Tag: Black lives matter
Change seems to be coming from multiple directions, both outside and within the corridors of political and economic power, as our ignorance shatters and we wake up. #consciousevolution
Hours before President Donald Trump held a Saturday evening rally in Tulsa, Oklahoma, where he gave a self-congratulatory, division-sowing speech, the Poor People’s Campaign offered a progressive counterpoint with a virtual social justice assembly #PoorPeoplesCampaign
People are rising up nationwide in massive protests seeking to finally eradicate the systemic forces that led to George Floyd’s torture and death. #georgefloyd #blacklivesmatter
While the Supreme Court today is deciding whether to reevaluate “Qualified Immunity” for police officers, cities across America are considering how to reinvent their police departments. #police
In a video recently published online, George Floyd’s daughter, Gianna can be heard saying that, “Daddy changed the world.” #georgefloyd #icantbreathe
The call to “reopen” society isn’t just about stores and bars; it’s about reopening ourselves to the reality of a system that is built on racism, violence, and injustice. #georgefloyd #icantbreathe
The protesters are playing right into the government’s hands because the powers-that-be want this. They want an excuse to lockdown the nation and throw the switch to all-out martial law. They want a reason to make the police state stronger. #georgefloydprotests
“We are witnessing America as a failed social experiment,” says Dr. Cornel West. “…Its capitalist economy could not… deliver, in such a way that people could live lives of decency.” #cornellwest #georgefloyd
Cops shooting innocent people in inner cities does NOT describe the root of what’s been going on in American ghettoes. Loss of manufacturing jobs, owing to Globalist trade treaties; gang crime; drugs; poverty; absolute dependence on government for survival—now you’re talking about the roots of the devastation. But that wasn’t the preferred narrative. So instead, Black Lives Matter (BLM) and affiliated groups have received special attention from above: the President, the US Attorney General, George $oros, and so on.
While the name, Black Lives Matter, could be perceived as an exclusive club where others aren’t welcome, nothing could be further from the truth. BLM, as the movement is often abbreviated, only wants to level the playing field, and welcomes supporters from any race, creed, religion, gender — anyone — who acknowledges systemic disparities present in the U.S.
How many times will our justice system refuse to charge police with killing unarmed black people? When will our judicial system deem the death of people of color at the hands of law enforcement to at least be worthy of a trial?
Hate crimes appear to be a very difficult thing to eliminate entirely, because a small number of angry, deranged people inevitably will vent their rage at groups they find threatening. The blogger however is grappling with the fact that politicians have been fueling such hatefulness.
The presidential slate is underwhelming at best, and terrifying at worst.
Launched as an online manifesto with an interactive website, Campaign Zero proposes new federal, state, and local laws that would address police violence and reform the criminal justice system. What do you think about this new campaign?
It’s shocking that it even has to be said, but apparently it does: “All Lives Matter.” Not just black lives or police lives. All murder is bad. There is no morally authorized form of premeditated murder no matter what story you tell yourself.
