El Paso Chief Calls Out Black Lives Matter as ‘Radical Hate Group’

El Paso, Texas – El Paso Police Chief Greg Allen was doing a media interview on Friday, when he was asked what he thought about Black Lives Matter. The Chief responded by them out for being the radical hate group that they are.

Chief Allen’s response: “Black Lives Matter, as far as I’m concerned is a radical hate group, and for that purpose alone, I think the leadership of this country needs to look a little bit harder at that particular group. The consequences of what we saw in Dallas is due to their efforts.”

You can see the video here:

ABC-7 News reports:

El Paso Mayor Oscar Leeser said Monday he is disappointed local elected officials criticized Chief Allen over his comments about Black Lives Matter without first reaching out to the police chief.

“You know, it’s really important to get someone’s viewpoint and understand where you are coming from,” Leeser said, “I was very disappointed with the letter.”

Saturday, El Paso County Judge Veronica Escobar sent out a letter expressing disappointment and concern with Allen’s comments.  The letter sent was signed by other locally elected leaders, such as state representatives, the state senator, Congressman Beto O’Rourke and members of the local NAACP chapter.

“I talked to Chief Allen and I asked him: ‘of all the people who signed the letter, has one person reached out to you and called you?’ He said, ‘absolutely not. not one person has attempted to call me and talk to me about it.’ And that is very disturbing to me,” Leeser said Monday.

The mayor said he believed the police chief was “emotional at the time” he made the comments.

“I find the letter very inappropriate and I find the tweets very inappropriate because no one had any conversation with the chief. I’m a little bit offended that they would have done that without having conversation first,” Leeser added.

Chief Allen is catching a lot of flak for having the courage to speak the truth about Black Lives Matter. A group that repeatedly calls for violence against law enforcement during their “protests” has become the new media darling. Opponents to Black Lives Matter are accused of contributing to racial tensions; allegedly the same racial tensions that Black Lives Matter has been working to expand.

El Paso Chief Allen has since posted an update to his comments on the El Paso Police Department Facebook page: