“We are fed up”, she said. The police wanted to investigate further and do not want to compromise the investigation. They ran past Minnesota State Patrol troopers, who were trying to block them from getting on the freeway. Is it a coordinated effort or are the attacks simply a byproduct of hate speech espoused by the groups on social media? And still there are many who don’t believe that in their soul. Instead, they surf the web and grow their anger in private, Lenz said.
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“We can not about bring justice through violence”, said Hood, a pastor. “We’re about equal rights”.
On Saturday, as protests continued, a reporter from the Baton Rouge television station WAFB was detained by police officers.
Louisiana State Police also confirmed reports that frozen water bottles were at troopers during the rally. The last two are described as hate groups by the law center, which monitors hate crimes and right-wing extremism. His cover shot carried the red, black and green Pan-African flag.
“Not everyone who shows up at a demonstration is a full-fledged member of BLM, (but) they’re welcomed and encouraged to participate”, Melina Abdullah, a representative of the group’s Los Angeles chapter, said in a conversation with Reuters in June.
Demonstrators chanted, “Hands up, don’t shoot”, and “No racist police”, as the crowd moved along Oxford Street to the U.S. Embassy on nearby Grosvenor Square and then back onto Oxford Street again.
“Now in a movement like Black Lives Matter there will always be folks who say things that are stupid or imprudent or over generalized or harsh”, Obama said, adding that well-meaning protesters shouldn’t necessarily be held accountable for everything said in the heat of a protest. He spray painted the word “murderers” on Oakland Police Headquarters.
“I don’t think it’s the time to close your doors and lock them and make comments on Facebook”.
In a statement posted online, the group – which has decried police violence against African Americans – deplored the videotaped deaths of Alton Sterling and Philando Castile this past week, and called for a transformation of policing in America.
There was a different mood for protesters on Saturday after the deaths of five Dallas police officers at a Black Lives Matter rally.
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He also noted that many protesters in Dallas were legally carrying firearms, making it more hard for police to determine the source of the gunfire. For me, there’s not even a discussion about Blue Lives Matter -Nana, I need to ask you, though, you want to defund the police – how would you suggest we keep order in society without the police? It depends on what perspective you’re coming from.
