[Daily Caller] The chief of police in El Paso, Texas, labeled Black Lives Matter a "radical hate group" Friday night, blaming them for Thursday’s shooting in Dallas and calling on policymakers to take a closer look at the movement.Greg Allen was in attendance at a news conference Friday where various leaders in the El Paso area expressed solidarity with Dallas while also trying to appeal to those who feel marginalized by a recent spate of high-profile police shootings. Allen didn’t deliver a statement at the conference, but he gave an interview to local press afterwards.
During the interview, Allen was asked to comment on an upcoming protest vigil El Paso’s Black Lives Matter group is planning to hold Sunday night. He responded by denouncing the group in remarkably harsh terms.