Oregon City Councilman Under Fire for Sharing Facebook Video of Black Lives Matter Protesters

The controversy is that a city councilman in Salem, Oregon shared a video on Facebook that vented frustrations about Black Lives Matter protesters blocking traffic. From OregonLive.com:

Benjamin claims that because he shared it on his personal Facebook page, that anyone who was offended by it could simply unfriend him. He then told KATU that any claims he was racist for sharing it, “is actually racist” itself.

Raiford told the station it’s “hogwash,” and that sharing the video promotes racism. The graphic footage shows a series of clips from news reports wherein vehicles run over Black Lives Matter protestors.

Benjamin shared the video from Ron Dwyer, a conservative blogger who captioned the footage with, “As this video shows people are starting to get tired of the Black lives Matter bullies blocking the roadways.”

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