Petition to Classify #Black Lives Matter as Terrorists Gets Over 100,000

More than 118,000 people have signed a petition for the US Black Lives Matter civil rights movement to be deemed a terrorist group, enough to warrant a response from the White House.

MOSCOW (Sputnik) — It took only a week to surpass the 100,000-signature threshold necessary to put the issue on the presidential administration's agenda.

"It is time for the pentagon to be consistent in its actions — and just as they rightfully declared ISIS [Islamic State] a terror group, they must declare Black Lives Matter a terror group — on the grounds of principle, integrity, morality, and safety," the text of the petition reads.

The petition was started on July 6 after the shooting of African-American man Alton Sterling by two policemen in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. Another African-American man, Philando Castile, was killed by police in the state of Minnesota the following day.

There is an active petition asking Black lives matter to be recognized as terrorists comparing us to ISIS pic.twitter.com/s4OKG5JCv4

— McCuse me Bitch (@MADBLACKTWINK) 11 July 2016

​These incidents have provoked public outrage across the country. A Black Lives Matter demonstration against police brutality toward African Americans took place in Dallas, Texas, during which five police officers were killed in a sniper attack on July 7.