Leaders of the Black Lives Matter movement are continuing to coordinate rallies spotlighting the police killings of black people. No officers were injured, according to the city’s police. The African-American community has complained for decades about excessive force against black men, but in recent years, cellphone videos have made it easier to document incidents of police mistreatment. Yet one can not deny that an enduring perception exists that law enforcement targets black Americans. It was started by African American people protesting against police brutality against black people. There is not one speaker who said that “Black Lives Matter” and police brutality must stop. Why is it that as a Black person in America, we should be afraid to step foot outside of our own homes with the fear that at any given second, our lives could be taken? He also wounded seven other people before being killed after a lengthy standoff with police in a parking garage.
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Protesters in Oakland had blocked a highway early Friday morning, blocking traffic on both sides.
Police Chief Michael Ciminelli says he preferred not to have the rally in the city on Friday, a day after the fatal shooting of five police officers by a sniper in Dallas.
The false notion that one must choose between supporting the police or standing up for black lives demonstrates the need for a black protest movement at this moment in time.
“I wanted to come out to show my solidarity with the Black Lives Matter movement and as an expression of mourning for the lives that have been lost this week. If you aren’t careful, the newspapers will have you hating the people who are being oppressed and loving the people who are doing the oppressing”. “It’s going to give bad police officers an excuse to shoot us”, he said. But I have to be honest: “I understand why it was done”, Maejor said. This is perhaps the first time since the Indian Wars centuries ago that the U.S. security personnel have been ambushed on American soil. And they seek coalitions with allies to fight anti-black racism and bring people together in the name of justice. “Black people. I love you”.
She said that it was not just conservatives – but liberals as well – who were reluctant to talk with others with different racial or religious backgrounds. Of course, says Black Lives Matter Philly organizer Laniece Williams.
“If you see someone being shot while sitting in a auto with his family, and you don’t have some empathy, you’ve got some work to do”, he said in reference to Castile’s death.
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Moore’s essay ended on a note of hope: “We can work for justice in the public arena as we learn to love one another in the personal arena, and vice versa”. “He is using his rifle in the way that we are trained”, Waltz said.
