Sentences with phrase «say black lives matter»

«I was impressed with what Stephon's brother Stevante said that how proud he was of Sacramento, of his city, how people turned out and made this case a national one and brought attention because I think too often, our elected leaders, they will talk about things when it's a lot of children in a school, but when it's young black men of color who are being shot by the police unarmed... I think if we're gonna say black lives matter, we have to mean it, and we have to implement change,» she continued.

We ARE saying BLACK LIVES MATTER.

In an interview with CNN's «New Day,» on Monday, July 11, 2016, de Blasio said the Black Lives Matter movement «has changed the national discussion for the better.»

An Apex High School student said a Black Lives Matter mural was destroyed by another student, sparking a Twitter debate.

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You know, you look at all the outgrowth of Me Too, and See Her, and Black Lives Matter, and people standing up and having a voice, and saying, «I want to know where brands stand on issues.

A policewoman holds back a «Black Lives Matter» supporter as she shouts towards supporters of Donald Trump, who said they were members of «Bible Believers» during the Republican National Convention.

It's why the volunteer who led his campaign in the Youngstown area had no issue saying racism was a creation of Barack Obama's Presidency and that Black Lives Matter activists were full of it.

Unhappily for his wife, he crashed back into the news at the end of this week, angrily counter-confronting Black Lives Matter protesters at a rally in Philadelphia on Thursday and then offering a feint at regret on Friday («I almost want to apologize,» he said.).

According to the New York Times, he said that Black Lives Matter activists need to be willing to sit down and actually discuss the issues with those who have the power to enact social change, instead of simply shouting at them from a distance.

This works in tandem with designations like «Black Identity Extremism», a made up term by the FBI to attack Black organizers,» said Janaya Khan, a Black Lives Matter activist and organizer with the national civil rights group Color of Change.

Is that at the end of my campaign when it appeared that Clinton was going to win, and certainly after she won the nomination, what the... what the Russians were doing was flocking to Bernie Sanders Facebook sites, and they were saying to Bernie Sanders supporters, as they were by the way to Black Lives Matter supporters, people who were fighting for social justice.

In Parkland, «while the students and parents speaking up were no more passionate than the young people of, say, the Black Lives Matter movement, it was clear that the political establishment was going to receive them a different way,» New Yorker contributor Emily Witt noted last week.

And black people, unfortunately, continue to be criminalized for our moments of courage, for our moments of mourning and grieving,» Black Lives Matter Network co-founder Patrisse Cullors said when asked about the differing reactions to Parkland and black racial justice organizing during a HuffPost Black History Month panel earlier this black people, unfortunately, continue to be criminalized for our moments of courage, for our moments of mourning and grieving,» Black Lives Matter Network co-founder Patrisse Cullors said when asked about the differing reactions to Parkland and black racial justice organizing during a HuffPost Black History Month panel earlier this Black Lives Matter Network co-founder Patrisse Cullors said when asked about the differing reactions to Parkland and black racial justice organizing during a HuffPost Black History Month panel earlier this black racial justice organizing during a HuffPost Black History Month panel earlier this Black History Month panel earlier this week.

In a Facebook comment responding to an article about an upcoming Black Lives Matter protest, «JM Roth» said to «run them over» and then proceeded to detail how you can avoid being charged with a crime if you hit someone with your car.

In honor of Black History Month, Montpelier High School in Vermont has become the first high school in the country to raise a Black Lives Matter flag in an official capacity on school grounds, say officials.

If anyone were to say something as vociferous, say about the Black Lives Matter movement or feminism imagine the outrage that would happen.

To really affirm that black lives do matter is to say we all agree that white lives don't matter more than black lives.

At the beginning of the year, activist Michelle Higgins took the stage at the Urbana missions conference and issued a call to action: all Christians, she said, should support the Black Lives Matter movement.

To really affirm that black lives do matter is to say we all agree that white lives don't matter more or less than black lives.

That third definition of Black Lives Matter is often one we hear the most, the one people say affirms the killing of police, affirms the hatred and blaming of white people.

So you can say «black lives matter» and still go into a space where the «other» in your community is a person of native descent, of Mexican descent.

Saying «black lives matter,» therefore, does not mean that black lives matter more than other races; neither is it the equivalent to being anti-white.

I have been watching to see what the presidential candidates say — and what they say they will do — about Black Lives Matter.

Cullars - Doty is involved in Black Lives Matter Minnesota, Black Lives Matter Twin Cities, and the Twin Cities Coalition for Justice 4 Jamar, referring to Jamar Clark, the 24 - year - old who several witness said was shot by police while handcuffed.

At an appearance in Brooklyn this weekend, Sanders said: «We owe a debt of gratitude to the Black Lives Matter movement,» which he said had «raised the consciousness» of the racial disparity within in the criminal justice system.

The Republican presidential candidate Chris Christie said on Sunday the Black Lives Matter protest movement was creating an environment that could put police officers at risk.

Violent crime in some of America's largest cities is on the rise thanks to the «false narrative» perpetuated by groups such as Black Lives Matter, a prominent policing expert said...

But Malliotakis said that she believes Sarsour, who gained national prominence in 2014 for her work in the Black Lives Matter movement, has since become alienating.

While the Sanders campaign in recent months has emphasized criminal justice issues that have been raised by the Black Lives Matter movement — as well as the candidate's own record during the civil rights movement of the 1960s — Rangel said being a representative of Vermont doesn't help the resume.

«All of a sudden black lives matter,» Brooklyn Assemblyman Charles Barron said later in the debate.

He said there is a deteriorating relationship between community and the police, citing the Black Lives Matter protest last fall that resulted in a number of arrests.

Giuliani's comments about Black Lives Matter and black - on - black violence are hurting the city and denigrating people of color, NYC Mayor Bill de Blasio said, adding: «I don't know why he has chosen for decades to divide people, but sadly, that's what his body of work increasingly is.&rBlack Lives Matter and black - on - black violence are hurting the city and denigrating people of color, NYC Mayor Bill de Blasio said, adding: «I don't know why he has chosen for decades to divide people, but sadly, that's what his body of work increasingly is.&rblack - on - black violence are hurting the city and denigrating people of color, NYC Mayor Bill de Blasio said, adding: «I don't know why he has chosen for decades to divide people, but sadly, that's what his body of work increasingly is.&rblack violence are hurting the city and denigrating people of color, NYC Mayor Bill de Blasio said, adding: «I don't know why he has chosen for decades to divide people, but sadly, that's what his body of work increasingly is.»

The Black Lives Matter movement «has changed the national discussion for the better,» NYC Mayor Bill de Blasio said this morning in an interview with CNN's «New Day.»

«I have no concern with Black Lives Matter,» Bratton said.

«Right now, people are saying it's us versus them,» Khosla, 21, said, adding there is a misconception that people who support the Black Lives Matter movement don't support all lLives Matter movement don't support all liveslives.

After the event, Howard issued a statement saying «I understand that some members of the crowd at this public event displayed a confederate flag and I know that members of the Black Lives Matter organization were there as well.

O'Malley later tried to address some of the issues when he said, «Black lives matter.

«He's done some good things, and he's kind of fallen short on other things,» said Katrinna Martin - Bordeaux, a Democratic Party and Black Lives Matter activist from Buffalo who supported Sanders in his 2016 presidential campaign.

«Today we stand unified to tell the world that black lives matter,» Rose said during brief remarks.

Mark Ruffalo says Hollywood should embrace the Black Lives Matter movement.

Set against the ongoing narrative of the Black Lives Matter movement highlighting racial inequality and the election of the most divisive president in recent U.S. history, Get Out, Peele has said is a «documentary.»

Because several eyewitnesses said the 18 year - old had his hands up at the time, the incident triggered nationwide civil unrest which gave rise to the Black Lives Matter movement.

On most days, King says, those things take a back seat to doing what matters most to him as a teacher: imparting life lessons to Black boys that he, alone, can deliver and that they can grasp and embrace; and it is being the face of the professional, college - educated, Black man that some of his students rarely get to meet.

«I've been around governance all of my working life but no matter where I've been I'm usually the only black in the room,» she said.

RiShawn Biddle adds that the NAACP is basically saying, «Black lives don't matter.»

Yet other anti-violence advocates and those active in the Black Lives Matter movement say the attention given to Parkland students illustrates that white, more affluent students are more relatable to the mainstream than African - American kids from Chicago.

In Chicago communities ravaged by gun violence, students, anti-violence advocates and activists in the Black Lives Matter Chicago movement say they are energized and inspired by the way Emma Gonzalez, a senior at Parkland's Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School who has been a leader in the student movement, has specifically mentioned cities like Chicago in her vocal pleas for gun reform.

«We definitely stand in solidarity with the Parkland students and all the students who had to suffer from school shootings,» said Kofi Ademola, an organizer in the movement for Black Lives Matter Chicago.

Many thousands of educators will be wearing shirts to school that say, «Black Lives Matter at School» and will teach...

He said he would not stop talking about the need for better medical and mental health care for poor children because it affects their ability to learn, and that the idea of charter schools must live in a room big enough to accommodate Black Lives Matter warriors, personal responsibility stalwarts, social justice advocates and free market champions.