White House Declines to Label #BlackLivesMatter a Terrorist Org in Rapid Response to Petition Started Ten Days Ago

The Obama administration swiftly responded to a controversial ‘We the People’ White House petition started just ten days ago on July 6 that calls for the Black Lives Matter movement to be designated a terrorist organization.

Police officers have been assassinated and wounded in attacks by Black Lives Matter supporters. Cities and towns across the country have been the scene of Black Lives Matter riots that have cost millions of dollars and ruined small businesses. Families have been targeted for racial intimidation and abuse at Sunday brunch by Black Lives Matter activists. Highways and city streets have been blockaded and police attacked at Black Lives Matter protests. Violence is so prevalent that it is newsworthy when a Black Lives Matter protest is held without violence.

A statement posted to the White House website, apparently on Saturday, contains a lengthy defense by President Barack Obama of the Black Lives Matter movement from his recent Dallas memorial speech honoring the five Dallas police officers slain by a Black Lives Matter supporter who targeted white officers. The statement closed with the White House claiming that the government does not maintain a list of domestic terror groups and therefore cannot address the complaint in the petition.

The White House set a rule that it only responds to petitions that garner over 100,000 signatures within thirty days and that the administration has up to sixty days thereafter to respond.

The Black Lives Matter terror designation petition rapidly attracted signers. As of Saturday it had 141,421 signatures since its posting on July 6. For the Obama administration to respond this quickly to a petition is rare.
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