“I saw what they said about the police in various marches and rallies”, he said.
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In an interview Monday with The Associated Press, the presumptive GOP nominee struck a balance between the law-and-order rhetoric he has espoused during his campaign and an appreciation for the concerns held by African-Americans nationwide about the conduct of police.
A black police officer questioned the motive of activist movement Black Lives Matter on a Facebook post by claiming that black people kill each other more than the police do.
“But, even those who dislike the phrase, black lives matter, surely we should hear the pain of Alton Sterling’s family”, he said.
“The explanation given was that [the Republicans] are holding their convention at the same time”, NAACP’s Cornell William Brooks tells CNN.
Jim Enzler, 66 a Dallas construction superintendent and his wife, Millie, 60, say they braved scorching heat to be a part of the vigil and to feel that they were doing something to support the police. The altercation was captured on mobile phone video.
Watson said the only protest he knew about was the silent one the NAACP was planning for Thursday. “That’s their designation when it’s disrupted to the degree that it has been, it’s problematic – to say the least”.
Our humanity is why we allegedly subscribe to any political philosophy to begin with – the notion that our concept of government is what we believe would be best for ourselves, our neighbors and our countrymen. “We’re here saying ‘Hey, can we talk to somebody and see if we can get on the same page?'” We’ve taken that position from the get-go and we have never wavered from it, and we won’t now. People are not getting along in this country.
Our country is divided. And you can have all those different ideas in the same thought. And the press actually plays it down. Just because a person runs a 5K to raise awareness for breast cancer doesn’t mean that person feels we shouldn’t be aware of other types of cancers – it’s about tackling issues as we have the opportunity to address them. “And I think that might be just the beginning for this summer”.
Black Lives Matter arose in response to those killings to protest the treatment of black people by United States law enforcement.
When asked what led his group to accused Black Lives Matter of killing police, White answered: “There have been individuals who have murdered police officers that have affiliation with BLM”. Of course black lives matter, and they matter greatly.
A counter petition on the White House website sprung up on Sunday urging the Obama administration to not recognize Black Lives Matter as a terrorist group. That’s anti-American and it’s racist.
“A lot of people agree with that”.
“It’s a very very sad situation and hopefully it can be healed”, he said.
Lusk said all lives matter is what he preaches to his congregation, and other pastors said the same.
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“I think it’s a very, very, very divisive term”.
