Glenn Beck is among the high-profile conservatives blaming the Black Lives Matter movement for the kidnapping and torture of a white special needs man at the hands of four black teenagers in Chicago.
You are right. Stand up with me and demand justice in Chicago for the beating of a disabled trump supporter by BLM https://t.co/aP79pKnHA1
— Glenn Beck (@glennbeck) January 5, 2017
Alt-right leader Richard Spencer, who made headlines earlier this year for saying America belongs to white people at a rally in Washington, D.C., is also blaming the movement founded by activists after Trayvon Martin’s death in 2013.
Remember the #blmkidnapping every time some journalist lies about my white advocacy organization and calls it a hate group.
— Richard Spencer (@RichardBSpencer) January 5, 2017
This isn't even the first instance of terrorism against whites by anti-Trump #blacklivesmatter supporters in Chicago.
— Richard Spencer (@RichardBSpencer) January 5, 2017
Chicago Police arrested four 18-year-old people accused of tormenting the special needs man in a video posted on Facebook Live, but there is no proof that Black Lives Matter was involved. An officer with Chicago police media relations told TheWrap he was not aware of any connection between the suspects and the organization, and said police had not indicated otherwise.
“That wouldn’t be a thing that would come from us,” Officer Michael Carroll said. He added that no one else had inquired about whether the attack had anything to do with Black Lives Matter.
Despite what police said, prominent conservatives are blaming the group for the video, in which assailants are shown yelling at the bound and gagged man, and cutting his shirt open.
See more of Twitter outrage directed at Black Lives Matter below:
https://twitter.com/Cernovich/status/816826118409895936
https://twitter.com/Red_Panels/status/816869561551245312
.@SheriffClarke: “@RahmEmanuel has allowed Black Lives Matter and the @ACLU to run the #Chicago police department.” #Hannity pic.twitter.com/2FYaVm6eFj
— Fox News (@FoxNews) January 5, 2017
Kidnapping someone for as long as 48 hours, streaming their torture live on the Internet is a form of domestic terrorism. #BLMKidnapping
— Charlie Kirk (@charliekirk11) January 5, 2017
https://twitter.com/Lauren_Southern/status/817015804319375360
Waiting for Obama to blame Russian hackers for the #BLMKidnapping.
— Paul Joseph Watson (@PrisonPlanet) January 5, 2017
If 4 Whites kidnapped and tortured a black boy, all politicians would have released a statement. The silence is sickening. #BLMKidnapping
— RAMZPAUL (@ramzpaul) January 5, 2017
https://twitter.com/scrowder/status/817005748291047425