Black Lives Matter activists arrested after protest stops traffic in Virginia
Critics call the Black Lives Matter movement a terrorist group, a threat and most recently a group that incites violence.
Gov. John Bel Edwards, who hails from four generations of sheriffs, defended his support of the law in an interview with USA Today Network of Louisiana last week before the the Baton Rouge police officers were killed.
The mayor of a MA city has denied a request from police officers that a Black Lives Manner banner be removed from City Hall and replaced with a new one.
Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick (R-Texas) supports a federal probe of members of the Black Lives Matter movement in light of the recent vigilante attacks against police.
What we’re also seeing, I think, is the disdain and disorientation of people who were raised with the notion that colorblindness is an ideal and that acknowledging a person’s race is taboo.
A spokesperson with the FOP said the office was closed Wednesday and they conducted business at a different location.
Truthfully, all lives matter.
However, in the process of explaining himself, he may have opened a new can of worms when he stated clearly, “all lives matter”, mirroring the words of those who oppose the phrase “black lives matter”. Many analysts speculated that RNC would prove to be a lightning rod for protesters, given the passionate reactions generated by the party’s presumptive nominee, but that had not proved to be the case until now.
“Anytime you can’t walk the street unless you have a cop running up on you then you are not safe”, said Watkins. Number two: Black Lives Matter never protests when every 14 hours somebody is killed in Chicago, probably 70-80 percent of the time (by) a Black person.
A lot of Black Lives Matter protesters see where the anti-Trump movement applies to them and a lot of Trump supporters are anti-Black Lives Matter. Blue Lives Matter, but the truth is, all lives matter!
The Black Lives Matter movement has been protesting against violence toward blacks. “But… persistence – and I would say stubbornness – in bringing change is essential”.