#BlackLivesMatter

2nd Anniversary Of Michael Brown’s Death; Black Lives Matter

August 11, 2016 Sarah Aziza, www.wagingnonviolence.org Resist! #BlackLivesMatter, #MikeBrown, Black Lives Matter (BLM), Michael Brown

By Sarah Aziza for Waging Nonviolence - The two-year anniversary of the death of Michael Brown came yesterday, August 9, prompting vigils and marches around the country. While the rage and grief that ignited the streets of Ferguson two years ago remained a clear subtext in these gatherings, events surrounding the anniversary of Brown’s death also demonstrated the levels of pragmatism and coordination that have emerged among organizers since the chaotic summer of 2014. The weeks leading up to August 9 have been busy for Black Lives Matter and its allies.

Black Lives Matter Is Joining The Fight Against Deportations

August 11, 2016 Jorge Rivas, www.fusion.net Resist! #BlackLivesMatter, Black Lives Matter (BLM), Deportations, Immigration

By Jorge Rivas for Fusion - The Black Lives Matter movement this week announced it has adopted a 10-point platform that includes a call to end all deportations. It could be a game changer. Black Lives Matter, which started as a hashtag in 2013, has quickly evolved into a leading civil rights movement that until this week has mainly focused on policing issues that affect the black community. But on Monday the movement adopted a more comprehensive platform developed by the Movement for Black Lives, which has a list of demands, including a call for an “end to the war on Black immigrants.”

My Mother, Stopped For Driving While Black

August 10, 2016 Milen Mehari, www.otherwords.org Educate! #BlackLivesMatter, Black Lives Matter (BLM), Police, Police abuse

By Milen Mehari for Other Worlds - When the police pulled their guns on my mother, I reached for my phone and told her to be calm and do as they say. My parents and I had just been swarmed by police cars, sirens blaring, as we drove on I-64 through Virginia. Shock and fear consumed my family as we came to a stop and were ordered out of the vehicle at gun point. A third car even showed up to stop traffic.

Rejecting Postracialism: Whiteness, Morality And Decency

August 9, 2016 Richard Raber, www.dailymaverick.co.za Educate! #BlackLivesMatter, Black Lives Matter (BLM), Post Racial America, Race, White Supremacy

By Richard Raber for Daily Maverick - Beginning with the contention that most white people view racism conceptually as bad, evil or at least something that is undesirable to be associated with, it is disheartening to see so much support for reactionary #AllLivesMatter, #BlueLivesMatter and similar postracial rhetoric from ostensibly decent people. White America must seek to understand our own existence and its relation to the lived realities of both others and ourselves.

Black Lives Matter Endorses BDS: Israel Is ‘Apartheid State’

August 5, 2016 Staff, www.haaretz.com Resist! #BlackLivesMatter, BDS, Black Lives Matter (BLM)

By Staff of Haaretz - Black Lives Matter Network is one of over 50 black-led organizations in the coalition. While the majority of the document addresses issues other than Israel, the section on foreign policy, titled Invest-Divest, objects to U.S. military aid to Israel, which it describes as “a state that practices systematic discrimination and has maintained a military occupation of Palestine for decades.” While the section addresses other foreign policy issues, particularly the movement’s objections to the drug war and the war on terror, it criticizes no foreign country other than Israel.

A Vision For Black Lives

August 2, 2016 Staff, www.policy.m4bl.org Create! #BlackLivesMatter, Black Lives Matter (BLM)

By Staff of The Movement for Black Lives - Black humanity and dignity requires Black political will and power. Despite constant exploitation and perpetual oppression, Black people have bravely and brilliantly been the driving force pushing the U.S. towards the ideals it articulates but has never achieved. In recent years we have taken to the streets, launched massive campaigns, and impacted elections, but our elected leaders have failed to address the legitimate demands of our Movement. We can no longer wait.

Freddie Gray Death: Remaining Charges Dropped Against Police Officers

July 28, 2016 Baynard Woods, www.theguardian.com Educate! #BlackLivesMatter, Black Lives Matter (BLM), Freddie Gray, police brutality

By Baynard Woods for The Guardian - Baltimore prosecutors have dropped all remaining charges against police officers in the death of Freddie Gray. The surprise announcement Wednesday comes after four trials that ended withno conviction, and means there will likely be no criminal accountability over Gray’s death. Gray, a 25-year-old African American man, sustained fatal injuries in the back of a police van in April 2015. Video of Gray’s arrest that showed officers dragging a screaming Gray on the ground drew international outrage.

Police Incitement Against Black Lives Matter Is Putting Protesters in Danger

July 28, 2016 Sarah Lazare, www.alternet.org Educate! #BlackLivesMatter, Black Lives Matter (BLM), police brutality

By Sarah Lazare for AlterNet - From the floor of the Republican National Convention to the online pages of the Blue Lives Matter Facebook community, it is now commonplace for public officials, police and first responders to openly declare war on Black Lives Matter—the civil rights movement of our times. In some cases, this climate has given way to overt intimidation, with the captain of the Columbia, South Carolina fire department fired earlier this month for threatening to run over Black Lives Matter protesters, followed by the termination of three other first responders for related offenses.

Do Black Kids Matter In Memphis?

July 26, 2016 Liliana Segura, www.theintercept.com Educate! #BlackLivesMatter, Black Lives Matter (BLM), Memphis

By Liliana Segura for The Intercept - EMALE ON BOARD!” the lieutenant called out, his voice booming off the concrete walls. It was the middle of shift change at the Shelby County Juvenile Detention Center in downtown Memphis, and the two-tiered housing unit was mostly quiet. “Female on board!” he yelled again. “That’s a PREA requirement,” Sheriff’s Department Chief Kirk Fields explained as he ushered me through the door. “Anytime the opposite sex enters the floor.” PREA is the Prison Rape Elimination Act, sweeping federal legislation targeting the nation’s prisons and jails.

WNBA Players Boycott After Being Fined For Wearing BLM Shirts

July 23, 2016 Rob Wile, www.fusion.net Resist! #BlackLivesMatter, Athletes, Black Lives Matter (BLM), boycott, Protests

By Rob Wile for Fuse - On Thursday morning, the WNBA levied fines against three teams and their players for donning uniforms worn to protest the recent spate of police killings of black people. On Thursday afternoon, the players responded. Following their game at Madison Square Garden, players from the New York Liberty and Indiana Fever, two of the teams that received the fines, refused to take questions about any subject other than Black Lives Matter, and the WNBA’s response to their protests.

Protesters Occupy Police Unions, Demand Investment In Black Communities

July 22, 2016 Staff, www.rt.com Resist! #BlackLivesMatter, Black Lives Matter (BLM), Divestment, Occupation, Police, Protests, Unions

By Staff of RT - Black Lives Matter protesters taking aim at police union offices forced a shutdown of one in Washington, DC. Simultaneously in Detroit, activists chained themselves to a police station to demand the ouster of an officer who shot dead a 7-year-old in 2010. Protests, held by Black Youth Project 100 (BYP100) and Black Lives Matter, hit several cities across the US on Wednesday. July 20 would have been the 14th birthday of Aiyana Stanley-Jones, who was shot dead in a SWAT raid on her house in May 2010.

Video: Unarmed Man Pleading With Arms Raised Before He’s Shot

July 22, 2016 Nathan Wellman, www.usuncut.com Resist! #BlackLivesMatter, Black Lives Matter (BLM), police brutality

By Nathan Wellman for US Uncut - Cell phone video footage has been released that shows the moments before an unarmed black therapist with his hands up was shot by North Miami police while attempting to care for his autistic patient, according to WSVN-TV. Disabled caregiver Charles Kinsey was lying on his back with his hands in the air, attempting to talk to the officers who were aiming their weapons at them. The police had received reports of a man with a gun threatening suicide.

Black Lives Matter Is Not A Hate Group

July 21, 2016 Richard Cohen, www.time.com Educate! #BlackLivesMatter, Black Lives Matter (BLM)

By Richard Cohen for Time - Each year, the Southern Poverty Law Center, of which I am the president, compiles and publishes a census of domestic hate groups. Our list, which is cited extensively by journalists, academics and government officials alike, provides an important barometer—not the only one, of course—to help us understand the state of hate and extremism in America.

How My 72-Year-Old Dad Got Arrested At Protest Against Police Brutality

July 19, 2016 Staff, www.2summers.net Resist! #BlackLivesMatter, Black Lives Matter (BLM), police brutality, Protests

By Staff of 2 Summers - On Saturday evening my father, Tenney Mason, was in downtown Baltimore (my home city in the U.S.) attending ArtScape, a local arts festival. A group of #Afromation and#BlackLivesMatter demonstrators walked past, and Dad decided to check it out. He had his camera with him and although he’s mostly retired, Dad spent many decades as a photojournalist and newspaper editor. When he sees a news story, he follows it. On Saturday evening my father, Tenney Mason, was in downtown Baltimore (my home city in the U.S.) attending ArtScape, a local arts festival. A group of #Afromation and#BlackLivesMatter demonstrators walked past, and Dad decided to check it out.

Why Cleveland’s Black Lives Matter Chapter Is Sitting Out RNC Protests

July 19, 2016 Terrell Jermaine Starr, www.fusion.net Resist! #BlackLivesMatter, Black Lives Matter (BLM), Cleveland, Republican Party, RNC

By Terrell Jermaine Starr for Fusion - CLEVELAND—Thousands of activists will be in downtown Cleveland protesting the Republican National Convention this week, but one group you won’t see is Black Lives Matter Cleveland. The chapter doesn’t believe its organizing power will best serve black Clevelanders by protesting Donald Trump, a man who has shown no real interest in ending racist policing—the signature goal of Black Lives Matter chapters nationwide.

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