Black Lives Matter

A man who hit two protesters, killing one of them, with his car during a Black Lives Matter demonstration in Seattle in 2020 has pleaded guilty to multiple felonies.

Questions posed about the safety of tear gas remain unanswered, even after more than a dozen U.S. senators asked a congressional watchdog to look into the issue. Oregon U.S. Sen. Jeff Merkley's office called the report from the Government Accountability Office completely inadequate. Merkley is particularly concerned because Portland was an epicenter of the protests.

A new, 63-page IRS tax filing shared exclusively with The Associated Press shows the Black Lives Matter Global Network Foundation Inc. ended its last fiscal year with nearly $42 million in net assets. Release of this tax filing, the first public accounting of the BLM foundation's finances since incorporating in 2017, comes on the heels of controversy over its purchase of a $6 million property in Los Angeles.

A city audit is critical of the way the Portland Police Bureau collected and stored surveillance information regarding racial justice protests in 2020. KGW-TV reports auditors said police collected information about protesters who were not connected to any crimes, and kept some private information for too long. The audit was done after Black Lives Matter protesters expressed concern that police were gathering information that could violate their civil rights.

UW and Indiana University researchers tracked spikes in search terms online since Black Lives Matter protests began in 2014. Their findings are digital evidence of how the way communities talk about these issues has significantly changed as a direct result of the protests.

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