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”. The black women attended James Island Charter High School together several years ago and are home on summer break from different colleges.
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All this led Meyers to conclude that, contrary to what Giuliani said, Black Lives Matter is neither “racist” nor exclusionary.
HOUSTON-Demonstrators have marched through the streets chanting and demanding change, but members of the Black Lives Matter movement have also been called racists by some of those promoting the slogan “All Lives Matter”. And yes, we are ALL of our Brothers and Sisters Keepers in every city, in every community, in every neighborhood because we must all matter to each other.
Mckesson offered his response Monday afternoon during an appearance on MSNBC, his first interview since being released from jail following his arrest during a Black Lives Matter protest in Baton Rouge over the weekend.
The Facebook post lists a number of young people killed by police shootings and warns of a growing “culture of impunity” within United States law enforcement.
People also shouted against “police brutality” and said “justice will not be given, it must be fought for”.
The post now ends on a note of togetherness, echoing the healing rhetoric of police in other cities: “We should stand together in UNITY in hard times like this in our nation”.
Black Lives Matter is made up of a network of local chapters who operate mostly independently. Just as the Black Lives Matter movement does not speak for the entire black community as Biden pointed out, Giuliani should probably not speak for the entire Black Lives Matter movement either.
However, the post which is attributed to Stallen and has a picture of a man in police uniform that was posted before the Dallas shooting, was critical of the focus of the movement. “It’s gotten so far down the tracks that I’m afraid even people who want things to be resolved don’t have a loud enough voice”.
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“You could have approached her and said: ‘Excuse me miss, what are you doing here?'” Would they go on TV and protest violence?
