*The Chicago street gang Latin Kings threatened retaliation against the Chicago police following the shooting death of armed 13-year-old gangbanger Adam Toledo,<ref>[https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2021/04/chicago-street-gang-latin-kings-threaten-retaliate-police-shooting-death-13-year-old-little-homicide-adam-toledo/ Chicago Street Gang Latin Kings Threaten to Retaliate Against Police After Shooting Death of 13-Year-Old “Lil’ Homicide” Adam Toledo] at the Gateway Pundit</ref> based on their perception of a video aired by CBS News [[fake news|which had been deceptively edited]] to hide the fact that Toledo was armed with a gun at the time of his shooting.<ref>[https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2021/04/cbs-news-edits-police-bodycam-footage-right-left-edges-trimmed-away-omit-portion-video-13-yr-old-adam-toledo-seen-holding-firearm/ CBS News Edits Police Bodycam Footage, Right and Left Edges Trimmed Away to Omit Portion of Video Where 13 yr old Adam Toledo is Seen Holding Firearm] at the Gateway Pundit</ref> CBS News was roasted on its Twitter account for airing the deceitful video to try to make Toledo look like a "victim" of "police brutality", while Chicago Democrat mayor [[Lori Lightfoot]] [[demagogue|seized the political opportunity to fan the flames]] in the ensuing controversy by falsely calling the Chicago police "racist" and playing the "[[race card]]" while ignoring the circumstances behind the shooting.<ref>[https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2021/04/mayor-lightfoot-slams-chicago-police-accuses-racism-shooting-adam-toledo-video/ Mayor Lightfoot Slams Chicago Police and Accuses Them of Racism After Shooting of Adam Toledo] at the Gateway Pundit</ref> The shooting of Toledo led to BLM agitators leading a mob to show up in Lightfoot's residential neighborhood of Logan Square to riot and clash with the police, who managed to bring the rioters under control using kettling and riot control tactics, which leftist social media posters who supported the rioters whined was "police brutality".<ref>[https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2021/04/blm-mob-descends-lori-lightfoots-neighborhood-clash-chicago-police/ BLM Mob Descends On Lori Lightfoot’s Neighborhood, Clash With Chicago Police] at the Gateway Pundit ('''Warning:''' contains video and social media posts with violence and foul language)</ref>
*A left-wing Asian journalist who was covering the Antifa riots in Portland was himself attacked and viciously beaten by Antifa punks because he had posted video showing their criminal activity, which had been retweeted by Portland police.<ref>[https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2021/04/asian-left-wing-journalist-beaten-blm-mob-crowd-confronts-portland-police-latest-shooting-scene/ Asian Left-Wing Journalist Beaten By BLM Mob As Crowd Confronts Portland Police At Latest Shooting Scene] at the Gateway Pundit ('''Warning:''' Contains video with violence and foul language)</ref> Multiple arrests were later made against the hoodlums after Portland police declared their criminal activity (which included smashing the windows of various businesses and setting fires) a riot.<ref>[https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2021/04/portland-rioters-smash-church-veggie-grill-historical-society-several-businesses/ Portland Rioters Set Fire To Apple Store; Smash Up Church, Veggie Grill, Historical Society] at the Gateway Pundit</ref>
*Despite a guilty verdict being handed down against Derek Chauvin, the Minneapolis police officer who shot and killed career criminal was convicted in the death of George Floyd, this was not enough to satisfy leftist rioters in Portland as Antifa and BLM went on yet another riot and vandalism spree, even going so far as to make threats against anyone attempting to catch their criminal behavior on-camera, leading [[Andy Ngo]] to point out that the leftist rioting was never about justice, but only about using the verdict, no matter what it was, as their excuse to riot and be destructive without consequence.<ref>[https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2021/04/right-cue-portland-rioters-go-destructive-rampage-chauvin-verdict-police-actually-intervene/ Right On Cue: Portland Rioters Go On Destructive Rampage After Chauvin Verdict, Police Actually Intervene] at the Gateway Pundit ('''Warning:''' Contains video with violence and foul language)</ref> This time, however, Portland police actually intervened as they declared the riot an unlawful assembly and made multiple arrests, including one rioting punk who received a beatdown from the police when he tried to take a swing at an officer first.
*Minneapolis city council candidate, former city employee and anti-police activist Margarita Ortega came under police investigation for inciting violence after she encouraged BLM rioters in a Facebook post to burn down wealthy neighborhoods and directed them to target the city neighborhood of Lake of the Isles.<ref>[https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2021/04/minneapolis-city-council-candidate-former-city-employee-encourages-rioters-burn-wealthy-neighborhoods/ Minneapolis City Council Candidate and Former City Employee Encourages Rioters to Burn Down Wealthy Neighborhoods] at the Gateway Pundit</ref> After she incurred criticism for her initial post and Lake of the Isles residents reported her threat to the police, Ortega took that post private.
*Fox News host [[Tomi Lahren]] was targeted with online death threats by cowardly leftists when she commented about the Derek Chauvin verdict in a Twitter post, saying that there should be no more need for stealing in George Floyd's name now that the rioters got the verdict they wanted.<ref>[https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2021/04/leftists-call-death-violence-tomi-lahren-asking-foot-locker-safe-tonight/ Leftists Call For Death, Violence Against Tomi Lahren For Asking If Foot Locker Is Safe Tonight] at the Gateway Pundit</ref>