An editor at ThinkProgress, a leading liberal blog published by the Center for American Progress Action Fund, justified the murder of three Baton Rouge police officerson Sunday.
Zack Ford, the site's LGBT editor, tweeted that "police haven't been held accountable for murdering black people," so black people "are taking justice into their own hands" by murdering police.
In subsequent tweets, Ford added that there is "something important to be learned" about white racism from the murder of police officers. Ford acknowledged in another tweet that "Not all police are racist murderers."
The Center for American Progress Action Fund, which operates ThinkProgress, is a 501(c)(4) organization and technically separate from the Center for American Progress, a 501(c)(3). The former president and chair of the Center for American Progress is John Podesta, who currently serves on CAP's board and as chairman of the Hillary Clinton presidential campaign.
Liberal activists criticized Center for American Progress President Neera Tanden after a progressive blogger was fired from his job at a liberal think tank for tweeting offensive things at her. Tanden is widely considered to be the frontrunner for the chief of staff job in a Hillary Clinton administration.