Mr Obama has devoted his attention this week to the gun violence directed at officers as well as shootings by police, days after a black US Army veteran killed five policemen in Texas as revenge for the shooting of black men in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, and the Minneapolis suburbs. Others have been tweeting with the hashtag #stopkillingthemandem, Jamaican slang for a group of men that has been adopted by Britain’s youths. The latest musician to talk on the subject is Slipknot and Stone Sour frontman Corey Taylor, who gave his two cents on the Blacks Lives Matter Vs. “This is ultimately a cry for help”.
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“As our country continues to grieve following last week’s tragedy in Dallas, we must come together in support of those who risk everything to keep us safe”, Mr. Cornyn said in a statement.
Allen Scott, a lifelong Savannahian and African American says he can understand why some white people don’t understand. Irresponsible network commentators tweeted out offensive posts blaming Black Lives Matter outright for the officers’ deaths, even though the shooter had nothing to do with that otherwise peaceful protest in Dallas. And an off-duty police officer in Missouri fatally shot a man who was trying to enter the officer’s home.
FILE – In this Friday, July 8, 2016 file photo, flowers and ribbons are taped to flag poles in the area of the attack on Dallas police officers last night in Dallas. South Africans face police as they protest in support of the #BlackLivesMatter movement outside the U.S. embassy in Cape Town, South Africa, July 13, 2016.
In a comment to one of my friends on Facebook, I defended why individuals prefer to say “All Lives Matter”.
And what about the Black Lives Matter movement?
“It always feels like in America. if you take a stand for something, you automatically are against something else”.
“I wanted you to know there are white people in this movement too”, she said. However, if we don’t learn to live in harmony and peace with people of all colors and kinds, social conditions in this once great nation will further deteriorate and the end will soon follow.
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“The reality is if you are a black person in America you have this sense and this feeling that the clock is turning back on black people in America”, said Changa Higgins, a black rights activist with the Dallas Action Coalition. Biden did not offer detail about the complaints, but said Obama stressed how he has repeatedly voiced support for law enforcement and offered to send critics a list of when he has done so.
