A tragic story has emerged amid the weeks of protests, riots, violence and lawlessness that continues “under the guise of Black Lives Matter,” according to Sky News host Chris Kenny.
Widespread Black Lives Matter protests have taken place across America following the tragic killing of unarmed African-American man George Floyd while in police custody.
Secoriea Turner was an 8-year-old girl who had been shot, according to authorities, by activists as her family tried to turn their car away from protests in the city. It comes as a number of children had been killed in America as gun violence escalates amid heightened anger. “What a sad and tragic waste,” Mr Kenny said. “It should remind all of America and the world that lives matter. “Little lives matter. “Law and order matters”.
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