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Black Lives Matter Statement on Murder of Police, Escalating
Protests to End State-Sponsored Violence Against Black
People
200,000+ Take Pledge to Work to End State Sponsored Violence
Against Black People as Protests Escalate
** #BlackLivesMatter organizers, including Alicia Garza, are
available for interviews on the new statement and pledge. To
schedule, please contact Lacy Crawford Jr at lacy@MegaphoneStrategies.com.
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As the nation churns this week over the executions of law
enforcement officers in Baton Rouge and Dallas, The Movement
for Black Lives, Black Lives Matter Network, Project South,
Organization for Black Struggle, Million Hoodies for
Justice, Black Youth Project 100, St. Louis Action Table,
Blackout Collective, Black Alliance for Just Immigration,
Black Immigration Network have released an official
statement, which reads in part:
“This movement has never called for the execution of law
enforcement officers. Never. Still, many want to place the
blame at our feet. As those who stand with, or are
ourselves, the victims of police violence, we know all too
well the deep sense of loss that a community feels when they
lose a loved one.
“And yet, we see great hypocrisy in the attempts to blame
this movement for violence against the police. When police
are killed, there is public and national mourning, attempts
to strengthen laws to ensure their lives. There are
convictions of the people who caused their deaths.”
The Movement for Black Lives statement is part of a larger
manifesto on the moment as protests across the country
escalate -- with occupations of police union offices -- and
more than 200,000 Americans have taken the pledge to join
the fight to end state-sponsored violence against black
people.
See the full statement on escalating protests, continued
violence against black Americans, and the recent murders of
police officers here: https://medium.com/@movement4blacklives/freedomnow-eyes-on-the-prize-96e8b9185f6c#.1iuyr7k5i
MoveOn, ColorofChange.org have all mobilized members for the
pledge, which can be seen here: http://action.movementforblacklives.org/
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Black Lives Matter is a chapter-based global organization working
for the validity of Black life. We are working to (re)build
the Black liberation movement.
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