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Former PresidentDonald Trumpaccused the Black Lives Matter movement of encouraging violence against police officers.

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Speaking toBrexit campaignerNigel Farageduring an interview on British television, Trump claimed, perNewsweekthat an anti-police chant heard at a 2015 protest was the original message of Black Lives Matter, the outlet writes.

Its shocking that it started off with pigs in a blanket, right? You know that, right? The expression Fry em like bacon, Trump told Farage.

That was about our great police. And all of a sudden this becomes mainstream? I dont really think so.

And antifa. Very bad, Trump added. They had antifa in that rally, they had antifa leading a lot of people on that day on January. And I will say that its pretty incredible that nothing happens to them.

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When Farage asked Trump if he believes BLM is about racial equality, Trump replied Theyre about politics, but I think theyre about a lot of other things.

He added, If you go back to their original founding and what they were saying. Kill the police. What theyre saying is kill the police. And that becomes mainstream? Not good.

Heres more from Newsweek:

The fry them like bacon chant Trump mentioned was sung at a protest march held by a Black Lives Matter group in St Paul, Minnesota, in 2015.CNN reported in July 2020 that the chant was sung by a group that was independent from the national Black Lives Matter organization and has never been an official, national or prominent slogan of the movement.

Trump frequentlymade reference to the horrible chantduring his years in the White House, claiming it was the first time he became aware of the Black Lives Matter movement. He also mentioned the pigs in a blanket chant during the final presidential debate againstJoe Bidenin October 2020, while claiming he was the least racist person in this room.

Despite Trumps claims, the global Black Lives Matter movement has never called on supporters and activists to kill police officers.

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