Black Lives Matter to hold Melbourne rally
This says something about our culture and the officers we trust to protect us, and whether or not they can be trusted given the number of black people who have lost their lives due to trigger happy cops.
The organisation, which began in 2013, regularly organises protests around the deaths of black people by police officers. Black Lives Matter today, tomorrow, and forever.
Patrela Stewart and David Barnes are talking about the Black Lives Matter movement, as the protests hit the local streets over the weekend after two black men in the USA were shot and killed by law enforcement in separate incidents. But this fact is precisely why police violence against black people is uniquely corrosive, and why it must be roundly decried as well, even after Dallas.
Quebec’s Public Security Minister, Martin Coiteux, said he believes the situation in Quebec is much different than what is happening to black communities south of the border.
To them, “All lives matter” isn’t a slogan or a movement.
“When the officer comes to the auto, when he asks for your license and registration, tell him – with the utmost respect – that your license is in your back pocket and ask if it’s OK if you get it”, he said.
Wash says organizers were in communication with Wichita Police Chief, Gordon Ramsay, from the very beginning, explaining that in light of the controversial events happening across the nation, Wichitans needed to vent. Risking the same felony charge that DeRay McKesson was charged with in a similar protest in Louisiana, this latest action wasn’t done by black people. I’m going to speak to you, I’m going to use my words, I’m going to articulate myself. It takes place July 20 at the legislature from 7 p.m.to 11 p.m.
Can presumptive Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump and former NY mayor Rudolph Giuliani be so morally boring that they cannot see that the statement “Black Lives Matter” is neither racist nor divisive? “We just want to be treated justly, we want to stop the injustice, so I think it is important that the Justice Department stands behind us”.
Needless to say, the Post was not impressed by his comments.
Bratton asserted that policing is “a shared responsibility” between police officers and civilians, and said “everybody’s voice needs to be heard”.
President Obama addressed the growing tensions between Black communities and law enforcement officials head-on during last night’s frank and honest town hall meeting.
Hart said, “When blacks on blacks kill each other, nine times out of ten, eight times out of ten, somebody is going to jail”.