“I don’t believe in a Blue Lives Matter movement in the same way that I don’t believe in a White Lives Matter movement or a Men’s Lives Matter movement”, she said. Numerous dead were unarmed and killed in the context of such innocuous activities as talking on a cell phone, walking home with a friend, riding a bicycle, or in the course of traffic stops for minor matters – failure to signal a lane change, having a defective tail-light, or nothing at all, or even while in police custody.
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“I believe I saved a lot more black lives than Black Lives Matter”.
Following the Dallas cop massacre, Texas Lt. Governor Dan Patrick was quick to directly blame Black Lives Matter protests for the killings.
Last week, following the killings of Philando Castile and Alton Sterling, models and a designer told Complex that the response from the fashion industry has been incredibly disappointing. “I’m here to insist that we are not as divided as we seem”.
The Black Lives Matter Movement was born after the shooting death of Florida teen Trayvon Martin on February 26, 2012, Martin’s killer, neighborhood watch volunteer George Zimmerman, was cleared of any wrongdoing. White lives matter. Asian lives matter.
DeRay Mckesson, leader of the Black Lives Matter movement, blasted former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani, once referred to as “America’s Mayor”, calling him a “disgrace to the country and an embarrassment”.
Brian Williams is a trauma surgeon at Parkland Hospital who was on duty the night a lone sniper shot 14 innocent people during the Black Lives Matter protest, specifically targeting Dallas police officers.
Organizers said they want to open up communication with police.
After Martin, the deaths of African-Americans at the hands of police gave rise to more voices of protest. “And it has not gone away, but we haven’t had enough positive action taken on making change and I am very encouraged by the Black Lives Matter movement”.
He added: “We have to talk with the police. We will always get better but we have to salute them because as we’ve seen, they do die for us”, Rawlings said.
Rauner also said, “The men and women who work every day to protect everyone, including those exercising their right to free speech, deserve our respect and support”.
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“Look, we can dissent without demonizing and I think we’ve demonized our police for too long and we have to stop that”. Five police officers are dead and several injured following a shooting in downtown Dallas Thursday night.
