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LISTEN: Growing Concern of Violent Infiltrators into Black Lives Matter Protests to Discredit Movement

April Ryan
September 1, 2020

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April Ryan speaks with activist Tamika Mallory about concern over violent infiltrators to discredit the Black Lives Matter movement. Social media has exposed several infiltrators including looters and a white woman who started a fire at a fast food restaurant during a protest.

Click ▶️ to listen to AURN Washington Bureau Chief April Ryan’s White House Report:

Activist Tamika D. Mallory attends the Good Trouble Tuesday march for Breonna Taylor on Tuesday, Aug. 25, 2020, in Louisville, Ky. (Amy Harris/Invision/AP)

Since being in Louisville, helicopters & unmarked cars have followed us around…even at our homes. Next tweet will show how far they’re willing to go to avoid arresting Brett Hankinson, John Mattingly, Myles Crosgrove & Joshua Jaynes. #OccupyKentucky #UntilFreedom #BreonnaTaylor pic.twitter.com/iZ8HI7r50n
— Tamika D. Mallory (@TamikaDMallory) August 19, 2020

April Ryan has a unique vantage point as the only Black female reporter covering urban issues from the White House, a position she has held with AURN since the Clinton era. Her position as a White House Correspondent has afforded her heightened insight into the racial sensitivities, issues, and attendant political struggles of our nation. April has written three books; The Presidency in Black & White: My Close-Up View of Three Presidents and Race in America, At Mama's Knee: Mothers and Race in Black and White, and Under Fire: Reporting from the Front Lines of the Trump White House. Twitter: @aprildryan