Tag: Black lives matter
This is accountability, but not justice—that was a widely shared sentiment after a jury in Minnesota on Tuesday found Derek Chauvin, a white former police officer, guilty of murdering George Floyd, an unarmed Black man, in Minneapolis last year. #georgefloyd
Black Lives Matter and MAGA supporters reportedly threw their differences to the wayside to come together in protest of Bill No. A1179. #forcedvaccination
After the Milwaukee Bucks led several sports teams Wednesday night in a labor strike to protest the police shooting of Jacob Blake in Kenosha, Wisconsin, NBA players and the league’s board of governors were met Thursday morning to discuss whether to continue the rest of the season. #StrikeForBlackLives
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
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.
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.
