Pro Athletes Ignore Facts, Stats, and Data When Denouncing ‘Systemic Police Brutality’

Plus: Iraq War Veteran Likens Portland to Living in a War Zone

September 7 2020   Happy Labor Day from Washington, where President Trump continues to offer assistance from federal law enforcement to cities that want to stop violence in the streets. A black Marine veteran who lives near the ongoing riots in Portland, Oregon, tells our Virginia Allen about the disturbing events he has witnessed while supporting local police. Plus: what pro athletes dismiss in alleging widespread police brutality; the NBA's acceptance of China's human rights abuses; photos of America's tumultuous summer; and the fall of a Christian leader. On this date in 1968, in the first such demonstration, women demanding "women's liberation" protest the 41st annual Miss America pageant in Atlantic City, New Jersey.      COMMENTARY Pro Athletes Ignore Facts, Stats, and Data When Denouncing 'Systemic Police Brutality' By Larry Elder As Manhattan Institute's Heather Mac Donald explains, "A police officer is 18 1/2 times more likely to be killed by a black male than an unarmed black male is to be killed by a police officer." More NEWS Iraq War Veteran Likens Portland to Living in a War Zone By Virginia Allen "The Antifa people filmed us while we were there at the courthouse. They filmed us walking back to my house. … They are like, 'We know where you live, and we have been filming you,'" recalls Gabe Johnson.... More NEWS 39 Photos Capture America's Summer of Riots, Arson, and Looting By Virginia Allen These photos show the chaos in Portland, Oregon; Seattle; New York City; Chicago; Atlanta; Minneapolis; Richmond, Virginia; Miami; Kenosha, Wisconsin; and the District of Columbia. More NEWS NBA's New Social Justice Coalition Silent on China's Voter Suppression By Andrew Kerr The NBA's new social justice coalition keeps silent on China's systematic suppression of any organized political opposition to the ruling Communist Party. More COMMENTARY The Lesson Behind Falwell's Fall By Cal Thomas The ouster of Liberty University President Jerry Falwell Jr. is another in a long list of object lessons each generation of Christians seems to have to learn anew. More COMMENTARY ICYMI: The Deeply Pessimistic Intellectual Roots of Black Lives Matter, 1619 Project, and Much Else in Woke America By John Murawski Much of the dire rhetoric behind America's moment of racial reckoning comes from "critical race theory," a decades-old philosophy deeply skeptical about the possibility of racial progress. More           The Daily Signal is brought to you by more than half a million members of The Heritage Foundation. Donate to The Daily Signal Find us on Facebook Follow us on Twitter How are we doing? We welcome your comments, suggestions, and story tips. Please reply to this email or send us a note at comments@dailysignal.com. The Daily Signal 214 Massachusetts Avenue, NE Washington, DC 20002 (800) 546-2843     Add morningbell@heritage.org to your address book to ensure that you receive emails from us. You are subscribed to this newsletter as johnmhames1.diogenes--light@blogger.com. If you want to receive other Heritage Foundation newsletters, or opt out of this newsletter, please click here to update your subscription.