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-BLM, first things first, stands for the saying "Black Lives Matter".
-How did it arise? The deaths of George Floyd, Ahmaud Arbery and Breonna Taylor, all innocent black individuals went viral and a call for action against the systematic racism that our country was built off and still claim to be the "Land of the Free" and that all men are STILL created equal.
-BLM has been a hashtag since 2013, and has been a topic of discussion since then. After the deaths of the three individuals listed above and many many more, protests began at the end of May this year (2020).
-George Floyd was killed by a police officer placing his knee on his neck on May 25th, 2020.

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It's been two years since the world was shaken by the death of George Floyd - along with countless other Black people living in the US, including Ahmaud Arbery and Breonna Taylor - catapulting the Black Lives Matter (BLM) movement into the foreground of conversations across the globe.

Black Lives Matter campaigns against violence and systemic racism towards Black people. The international human rights campaign began on social media in 2013 with the #BlackLivesMatter hashtag, and has since gone on to lead calls for Black people to be treated fairly by authorities in the USA and around the world.

According to Black Lives Matter, the movement is "an ideological and political intervention in a world where Black lives are systematically and intentionally targeted for demise. It is an affirmation of Black folks' humanity, our contributions to this society, and our resilience in the face of deadly oppression." In 2018, five years after Black Lives Matter began, co-founder Alicia Garza said in an interview that BLM's "goal is to build the kind of society where Black people can live with dignity and respect."

As we mark two year's since Floyd's tragic death, we take a look back at some of the key moments in the Black Lives Matter movement in the US to learn about how the movement has grown from a social media post to a global network.

2013

The Black Lives Matter movement began in 2013, following the death of Trayvon Martin, an African-American teenager who was shot while walking to a family friend's house, and the subsequent acquittal of George Zimmerman, the man who shot him.

The campaign was co-founded by three Black women: Alicia Garza, Patrisse Cullors, and Opal Tometi, as a response to the police killings of Black people. The phrase "black lives matter" was first used in a Facebook post by Garza after Zimmerman was found not guilty, and was the inspiration for the campaign. Cullors recognised the power of Garza's words and created the hashtag #BlackLivesMatter, and the campaign was born.

2014

The movement quickly gathered pace, with interest and momentum spiking every time a Black person was killed as a result of an altercation with police.

In 2014, Black Lives Matter protested against the deaths of numerous Black and African-American people. In July that year, Eric Garner died in New York City after a policeman put him in a chokehold while arresting him. Then, in August, unarmed teenager Michael Brown was killed by a gunshot from a police officer, Darren Wilson (it was later decided that there was not enough evidence to charge Wilson). Both peaceful protests and riots followed, much of which was done under the banner and hashtag of Black Lives Matter.

In response, co-founder Patrisse Cullors organised the Black Life Matters Ride, which drew a gathering of 600 people and sparked the founding of more localised Black Lives Matter groups and the dissemination of the campaign into a network.

2015

The following year saw another spate of Black people killed by police officers in the USA, including Walter Scott, Freddie Gray, and Meagan Hockaday. Black Lives Matter protested against these and many more. They also organised protests to highlight the injustices faced by Black women and Black transgender women. By the end of 2015, 21 transgender people had been killed that year in the USA, a record number at the time, and 13 of the victims were Black.

2016

2016 saw Black Lives Matter organise many more protests against police brutality towards Black people. Those whose deaths occurred due to police actions included Deborah Danner and Alton Sterling. Early July saw over 100 protests take place across America following Sterling's death on July 5th, and Philandro Castile's shooting the next day.

This year also saw major American sports stars lend their voices to the cause of Black Lives Matter. In July 2016, basketball players including LeBron James and Carmelo Anthony opened an awards ceremony by speaking about recent deaths of Black people, saying: "Enough is enough." Then, from August, many sports stars began taking part in protests during national anthems at sports games, beginning with Colin Kaepernick, who knelt during the anthem ahead of an NFL game.

2017

Black History Month is celebrated in February in the USA (it's marked in October in the UK). In 2017, Black Lives Matter put on their first art exhibition timed to coincide with Black History Month in the US state of Virginia. It featured the work of over 30 Black artists and creators.

Black Lives Matter protest not only the killings of Black people, but also some acquittals and 'not guilty' verdicts in those cases which make it to trial. In June, they held a protest after the officer accused of killing Philandro Castile the year before was found not guilty.

In August, Black Lives Matter campaigners were among counter-protestors at a white supremacist 'Unite The Right' rally in Charlottesville, Virginia.

2018

In an interview with ABC News marking five years of Black Lives Matter, Cullors explained the impact the organisation had had on other causes. She said: "[BLM] has popularised civil disobedience and the need to put our bodies on the line... With things like the Women's March, and Me Too, and March for our Lives, all of these movements, their foundations are in Black Lives Matter."

By May 1st, 2018, a study found that the hashtag #BlackLivesMatter had been used nearly 30 million times on Twitter since the first instance in 2013.

As they marked five years of action, Black Lives Matter continued to highlight the deaths of Black people who had lost their lives at the hands of US police that year, including Grechario Mack and Kenneth Ross Jr.

2019

In February 2019, the rapper 21 Savage was arrested and detained by the US's immigration agency, ICE. As a result, Cullors convened a group of 60 high profile stars from the music and entertainment worlds to advocate for his release.

Then, in May, Oklahoma teenager Isaiah Lewis was shot by police and killed. Days later, Black Lives Matter held a 100-strong rally in protest.

2020

Major protests were sparked at the end of May following the death of George Floyd in Minneapolis. A video showing a police officer kneeling on Floyd's neck went viral following his death. Police officer, Derek Chauvin, has since been charged with second-degree murder - raised from an initial charge of third-degree murder and second-degree manslaughter (the case is yet to go to trial). Three other officers who were there have all been charged with aiding and abetting second-degree murder and aiding and abetting second-degree manslaughter. Their cases are also yet to go to trial.

Black Lives Matter went on to organise protests around the world. In London, two Black activists Aima, 18, and Tash, 21, organised a rally in Trafalgar Square, which was attended by thousands on Sunday, May 31st.

Many more have followed since. At one London protest, Star Wars actor John Boyega joined 15,000 others in Hyde Park, and told crowds:

"Today is about innocent people who were halfway through their process, we don't know what George Floyd could have achieved, we don't know what Sandra Bland could have achieved, but today we're going to make sure that won't be an alien thought to our young ones."

In November, Joe Biden won the US Presidential election, and vote counts revealed that areas with high numbers of Black voters helped him win many of the states that went to Trump in the 2016 election.

2021

In January, the Black Lives Matter movement was nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize by Norwegian MP Petter Eide. His written nomination noted that, "awarding the peace prize to Black Lives Matter, as the strongest global force against racial injustice, will send a powerful message that peace is founded on equality, solidarity and human rights, and that all countries must respect those basic principles."

On 20 April, former police officer Derek Chauvin was found guilty on all three counts relating to his killing of George Floyd - second- and third-degree murder, and manslaughter. The jury reached the verdict unanimously after 10-and-a-half hours of deliberations.

Crowds who were gathered at the spot where Floyd was killed, outside the courtroom and across the US erupted into cheers as the verdict was read out.

Floyd's family spoke of their relief and highlighted the work still to be done. "I am going to put up a fight every day," said George's brother, Philonise Floyd. "Because I am not just fighting for George anymore."

Darnella Frazier, the passer-by who recorded the widely shared video of Floyd's murder when she was 17 years old, said in a Facebook post: "George Floyd we did it!! Justice has been served."

US President Joe Biden addressed the nation following the verdict, saying it's "a moment of significant change", but added: "It's not enough. We can't stop here. We're going to deliver real change and reform."

The following month, on 25 May, Floyd's family met Biden at the White House. Meanwhile, people across the US gathered to mark one year since Floyd's death and reflect on the impact this had on the country.

2022

In January 2022, the three men who killed Ahmaud Arbery were sentenced to life in prison - two of whom will not be granted the possibility of parole. At their sentencing hearing, a letter written by Arbery's mother, Wanda Cooper-Jones, was read out to the court: "My family's going to miss Ahmaud. We're going to miss his jokes. His impersonations. His warm smile. These men deserve the maximum sentence for their crimes. Ahmaud never said a word to them. He never threatened them. He just wanted to be left alone. They were fully committed to their crimes."

In May, on the eve of the second anniversary of George Floyd's death, US President Joe Biden announced a series of police reforms, with a key focus on revising use-of-force policies.

As part of the order, a national registry of federal and local officers fired for misconduct will be drawn up. On top of that, state and local police will be encouraged to ban chokeholds and neck restrains unless deadly force is required. A restriction on 'no knock' entries has also been limited and will only be permitted when there is an imminent threat of physical violence.

Currently, the order - which asks law enforcement officers to meet or exceed a Justice Department policy that allows force only when no reasonably effective, safe, and feasible alternative exists - covers roughly 100,000 federal law enforcement officials, however Biden aims to expand this to 700,000 officers at the state and local level, with the hope to restore the public's trust in the US police force.

Next month, 1 June marks the start of Black Lives Matter Month, with those living in the US encouraged to take a stand against racism and racially-motivated violence.
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It's been two years since the world was shaken by the death of George Floyd - along with countless other Black people living in the US, including Ahmaud Arbery and Breonna Taylor - catapulting the Black Lives Matter (BLM) movement into the foreground of conversations across the globe.

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I selected the topic of the Black Lives Matter Movement because I believe the roots of the government have been created using racist ingredients and in order to have complete and total peace, the government should offer the same rights they do to the white man to every citizen of this country. I believe that there is justice to be had and we are just at the beginning of the journey to complete equality across the nation.

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CNN article:
-Portrayal of BLM:
*"When asked what she hopes for BLM's future, co-founder Cullors said she knows the movement will win."
*For BLM and sees it as a cry for justice for the inequalities that the government has distributed throughout history.
-Bias? Yes. They are a liberal news source. Liberals believe in more power to the people, less regulation from the government, and one of the main BLM points is to defund the police, in which liberals would agree with but conservatives would not, which is why many are against this movement.
-Cultural impact?
*Support for the BLM Movement is a push in the right direction for equal rights throughout the U.S..
*Also coincides with the LGBTQ+ movement that's purpose is to obtain equality as well.
-Effects of Message: Provides the movement with positive feedback from a credible source, which sways the reader to see the BLM Movement as a positive and necessary thing to occur.
-Medium: TV, Website, applications on iPhones.
-Ownership: CNN Headquarters, Atlanta, GA
-Active audience: Liberals

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It began as a love letter to Black people in the wake of an unexpected verdict.

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-George Floyd

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How George Floyd Died, and What Happened Next

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Mr. Floyd, a Black man, died in May 2020 after being handcuffed and pinned to the ground by Minneapolis police officers in an episode that was captured on video, touching off nationwide protests.

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I believe that the BLM Movement needs to continue and we must see change. The was we will go about this, also, will be completely determined by the next presidential candidate that comes to office, whether it be Biden or Trump. And that's why we MUST VOTE.

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-Portrayal of BLM:
As a protest that hasn't gotten the same amount of media coverage as other movements have, such as  the Women's Rights Movement, and backs this up with statistical evidence.
-Bias? No, the article went out of it's way to provide the information and no bias so that the audience was able to completely understand the situation.
-Cultural impact?
Not much cultural impact, as it just gives numbers so that you are able to come to your own conclusion. Does prove that BLM has significantly less media coverage compared to others.
-Effects of Message:
*Shows the actual information about the protests, tells the facts instead of trying to sway the audience, which informs the reader and allows them to create their own beliefs for themself without any bias.
-Medium: Website
-Ownership: Cambridge, MA
-Active audience: The middle of the political spectrum, or the people who crave the facts.

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The new decade is just days old, but in one respect it is already shaping up like the last one: with mass protests around the world.

Rallies for democracy overseas and anti-war demonstrations in the U.S. arrive after a year that saw people take to the streets over issues including human rights abuse, corruption and climate change.

Yet despite the popularity of movements like the global climate strike and the massive women's marches around the globe, most people don't actually attend these events. The general public's opinions about protests and the social movements behind them are instead formed in large part by what they read or see in the media. That puts pressure on journalists to get things right.

But my research has found that some protest movements have more trouble than others in getting coverage that treats them and their issues seriously. In a recent study, my co-author Summer Harlow and I looked at local and metropolitan newspaper coverage of protests. We found that narratives about the women's march and anti-Trump protests gave voice to protesters and significantly explored their grievances. On the other end of the spectrum, protests about anti-black racism and indigenous people's rights received the least legitimizing coverage.

Decades ago, scholars James Hertog and Douglas McLeod identified how news coverage of protests contributes to the maintenance of the status quo, a phenomenon referred to as the "protest paradigm." They held that media narratives tend to emphasize the drama, inconvenience, and disruption of protests rather than the demands, grievances, and agendas of protesters. These narratives trivialize protests and ultimately dent public support.

Here's how this theoretically plays out today. Journalists pay little attention to protests that aren't dramatic or unconventional. Knowing this, protesters find ways to capture media and public attention. They don pink pussyhats or kneel during the national anthem. They might even resort to violence and lawlessness. Now the protesters have the media's attention - but what journalists cover is often superficial or delegitimizing, focusing on the tactics and disruption caused and excluding discussion on the substance of the social movement.

We wanted to explore if this classic theory fit coverage from 2017 - a year of large-scale protests accompanying the first year of Donald Trump's presidency. To do so, we analyzed the framing of protest reporting from newspapers in Texas. The state's size and diversity made it a good proxy for comparison with the country at large.

In all, we identified 777 articles by searching for terms such as "protest," "protester," "Black Lives Matter," and "Women's March." This included reports written by journalists in 20 different Texas newsrooms, such as the El Paso Times and the Houston Chronicle, as well as syndicated articles from sources like the Associated Press.

We looked at how articles framed the protests in the headline, opening sentence, and story structure, and classified the reporting using four recognized frames of protest:

Riot: Emphasizing disruptive behavior and the use or threat of violence.

Confrontation: Describing protests as combative, focusing on arrests or "clashes" with police.

Spectacle: Focusing on the apparel, signs, or dramatic and emotional behavior of protesters.

Debate: Substantially mentioning protester's demands, agendas, goals, and grievances.

We also kept an eye out for sourcing patterns to identify imbalances that often give more credence to authorities than protesters and advocates.

Overall, news coverage tended to trivialize protests by focusing most often on dramatic action. But some protests suffered more than others.

Reports focused on spectacle more often than substance. Much was made of the what protesters were wearing, crowd sizes - large and small, celebrity involvement and flaring tempers.

The substance of some marches got more play than others. Around half of the reports on anti-Trump protests, immigration rallies, women's rights demonstrations, and environmental actions included substantial information about protesters' grievances and demands.

In contrast, protests related to the Dakota Access Pipeline and anti-black racism got legitimizing coverage less than 25 percent of the time. They were also more likely to be described as disruptive and confrontational.

In an AP story covering a St. Louis protest over the acquittal of a police officer who killed a black man, violence, arrest, unrest, and disruption were the leading descriptors, while concern about police brutality and racial injustice was reduced to just a few mentions. Buried 13 paragraphs down was the broader context: "The recent St. Louis protests follow a pattern seen since the August 2014 killing of Michael Brown in nearby Ferguson: the majority of demonstrators, though angry, are law-abiding."

As a consequence of variances in coverage, Texas newspaper readers may form the perception that some protests are more legitimate than others. This contributes to what we call a "hierarchy of social struggle," in which the voices of some advocacy groups are lifted over others.

Journalists contribute to this hierarchy by adhering to industry norms that work against less established protest movements. On tight deadlines, reporters may default to official sources for statements and data. This gives authorities more control of narrative framing. This practice especially becomes an issue for movements like Black Lives Matter that are countering the claims of police and other officials.

Implicit bias also lurks in such reporting. Lack of diversity has long plagued newsrooms. In 2017, the proportion of white journalists at The Dallas Morning News and the Houston Chronicle was more than double the proportion of white people in each city.

Protests identify legitimate grievances in society and often tackle issues that affect people who lack the power to address them through other means. That's why it is imperative that journalists do not resort to shallow framing narratives that deny significant and consistent space to air the afflicted's concerns while also comforting the very comfortable status quo.

Danielle Kilgo is an assistant professor of journalism at Indiana University. This article is republished from The Conversation under a Creative Commons license.

Photo of a Black Lives Matter protest Nov. 10, 2015 in Washington, D.C., by Johnny Silvercloud used under a Creative Commons license.

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What do we want? Unbiased reporting! When do we want it? During protests!

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The new decade is just days old, but in one respect it is already shaping up like the last one: with mass protests around the world. Rallies for democracy overseas and anti-war demonstrations in the U.S. arrive after a year that saw people take to the streets over issues including human rights abuse, corruption and climate change.

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"White people are protesting just as much as people of color." 

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·      Asmelash, L. (2020, July 26). How Black Lives Matter went from a hashtag to a global rallying cry. Retrieved September 25, 2020, from https://www.cnn.com/2020/07/26/us/black-lives-matter-explainer-trnd/index.html

·      Smith, R. (2020, September 09). Rob Smith: Black Lives Matter doesn't really care about Black lives lost unless group can blame police. Retrieved September 25, 2020, from https://www.foxnews.com/opinion/black-lives-matter-protests-rob-smith

·      Kilgo, D. (2020, January 17). What do we want? Unbiased reporting! When do we want it? During protests! Retrieved September 25, 2020, from https://www.niemanlab.org/2020/01/what-do-we-want-unbiased-reporting-when-do-we-want-it-during-protests/

·      The New York Times. (2020, September 08). What We Know About the Death of George Floyd in Minneapolis. Retrieved September 25, 2020, from https://www.nytimes.com/article/george-floyd.html

·      Bialik, K. (2020, July 07). 5 facts about black Americans. Retrieved September 25, 2020, from https://www.pewresearch.org/fact-tank/2018/02/22/5-facts-about-blacks-in-the-u-s/

·      Turan, C. (2020, June 19). A timeline of the Black Lives Matter movement. Retrieved September 25, 2020, from https://www.cosmopolitan.com/uk/reports/a32728194/black-lives-matter-timeline-movement/
·      Baker, O. (2020, June 23). Why saying 'All lives matter' misses the big picture. Retrieved September 25, 2020, from https://www.cnn.com/2020/06/23/opinions/all-lives-matter-misses-the-big-picture-baker/index.html
·  Everything You Need to Vote. (n.d.). Retrieved September 25, 2020, from https://www.vote.org/

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-Portrayal of BLM:
*"BLM’s cult-like tactics are more like those of a violent gang than a traditional civil rights group fighting against racial discrimination."
*BLM is seen as a radical problem that has no beneficial outcome and instead claims to "hurt us" instead of help us.
-Bias? Yes. They are an extremely conservative news source. This means that they are against defunding the police, which is one of the goals of the BLM movement.
-Cultural impact?
This article invalidates the BLM Movement as a whole, which claims that there is no systematic racism in the government, which therefore places more tension between the white and black races and much more tension between political parties.
-Effects of Message:
Provides the movement with negative feedback and portrays the BLM Movement as something terrible instead of revolutionary.
-Medium: TV, Website, iPhone applications
-Ownership: FOX headquarters New York, NY
-Active audience: Conservatives

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Black Lives Matter has become a major political force during this intense election year, getting favorable coverage in the left-wing media as its foot soldiers have been at the center of violent riots, looting, protests and other unrest breaking out in recent months. But while BLM claims to benefit Black Americans, the truth is that it actually hurts us.

BLM's cult-like tactics are more like those of a violent gang than a traditional civil rights group fighting against racial discrimination. The organization refuses to acknowledge the Black lives lost in the violence it has engaged in. It refuses to acknowledge the tragedy of Black lives lost to criminals. It focuses solely on far smaller number of Black people injured or killed in encounters with police.

Growing numbers of Black Americans are starting to wake up to this hypocrisy. Do most Black people actually support Black Lives Matter? I address this question in the newest episode of my podcast " Rob Smith Is Problematic."
DEMS DON'T HAVE 'MORAL COURAGE' TO CALL OUT BLM PROTESTERS HARASSING DINERS: ROB SMITH
BLM has established itself as the prism through which Blacks in America view ourselves - and is attempting to define us. The message we are getting is: if you are a Black American and you are not completely on board with every single thing that is done or said to advocate for this organization, then you are not Black, or you are not Black enough, or you hate yourself.

This is absurd.

I have a problem with this because there should be no organization or movement that has that much power over any group of people. I was born Black and will always be Black. No one has the right to tell me that my race requires me to support a certain group, cause, political ideology or candidate.

Just as White people have every right to hold a wide range of beliefs, Black people do as well. No race is monolithic.

Black Lives Matters supporters taking to the streets, screaming in the faces of white diners attempting to enjoy a meal outside, breaking into stores, looting, setting fires and engaging in other acts of physical violence aren't movement members. They're criminals. BLM is their cult. It is their religion. It is what gives them purpose. And that should make Americans of any color deeply uncomfortable.

BLM also traffics in "defund the police" rhetoric that sounds amazing to liberal elites who live in gated communities and luxury high-rises - but is far less appealing to Black people who live in crime-ridden communities.

Yes, structural issues and disparities in policing exist. Yes, some Black people have been unjustly injured and killed by police. And yes, any officer who engages in police brutality or unjustified violence toward anyone should be charged and prosecuted to the full extent the law allows.

But far more Black people have been protected by police from criminals than have been killed by police. So the question is: how do we fix the problems that have resulted in the wrongful treatment of some African Americans while at the same time offering protection to the vast majority of Black people, who are law-abiding citizens?

Black Lives Matters supporters taking to the streets, screaming in the faces of white diners attempting to enjoy a meal outside, breaking into stores, looting, setting fires and engaging in other acts of physical violence aren't movement members. They're criminals.

First, we need realistic and specific policy changes to prevent police misconduct toward anyone, including toward Black people. But defunding the police will not reduce police misconduct- it would actually hurt Black Americans far more than it would help us.

Defunding the police would result in police cutting the number of officers patrolling neighborhoods and responding to crimes. That's great news for criminals of all races - it means they have a lower chance of being caught and can commit more crimes.

But defunding the police is terrible news for crime victims - and many crime victims are Black and live in low-income neighborhoods. A Black woman who is raped, a Black parent who sees a child shot and killed in a robbery, or a Black store owner who sees his business looted and burned are not going to rejoice because these crimes were committed by criminals rather than police officers.

Yet we see no BLM rallies and marches for Black crime victims, including murder victims. Don't those Black lives matter? Where are the posters demanding justice for these people?

The truth is that the tragic loss of these Black lives can't be used to further the radical BLM agenda, so the organizations ignores them.
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Professional activists make money fundraising for Black Lives Matter. Black journalists are accepted in media circles as "authentic" because they don't dare question BLM's hypocrisy and victim narrative. Ambulance-chasing lawyers make millions off the pain of families reeling from the loss of relatives - a loss that is usually avoidable.

But Black Lives Matter does nothing to benefit the vast majority of Black Americans. It makes them hate police officers. It turns the real world into an alternate universe in which evil White cops are hunting them down the moment they leave the safety of their homes.

And BLM emboldens people who push ridiculous rhetoric and don't care one bit that it makes the lives of average Black people - not rich entertainers, athletes and media personalities - more dangerous.
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Black Lives Matter is here to stay. The many millions of dollars the organization has raised in the past few months will ensure that. The question is: who benefits?

Certainly not the Black cops trying to protect everyone in their communities, despite the insults they get and the risks they face of getting badly hurt or killed. Certainly not the people who see their communities becoming less safe because of anti-police rhetoric. And certainly not the families of the Black people murdered by criminals every day, who look at Black Lives Matter and wonder when the lives of their lost loved ones will matter as well.

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Black Lives Matter has become a major political force during this intense election year, getting favorable coverage in the left-wing media as its foot soldiers have been at the center of violent riots, looting, protests and other unrest breaking out in recent months.

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My opinions have only gotten stronger through my research. I believe that the BLM is completely vital in calling to action a change in the government that still claims to be the "land of the free" and that "all men are created equal". In my opinion, we need to own up to our own wrong doings and make it a point to create a government based off of equality and the acceptance of all citizens.

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This saying is a counter example of the BLM Movement, which was made to invalidated the systematic racism that the Black community experiences daily.

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why saying 'all lives matter' misses the big picture (opinion) - cnn

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Why saying 'All lives matter' misses the big picture

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Paxton K. Baker writes that it should not be difficult to say, Black Lives Matter. And yet there have been instances of people trying to delegitimize the movement, by answering the call -- to care about the lives of a race of people who have been systemically disenfranchised for centuries -- with "All Lives Matter."