Out of the hundreds of protesters who took to the streets of Cleveland early this week, many held signs supporting the Black Lives Matter movement that has again taken center stage with the recent shootings of Alton Sterling and Philando Castile. African Americans are three times more likely to be stopped by police, six times more likely to go to jail for the same crime and one in three African Americans killed by the police previous year were identified as unarmed. No arrests have been made, according to police. Elite officers had stormed the home looking for a murder suspect.
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That respect between officers and their community is one reason the Richmond Mayor Dwight Jones believes the river city is keeping calm in such a turbulent time.
President Barack Obama met with Pasco and other leaders of national police groups on July 12, and the White House emphasized the administration is still providing the equipment that police departments say they need. “You shouldn’t have to choose between the police and the citizens they are sworn to protect”. Enough innocent Black blood has been shed.
A Starbucks coffee cup on the counter reads “Black Lives Matter” as Brittney Miller, Manhattan resident, rings up the order on July 19, 2016.
“We have a distrust in the black community of police”. If God becomes irrelevant he will not preserve us as a nation. During the Civil Rights Era, the boycott was used with maximum success during the Montgomery Bus Boycott which force that company to acquiesce and submit to our demands.
But one thing that Newsome and his friends say they won’t be doing in November is voting. “There are convictions of the people who caused their deaths”, it continued.
But Curtatone said his support for police officers can not preempt his commitment to addressing systemic racism locally and nationally.
So let’s, for starters, tone down the reckless accusations and false claims that put targets on the backs of police officers and lead to tragedies like that in Dallas. Instead of accountability, police apologists, as guest pundits on media programs, spin absurdities and constantly engage in police propaganda. Attorney General to investigate Black Lives Matter activists for criminal charges. “However, while I expected to be served as normal, I was quickly informed that Black Lives Matter would not be served at this establishment”, Genevieve Uzamere, Starbucks costumer and owner of the blog The Ratchette said in her blog post, “NYC Starbucks refuses to serve “Black Lives Matter”.” Is there any wonder why we hear of scandals among the highest ranks of the current NYPD, where several high ranking officers were being investigated by the Federal Bureau of Investigation?
Sharpton said numerous protests create a climate for change and provide participants a sense of sanity amid rising gun-related violence.
Does he ever speak in his classes about the “Slave Patrols?”
After Gavin Long’s attack on officers in Baton Rouge, Police Chief Carl Dabadie observed that police “are up against a force that is not playing by the rules”. We are not targeting that Chick-fil-A specifically.
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As the Black Lives Matter movement fights on in the United States, it’s important to recognize that Americans aren’t the only ones who face police brutality.
