CLEVELAND — The Southern Poverty Law Center, the nonprofit legal entity that bills itself as a defender of civil rights, is maintaining what they call a growing list of "hate groups" set to descend upon the city as the Republican National Convention kicks off.
According to the SPLC, three such groups, including the New Black Panthers, have confirmed they plan on being in Cleveland.
A black police officer and the white former mayor of America's largest city are making headlines this week on the heels of Thursday's massacre at a Black Lives Matter protest in Dallas after both openly questioned the premises of the popular protest movement.
A heartfelt Facebook post by Brooklyn native and Florida police officer Jay Stalien, questioning whether the BLM movement cares about the lives of black police officers, went viral this week after it was picked up and posted by several conservative web-sites. In his lengthy post, Stalien, who did a stint on Baltimore police force before joining the force in Riviera Beach, Fla., explains that why he chose a career in law enforcement:
