Irresponsible network commentators tweeted out offensive posts blaming Black Lives Matter outright for the officers’ deaths, even though the shooter had nothing to do with that otherwise peaceful protest in Dallas.
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The rally comes after the shooting death of two U.S. men, Alton Sterling and Philando Castile, at the hands of police last week.
Those attending the meeting included Gov. John Bel Edwards of Louisiana and Mayor Chris Coleman of St. Paul, Minnesota, the two locations where police shootings sparked protests around the country. “We’re exhausted of seeing all the injustices going on in the world and we just wanted to band together and show that we do see what’s going on and we’re not going to stand for it”. “I have no idea”, said Webb.
“The more that everyone realizes that they can come together for a worldwide problem, then everyone can start collaborating with people from other states that actually have the problem and our voices can get bigger”, said Garcia. From the administration, Attorney General Loretta Lynch joined the president.
She listed the names of black Americans, including Alton Sterling and Philando Castile, who’ve been killed by police, noting that “no one” was held accountable in several of those incidents. Mckesson was released from jail Sunday.
He says events like this need one crucial element.
Other activists present include the Rev. Al Sharpton and NAACP President Cornell Brooks.
“I am also representing Dallas Texas in honor of the fallen police officers”, said rally goer Eric Clark.
As Americans are polarized by their sphere of influences and by the media outlets that they choose to watch, read and listen to, the solution that America needs, Watson said, is for America to embrace a “change of heart” and for Americans of all colors to talk openly and address their concerns without being shouted down by the other side.
The scenes of the most recent controversial police involved shootings.
Rawlings also said President Obama had reached out to him and he disagreed with some law enforcement officials who said that the president had not been supportive enough. Organizers felt Bloomington needed to have a discussion on such issues too, even though some in the community may disagree, Reed said.
“He’s told me that the words that come out of leaders are important and we’ve got to always believe we can do better”, Rawlings said. This is about emotion. “This is about fear in the community and it’s our job to make people safe”.
They asked people to testify about their knowledge of life and death in this country and how they had been treated by police.
Nothing about this horrific event changes the reality that brought hundreds of people out to march in the first place, any more than the assassination of NYPD Officers Rafael Ramos and Wenjian Liu in 2014 changed the fact that Eric Garner’s killing was a crime against humanity.
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At a Warsaw press conference earlier Saturday, Obama said don’t judge all blacks by the Dallas shooter.
