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Black Lives Matter activists are respondingto the National Rifle Association after the gun rights group sent out a series of chilling ads attacking the violent left. In a video response replicating NRA spokeswomanDana Loeschs conservative call to action,activists from the Los Angeles chapter of BLM refer to the ads as dangerous propaganda which creategun-toting racists, and call for their removal.

When the NRA issues a public call to their constituents, inciting violence against people who are constitutionally fighting for their lives, we dont take that lightly, saidFunmilola Fagbamila a member of BLM LA inthe response.

They use their new president to enact a law-and-order administration,'she continued, over ominous music and adark background . All to make them shoot first, to make them ask questions later, make them scream, I thought he had a gun in his hand and I feared for my life and he matched the description of a suspect and she was threatening us until the only option left is for black people to disrupt the systems that keep us oppressed and build the kinds of communities in which we want to live.

The video comes as a response to Loeschs widely criticized adwhere she called upon supporters to fight this violence of lies with the clenched fist of truth.

The truth Loesch referred to is ambiguous almost as vague the NRAs initial response to the death of Philando Castile, which wasa statement onFacebook, telling their followers they will have more to say once all the facts are known.

Castille was shot and killed on June 6, 2016 by officerGeronimoYanez after being pulled over during a traffic stop. According todash cam videoand accompanying audio, Castille could be heard tellingthe officer he is armed before reaching for his license and registration, just beforethe officer shothim seven times.

And now, after over a year of silence about Castilles wrongful death and in the wake of Officer Yanezs acquittal, the organization finally addressed the case albeit unwillingly. On Sunday, Loesch was forced to speak about Castilles death during a heated debate withWomens March co-organizer Tamika Mallory on CNN. On behalf of the NRA, Loesch called his deathabsolutely awful anda terrible tragedy that could have been avoided. Loesch concluded her statement, telling viewers, There are a lot of variables in this particular case and there were a lot of things that I wish would have been done differently.Do I believe that Philando Castile deserved to lose his life over a [traffic] stop? I absolutely do not.

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Marches across Hampton Roads in support of the Black Lives Matter movement Monday night went mostly according to plan, officials said.

The self-described grassroots organization, Black Lives Matter 757, heldfive different marches across the region Monday night the anniversary of the group's first march in 2016.

Marches were scheduled to take place in Norfolk, Portsmouth, Virginia Beach, Newport News and Hampton, all starting at 7:57 p.m.

The only summons issued, though, was to the movement's organizer, Aubrey "JaPharii" Jones Jr. Thesummons was for obstruction of free passage of others, Hampton Police Division said in a statement Tuesday. The divisionincreased patrols for the event, officials said.

Otherwise, they said "protesters were cooperative with our officers and remained on the sidewalk during the march," the statement read.

But Jones said he'll be going to local and state legislators.

"If that's how you choose to use state and city funds, we have a huge problem," he said by phone Monday night.

He estimated hundreds of people walked in the five cities.

Virginia State Police, including those on the tactical field force team, were dispatched to the cities to assist and were on standby, said state police spokeswoman Sgt. Michelle Anaya. No unusual incidents were reported, she said.

They came with BearCats, or Ballistic Engineered Armored Response Counter Attack Trucks, she said. Some officers wore riot gear in Hampton.

"It's a unity peace march. Why are you all here with tanks?" Jones said he asked officials.

No arrests orissues were reportedin the other cities either.

In an email, Norfolk Police Department spokesman Daniel Hudson referred to the event as a "peaceful First Amendment march."

Portsmouth's Chief of Police Tonya D. Chapman called the collaboration between Portsmouthpolice and fire, the Portsmouth Sheriff's Office and Virginia State Police as "professional and admirable."

Communication, she said, is key.

"Tonight'sevents could have run more smoothly if protestershad communicated more openly with the Portsmouth Police Department," Chapman said in a statement Monday night.

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A personal injury attorney representing Baton Rouge, La., police officers in two separate lawsuits against Black Lives Matter attempted to raise $20,000 for her cases through a crowdfunding website, but her campaign was taken down Sunday for not being within the community guidelines around promoting harmony.

YouCaring is an online fundraising site that bills itself as compassionate crowdfundingoptimized for success. People use the site to raise money for various needs, including medical expenses and funeral costs. PBS NewsHour reports that attorney Donna Grodner set up a fundraising campaign to raise funds for the two federal lawsuits she has filed on behalf of police against Black Lives Matter, both of which target activist DeRay Mckesson. YouCaring removed her campaign page Sunday.

In alignment with our mission, we removed this fundraiser because it was not within our community guidelines around promoting harmony, YouCaring Chief Marketing Officer Maly Ly told PBS NewsHour Weekend in an email. We are not the right platform to air grievances, or engage in contentious disputes or controversial public opinion.

Grodner went on to create a fundraising campaign on GoFundMe, and as of Tuesday, that campaign remained active. According to PBS, GoFundMe has not responded to its request for comment.

As previously reported on The Root, Grodner has filed two lawsuits agains Mckesson and Black Lives Matter on behalf of officers who claim the activists are responsible for injuries they received in two separate incidents.

The first lawsuit was filed in November on behalf of an unnamed officer who says he was injured during a protest of the deadly police shooting of Alton Sterling in Baton Rouge, La., last summer.

The second lawsuit was filed July 7 on behalf of another unnamed officer and accuses Mckesson and Black Lives Matter of inciting violence that led to a gunmans attack on officers in Baton Rouge last summer, leaving three officers dead.

The description of Grodners GoFundMe campaign reads:

Police officers in BatonRouge have been seriously injured by militant protesters and activist. Black Lives Matter has been named in the lawsuit. Please give to help raise money to fund the prosecution of Black Lives Matter to hold them responsible for the injuries they caused whether in whole or in part through its anit-police [sic] agenda.

She told NewsHour via email that both her YouCaring fundraiser and the subsequent GoFundMe are for the same purpose.

Ly told NewsHour in her email that YouCaring was drawing a line.

We exist to empower people and communities to rally positive financial, emotional, and social support, she wrote. While different viewpoints are a part of life, you should make efforts to ensure that the content of your fundraiser does not promote discord.

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An ongoing media battle between the National Rifle Association and Black Lives Matter continues unabated with a new ad on the incitement of gun-toting racists.

Anger over an NRA ad with spokesperson Dana Loesch sparked a campaign by political activists in June to have it removed from social media. In addition to a planned Womens March on the NRAs headquarters for July 14, Black Lives Matter has released a YouTube video criticizing cops and racists who may be inspired by the NRA.

Were talking about our lives here. When the NRA issues a public call to their constituents inciting violence against people who are constitutionally fighting for their lives, we dont take that lightly, a narrator says in YouTube video posted July 7. We know that we are not safe, but we are not scared either. We will continue to produce media, teach students, march and protest to not only protect the First Amendment as fiercely as the NRA protects the Second [Amendment], but to protect our lives from gun-toting racists. We demand the NRA remove remove their dangerous propaganda videos narrated by conservative talk radio host Dana Loesch and Grant Stinchfield.

The ad in question features Mrs. Loesch criticizing the resistance movement against President Trump, along with activists who smash windows, burn cars, shut down interstates and airports until the only option left is for the police to do their jobs and stop the madness. The only way to stop this violence of lies is with the clenched fist of truth.

Black Lives Matters video has attracted nearly 110,000 views since its debut.

Are they delusional? the firearms advocacy website Bearing Arms responded Tuesday. No officer wants to have to shoot anyone. No officer wants to put him or herself in harms way. When they have to draw their weapon theyre not just risking the other persons life, theyre also risking their own.

Freedom doesnt mean destroying your hometown and looting like a crazy banshee, Bearing Arms writer Beth Baumann continued. Freedom means having your God-given rights protected. Freedom means protecting your rights in a peaceful manner.

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Prominent Black Lives Matter activist DeRay Mckessonsaccusations of racism againstthe creators of the upcoming film War for the Planet of the Apes quickly backfired Monday night.

In two since-deleted tweets, Mckesson slammed the movies creators for dehumanizing him and associating black people with apes. The indictment from the liberalprotester came in response to a new poster for the movie, which depicts one of the apes wearing a blue vest.

Mckesson and some other social media users assumed the vest must bea veiled reference to the Black Lives Matter leader, who is known for donningsimilar outerwear.

Another Twitter user, who describes himself as a black activist, said white supremacy is so deeply complicit in the movies America sees.

Mckesson, apparently offended at the perceived slight against his efforts as a progressive activist, shot off two tweets disparaging the summer blockbusters creators for their lack of consciousness.

Given the history of rendering black people as apes, Im offended & appalled by the lack of consciousness in Hollywood. #PlanetOfTheApes, Mckesson wrote. In associating black people w/ apes, active work is being done to perpetuate the dehumanization of black ppl in mass media.

It didnt take long for Twitter users even those friendly to the Black Lives Matter movement to suggest that accusing the movies creators of mocking Mckesson might be a bit of a stretch.

In fact, a simple YouTube search reveals that many of the apes in the original 1968 Planet of the Apes movie wore blue vests. This latest iteration of the film franchise is likely nothing more than a reference to the original movie.

Robby Starbuck, a Hollywood producer and director, was quick to point out that fact in a series of tweets.

Starbuck wenton to write: Theres some serious narcissism involved in assuming a film w/ hundreds of millions at stake would think about how they might offend DeRay.

If Mckessons claims are accurate, the Planet of the Apes franchise must have started mocking the activist all the way back in 1968, which was 17 years before he was born in 1985 and 45 years before the Black Lives Matter movement started in 2013.

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