Five police officers were brutally murdered on Thursday night in Dallas during a Black Lives Matter protest. Though unrelated to this incident, it’s worth looking back at examples of media outlets urging violence or explaining it away. On June 6, 2016, The Huffington Post published a screed entitled, "Sorry Liberals, A Violent Response To Trump Is As Logical As Any."

In it, writer Jesse Benn chided fellow liberals, saying, "They ignore the history of successful violent insurrection in the US, instead favoring the elementary school version of history in which nonviolence is the only means of struggle that’s ever achieved a thing." Benn continued, "Whether you would personally engage in violent conduct matters little to your ability to understand where it comes from."

Media Research Center President Brent Bozell responded to this, condemning, "I find it stunning because [Benn] doesn't really qualify what kind of violence he is talking about. If violence is the logical response to Donald Trump, a form of violence is assassination."

On June 3, Vox editor Emmett Rensin praised violence in San Jose, declaring, "Advice: If Trump comes to your town, start a riot." Rensin was later suspended by Vox editor-in-chief Ezra Klein.

On April 27, 2015, CNN analyst Marc Lamont Hill defended violent riots in Baltimore as "uprisings" against "police terrorism."