Starbucks customers change names to “Black Lives Matter”
“I think this is going to be a peaceful event, just knowing the people in our community”, said Reno Police Chief Jason Soto.
About 50 people assembled in front of Leicester’s Town Hall to listen to music, poetry and a speech by city councillor Orlanzo Cole.
“I worry constantly about what could happen to him when people don’t understand his behavior”, Marcy said.
Why can’t a Queens resident be supportive of the Black Lives Matter movement AND also be supportive of the law enforcement community?
So when We as a people of color raise our fist-It is not to say, We are better than other races of people.
Esther Cadet said that as a black woman, she is always careful when around police officers.
“It’s important we do this correctly”, said West Linn Police Department Lt. Mike Stradley. It also seems we have reached a tipping point in what any society can tolerate when it comes to injustice.
Among the musicians were drummers and singers. When it becomes a situation when interstates are blocked, and objects are thrown at policemen, then it’s just chaos and most of us dismiss the demonstration as held by a bunch of radicals that belong in jail. Therefore it only makes sense to me if you are going to be on a large city police force, you should be trained in restraint and racial diversity. In response to the Dallas shooting that killed five police office and left seven wounded, a new “Blue Lives Matter” movement has begun. We need to stop putting differential values on lives of individuals, and work towards a nation where we don’t have to fear what next week’s headline will be. President, I think that a complaint many cops have is that you, the Department of Justice, and I’m talking about the former Attorney General, have rushed to judgment on certain of these cases.
Speaking about that particular post, Lt. Stradley said, “That’s incredibly embarrassing and irresponsible for a police officer”. All Lives Matter, YET! all lives do not share or have the Black American Slavery his-tory of hundreds and hundreds of years of killings.
“I need all of you to know that this #ABC town hall that will air at 8 pm is a sham”, she later wrote on Twitter. It’s saying black lives matter just as much as anyone else’s.
Other participants included mayors, law enforcement officials, activists and spiritual leaders according to the White House. “I don’t feel sad for the officers that lost their lives”. We can not ignore the problems that lead to violence in black communities, not if we claim Black Lives Matter and not if we claim to care about the safety and well-being of the police officers assigned to serve those communities. “You don’t see the same protest”.