Talking with CNN, Chuck D furthered his anti-Trump sentiment, responding to the GOP nominee’s assertion that Black Lives Matter is responsible for incidents of violence.
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“It is as inconceivable to us as it is demoralizing that our city would propagate its support for this movement”, the letter reads.
Since the banner was deployed, the deaths at the hands of police of Alton Sterling and Philando Castile have reignited unrest across the country.
“Our goal should be to make all lives matter”, said Krys Ro, the organizer for the Black Lives Matter Reno/Sparks group, which is not officially connected with the national Black Lives Matter movement. From a statement obtained by LawNewz.com.
“Why not hang a banner that reads ‘We All Matter?'” DeNapoli told ABC News.
Although their march had to be cut short due to the pounding sun, almost 50 people braved the heat to participate in a Black Lives Matter protest Saturday evening in Park Central Square.
Curtatone was not swayed, saying in a statement to the Globe that a banner honoring the slain officers in Dallas now is hanging in the Somerville police headquarters, “where it would provide the most moral support to our officers”.
And what about local Somerville police?
Youngstown, Ohio news station WKBN reports that Judge Robert Milich of the Youngstown Municipal Court said that his own politics had nothing to do with his finding that attorney Andrea Burton was in violation of the law. Do they want it down?
Somerville Police Chief David Fallon agrees with the banner staying on city hall, saying that it reminds him that people need to be inclusive.
Bangor Police Sergeant Tim Cotton, a spokesman for the department said that they are supportive of any peaceful demonstration. “I’m not sure if they were asked before the letter went out, their feelings on it”, he said.
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Attempting to clarify his view that it shouldn’t take police shootings to focus attention on discrimination against black people, Rocky said: “I just get upset, and what I was really trying to say there was, like, yo, I just, I hate when the bandwagon stuff start”.
