Anonymous Hacker Group Threatens 'Day of Solidarity' with Black Lives Matter

The activist computer hacker group Anonymous is calling for protests and cyber attacks during a "day of solidarity" with the Black Lives Matter movement around the country this week.

EMERGENCY ALERT: Anonymous and #BlackLivesMatter call for #DayOfSolidarity against police brutality. https://t.co/z5la1aJDJm #Dallas

— TheAnonMessage (@TheAnonnMessage) July 10, 2016

"Anonymous has declared a day of action in solidarity with the Black Lives Matter movement and the victims of Police Brutality as well as alongside the families of Alton Sterling and Philando Castile," the statement says, which appears under a video on YouTube. 

"We are calling on a collective day of rage," the statement reads. "A day of action centered around civil disobedience and the right to protest."

The statement links to a list of protests allegedly planned at 37 cities around the country on Friday.

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