“I think we need to be grounded on the fact that we are a peaceful group”, Johnson said.
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Because of this, Game said the Black Lives Matter movement can be seen as hypocritical. “Racism is real. It’s not only in the white community, the black community”.
A protest rally has been taking place in Derby city centre this afternoon as part of the national Black Lives Matter movement.
“It’s not about black and white or any other color it’s about all lives matter and everybody respecting that”, said Kerry Finnery, a Black Lives Matter supporter.
It is not the first meeting, and it likely will not be the last time Valley law enforcement agencies and Black Lives Matter supporters meet to discuss the state of race relations in Arizona.
Almost 100 demonstrators marched silently through downtown Waynesboro Sunday in a call for unity in the face of recent racial strife between the black community and law enforcement. Both Sterling and Castile were shot by police officers the prior week.
Maryam Ali, an 18-year-old lead organizer of Black Lives Matter in London, told the local newspaper Voice that the protests showed support for “our American brothers and sisters”.
Representatives from the Portland Racial Justice Committee say they’re fearful of what may happen and that they want more of a role in overseeing police policy. “Yesterday’s attack was the result of the actions of a lone gunman”, organizers said in a statement on the Black Lives Matter website.
In Portland, officers in patrol cars turned out to control traffic in the city Friday night so that the protesters could pass, even though police say the activists had not sought a permit for the demonstration. “I think when we’ll be proactive we’ll stop seeing so many lives killed in the black and black community – black on black crime”, Pastor Kirk said.
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Decisions are often made within a fraction of a second by officers and some turn out bad. “I just don’t want to see bitterness and hatred consume the hearts of people”. Police were also present near the barricades that had been set up at the roadways that had been shut down for the protest route.
