houston, Texas. The discovery came during the week where thousands of George Floyd protesters took to the streets

Activists defaced and scaled Abraham Lincoln’s statue in Parliament Square, London, at a Black Lives Matter rally held in defiance of Britain’s anti-coronavirus regulations.

A New York City police officer tried in vain to use his wipers to remove the blood-red paint agitators threw on his windshield on Friday.

Sir Winston Churchill’s statue in Parliament Square, Westminster has been vandalised on the 76th anniversary of the D-Day landings by Black Lives Matter protesters.

Washington, D.C., Police Chief Peter Newsham is preparing for an unprecedented Saturday night of protests.

The British government has made wearing masks mandatory on public transport as part of the country’s lockdown measures, with fines for violations. However, the move came after thousands of far-left protesters and rioters were free to break social distancing rules in London without punishment.

Police in Paris have arrested three men accused of impersonating officers in a video that attempted to portray real police as racists in the wake of Black Lives Matter protests.

President Emmanuel Macron’s government is concerned that Black Lives Matter protests could spread rioting across France.

On Friday’s broadcast of the Fox News Channel’s “Outnumbered Overtime,” Fraternal Order of Police National Vice President Joe Gamaldi stated that George Floyd’s killing “was abhorrent” and stated that police need “some reforms” such as “a nationwide de-escalation training for officers.”

Protesters in New York City took a knee to recognize George Floyd on Friday as thousands took to the streets across the city.

Friday on CNN, Sen. Tim Scott (R-SC) said the Trump administration ordering law enforcement to clear out protesters from Lafayette Square before President Donald Trump’s visit to St. John’s Episcopal Church was “not appropriate at all.”

Protests over the death of George Floyd continued on Friday as thousands of protesters took to the streets of New York City in an attempt to disrupt traffic and “disturb the peace.”

A driver in New York City expressed outrage over the results of standstill traffic during a George Floyd protest occurring in Brooklyn on Friday.

Protesters in New Haven, Connecticut, Friday demanded the state defund the city’s police force and the money be redirected to city schools and affordable housing.

NFL commissioner Roger Goodell said Friday, on behalf of all 32 teams, that Black Lives Matter and insisted that “we the National Football League admit we were wrong for not listening to players.” 

Rep. Maxine Waters (D-CA) on Friday, an outspoken progressive politician who has publicly demanded President Trump’s removal from office, wondered if anyone in Trump’s cabinet would invoke the 25th amendment “before this would-be dictator takes us all down.”

Rev. Bill Owens says racial tensions still exist because the civil rights movement has been “hijacked by manipulative politicians.”

Members of the National Guard on Friday were looking for a new place to stay, after D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser ordered that they leave.

Rapper Trina slammed looters in Miami, Florida, this week on her radio program, proclaiming that police need to “keep these animals off the street.”

George Floyd protests continue on Friday. Stay tuned to Breitbart News for live updates. All times eastern.

Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau on Friday took a knee during an anti-racism protest on Parliament Hill in Ottawa but was still mocked by his fellow demonstrators.

Michael Jordan and the Jordan Brand plan to donate $100 million to “organizations dedicated to ensuring racial equality, social justice and greater access to education,” over the next ten years.

A Detroit father was devastated by the loss of his home and work vehicle to a fire.

NFL players from across the league have gathered for a 70-second video demanding that the NFL deliver a message about Black Lives Matter.

Joe Biden appeared to suffer trouble with his teleprompter on Friday and said George Floyd was to blame for his delayed jobs plan.

All 57 members of the Buffalo Police Department Emergency Response Team resigned on Friday in response to the department suspending two officers after a video surfaced showing them shoving a 75-year-old protester to the ground.

Five Democrat senators knelt during a moment of silence for George Floyd — a black man who recently died in police custody — on Capitol Hill Friday afternoon.

North Korea’s ruling party issued a statement Thursday condemning U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo for issuing statements in defense of the human rights of people in China and expressed support for China’s ongoing crackdown on human rights in Hong Kong.

Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-MN) on Friday called for the Minneapolis Police Department (MPD) to be disbanded and for the city to “reimagine” public safety after local protests over the death of resident George Floyd descended into riots and looting.

President Trump’s critics raged on Friday because, during an address at the White House about the surprising jobs numbers, he expressed hope that George Floyd was “looking down right now and saying this is a great thing that’s happening for our country,” specifying that it is “a great day for him; it’s a great day for everybody” in “terms of equality.”

Students at the University of Washington are demanding a relaxed grading policy to help black students “cope emotionally” with the ongoing protests and riots that have erupted in major cities around the nation after George Floyd died during an arrest on May 26 in Minneapolis. According to a student petition with 50,000 signatures, “If UW truly understands our pain, UW will be a part of alleviating it.”

Left-wing Wikipedia editors are using articles about the police-involved death of George Floyd and subsequent protests to attack President Donald Trump, including creating individual articles attacking his statements and actions to get them on Wikipedia’s front page. Editors have unduly favored comments criticizing Trump or America, even uncritically repeating attacks from authoritarian governments such as China and Iran, and emphasized police violence over violence from protestors, including Antifa. Such efforts have extended to pushing claims of “far-right” involvement.

Google CEO Sundar Pichai announced this week that the company will donate $37 million to various anti-racism organizations in the aftermath of the death of George Floyd. The donations will include $12 million in funding and $25 million in advertising credits.

Appearing Thursday on MSNBC, Rep. Maxine Waters (D) argued that Americans should be “thankful” for protests against George Floyd’s death — despite some of them devolving into violence and looting — saying that the demonstrators are attempting to achieve social