Chants Encounter A perpetually recirculating video of Black Lives Matter protesters chanting for "dead cops" dates to December 2014 and is unrelated to BLM protest events occurring in July 2016. CLAIM Black Lives Matter protesters in Baton Rouge chanted calls for "dead cops ... now" shortly before three officers were killed in that city. RATING FALSE Jul 18th, 2016 Updated: Jul 18th, 2016 http://www.snopes.com/black-lives-matter-protesters-chant-for-dead-cops-now-in-baton-rouge/ [with embedded videos]
RNsidersbuying, the video proves nothing, in fact it represents a lie.
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This clip and some background information about it were referenced in another video debunking Black Lives Matter myths that was posted online on 10 July 2016. At approximately the three-minute mark, the narrator notes that the “dead cops” clip captured a small group of protesters who hung around after the end of the Millions March in December 2014 and were disavowed by the organizers of that event, while video of the official Millions March event shows that it was a peaceful protest: