Police officer placed on leave over Black Lives Matter posts
The Minnesota governor kissed the hand of the mother of police-shot Philando Castile, whose fiancée, Diamond “Lavish” Reynolds, had live-streamed his death and her dialogue with the police gunman.
McKesson called the meeting with Obama and leaders “productive” and that the President was “incredibly solution orientated in this conversation and pushed to challenge people to think about the concrete things that both the administration could do and law enforcement and activists could do to make sure that we address the issue of police violence head on and also that our communities are safe”.
Thomas also urged protesters to reduce their anger against the hundreds of police officers working the streets and the protests on a daily basis: “all law enforcement isn’t bad”. “The Dallas five makes the number 25 so far this year”. That’s why, if you were to kill a police officer, you’d be arrested and tried. The white people, Hispanic, whatever.
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.
“I think that everybody has to something to offer and I think the thing that all of us have to offer starting right now is to treat other the way that we want to be treated”, Johnson said.
You’ve requested a civil discourse, and I offer: You can help us change how other people perceive black people and people of color.
Is that because we have so much more violent crime, including gun crime? We want to demonstrate that black lives matter. Video recording is now available in your pocket or purse 24/7. Even though when I go out every day I don’t feel like I’m “privileged”, I am. You have to go through all these stipulations: What did he do?
“It’s my hope that this chapter can show that, yes, all lives matter, but especially at this particular time we need to declare that Black lives matter”, Johnson said.
The lack of courageous condemnation of Black Lives Matter by good and decent people ensures that more police officers will be shot in neighborhoods that desperately need their presence to ensure the safety of those who can not afford to leave. There were some people I could tell, they weren’t happy about it, but I still said thank you to the police. Institutional racism is not dead in America, and hasn’t been for some time, certainly not in the last eight years.
He said there was going to be a march in the city to the Clock Tower and midday today (sat). “We can not halt you; that is our curse”. Last week’s agony made us accelerate talking and embracing people from “the other side”, which moves us all forward a notch.