Editorial credit: MF_Orleans / Shutterstock.com For recommendations on action by the federal government to support the reform of policing in the United States, see this open letter from the Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights . "[33], On at least one occasion, a person represented as Managing Director of BLM Global Network has released a statement represented to be on behalf of that organization. How Public Opinion Has Moved on Black Lives Matter, Most Americans express support for the Black Lives Matter movement, "The BLM protests preview the politics of a diversifying America", "A Black Lives Matter Co-Founder Explains Why This Time Is Different", "Black Lives Matter protests mark historic civil rights movement, UNLV professor says", "The Black Lives Matter movement has been nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize", "Is Black Lives Matter a Marxist movement? [15][16] An estimated 15million to 26million people participated in the 2020 Black Lives Matter protests in the United States, making it one of the largest movements in the country's history. conclude that there is significant racial bias in police shooting cases involving unarmed black suspects. [365], After the first debate, in October 2015, a speech by Hillary Clinton on criminal justice reform and race at Atlanta University Center was interrupted by BLM activists. "[29][30], The loose structure of Black Lives Matter has contributed to confusion in the press and among activists, as actions or statements from chapters or individuals are sometimes attributed to "Black Lives Matter" as a whole. [459][460][458] "[356] Hillary Clinton was not directly asked the same question, but was instead asked: "What would you do for African Americans in this country that President Obama couldn't? The gunman was then killed by a robot-delivered bomb. They. "We actually do have an ideological frame [work]," Cullors said of her organization. Law enforcement groups claim the chant promotes death to police. 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The founders of Black Lives Matter stated that they had not issued an apology. [274] Miguel Otvio Santana da Silva was under the watch of the white boss of his mother when he fell off the balcony of a building. On Thursday, activists from the 26 official chapters of Black Lives Matter sued their sister nonprofit, Black Lives Matter Global Network Foundation, alleging mismanagement,. [465][466] When schools receive state funding, scholars have criticized Black Lives Matter pledges as unconstitutional. "[245] While global in nature and supported by several unassociated organizations, the Black Lives Matter movement has been inextricably linked to these monumental protests. . Such differences have been the subject of scholarly literature. [200] After the shooting, hundreds marched in Chicago, Illinois. [165], In October, Black Lives Matter activists were arrested during a protest of a police chiefs conference in Chicago. "In 2015, I was the founder of Black Lives . [26], After conference organizers pleaded with the protesters for several minutes, O'Malley responded by pledging to release a wide-ranging plan for criminal justice reform. These Black Lawmakers", "$1 Billion Is Shifted From NYPD in a Budget That Pleases No One", "Black Council Members Push Back Against Protester Budget Criticism", "#SayHerName: Black Women And Girls Matter, Too", "Say Her Name: Resisting Police Brutality against Black Women". [450], Some conservatives have accused Black Lives Matter of being a Marxist movement based on a comment by one of its co-founders saying that she and another co-founder "are trained Marxists." [100], A 2015 study by Cody Ross, UC Davis found "significant bias in the killing of unarmed black Americans relative to unarmed white Americans" by police. [374], In August 2015, activists chanting "Black Lives Matter" interrupted the Las Vegas rally of Republican presidential candidate Jeb Bush. Published books, novels, and TV shows have increased in popularity in 2020. The Toolkit for Black Lives Matter Healing Justice & Direct Action was created to collate, condense, and share the lessons we have learned in ensuring that our direct actions are centered on healing justice. The UK-held protests marked the fifth anniversary of the shooting death of Mark Duggan. [150], In July, BLM activists across the United States began protests over the death of Sandra Bland, an African-American woman, who was allegedly found hanged in a jail cell in Waller County, Texas. "[427] Another disinformation campaign, originating in June 2020 on 4chan, had the "goal of getting the hashtags #AllWhitesAreNazis (#AWAN) trending on Twitter. In. These principles commit the movement to empathy, loving engagement, and just action among its participants; affirm the importance of Black women, families, elders, and LGBTQ folk; and celebrate the strength and diversity of Black people in their communities and around the globe. [290] The connection to the U.S. organization is unclear, but Srensen has said she was encouraged by someone in the U.S. to start a Danish chapter, and that she, in 2017, was visited by the U.S. co-founder, Opal Tometi. The nomination was submitted by Norwegian activist and Member of Parliament Petter Eide. Magazine picked #BlackLivesMatter as one of the twelve hashtags that changed the world in 2014. There were no arrests made at the protest. [69] By June 10, 2020, it had been tweeted roughly 47.8million times,[70] with the period of July 717, 2016 having the highest usage, at nearly 500,000 tweets a day. [26], Also in August, Los Angeles Police Department officers shot and killed Ezell Ford; BLM protested his death in Los Angeles into 2015. [60] Since then, Black Lives Matter has embraced a diversity of tactics. According to Snopes, the website appears intended to discredit the BLM movement. Students across the country as young as kindergarten-age are learning that "everybody gets . [448][449], However, the movement's momentum and popularity began to decline, with a Pew Research Center poll showing that support for Black Lives Matter had fallen by 12 percentage points to 55% of all American adults by September, and had returned to a net negative approval rating among white Americans as well as significantly declining in popularity among Hispanic Americans. [90][91], The February 2015 issue of Essence magazine and the cover was devoted to Black Lives Matter. [56], According to The Economist, between May 2020 and December 2020, donations to Black Lives Matter related causes amounted to $10.6 billion. Updates? [404], The phrase "All Lives Matter" sprang up as response to the Black Lives Matter movement, shortly after the movement gained national attention. The origin of Black Lives Matter UK. [422][423] The group has also been active in the United Kingdom. [153] In Newark, New Jersey, over a thousand BLM activists marched against police brutality, racial injustice, and economic inequality. Setting a tone at the top is "vital" to making Black lives matter at work. Have fun coloring! "[363][364] The petition received over 10,000 signatures within 24 hours of being launched,[365] and had over 33,000 signatures as of October 27, 2015. [13] The originators of the hashtag and call to action, Alicia Garza, Patrisse Cullors, and Opal Tometi, expanded their project into a national network of over 30 local chapters between 2014 and 2016.[14]. [261] Most recently, Judge Jerusha Adams blocked the release of video footage. [175][176] In February 2017, one of the men arrested, Allen Scarsella, was convicted of a dozen felony counts of assault and riot in connection with the shooting. Black Lives Matter. "[392], In a The Washington Post op-ed, DeRay Mckesson endorsed Hillary Clinton, because her "platform on racial justice is strong". [231], On March 13, Louisville police officers knocked down the apartment door of 26-year-old African American Breonna Taylor, serving a no-knock search warrant for drug suspicions. According to the ADL, the campaign's supporters hoped to sow tension and promote white supremacist accelerationism. [98][99] The Washington Post also counts 13 unarmed black Americans shot dead by police in 2019. Gurley's death was later protested by Black Lives Matter in New York City. [107][108] According to the paper, while it was true that white people were more likely to be killed in a police encounter, overall black people were still being discriminated against because they were more likely to have interactions with the police due to structural racism. Corrections? Black Lives Matter was a featured part of the Take Back the Night event in Toronto. [426], The Anti-Defamation League reports numerous attempts to spread disinformation about BLM, citing as examples mid-June 2020 posts "featuring a sticker instructing people to 'kill a white on sight' spread on Facebook and Twitter. [192][193] The Black Lives Matter network released a statement denouncing the shootings. [388][389], Commenting on the first of 2016 presidential debates between Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump, some media outlets characterized Clinton's references to implicit bias and systemic racism[390] as speaking "the language of the Black Lives Matter movement,"[391] while others pointed out neither Clinton nor Trump used the words "Black Lives Matter. [119], During the Labor Day weekend in August, Black Lives Matter organized a "Freedom Ride", that brought more than 500 African-Americans from across the United States into Ferguson, Missouri, to support the work being done on the ground by local organizations. [142] In Cleveland, Ohio, after an officer was acquitted at trial in the Killing of Timothy Russell and Malissa Williams, BLM protested. By comparison, 82% of black people polled thought that Black Lives Matter was a nonviolent movement, and 26% of blacks thought that Black Lives Matter distracted attention from the real issues of racial discrimination. A total of 49 police officers were injured after demonstrators threw bottles and fireworks at them. [237] The breaking point was due primarily to the murder of George Floyd by Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin,[238] eventually charged with second-degree murder after a video circulated showing Chauvin kneeling on Floyd's neck for nearly nine minutes while Floyd pleaded for his life, repeating: "I can't breathe. However, PolitiFact noted that "Black Lives Matter has grown into a national anti-racism movement broadly supported by Americans, few of whom would identify themselves as Marxist. Garner's death has been cited as one of several police killings of African Americans that sparked the Black Lives Matter movement. [424] The "White Lives Matter" slogan was chanted by torch-wielding alt-right protesters during the 2017 Unite the Right rally in Charlottesville, Virginia. In the five short years since #Black LivesMatter arrived on the scene thanks to the creative genius of Patrisse Cullors, Alicia Garza, and Opal Tometti the push for Black liberation from . [40] Endorsed by groups such as Color of Change, Race Forward, Brooklyn Movement Center, PolicyLink, Million Women March Cleveland, and ONE DC,[41] the coalition receives communications and tactical support from an organization named Blackbird. ",[84] among others. [60][263] This international movement has been referred to as the "Black Spring". [380] The RNC, however, declined to alter their debate schedule, and instead also supported a townhall or forum. "[440], With the resurgence of Black Lives Matter in national headlines amid global protests, the movement saw an increase in support in 2020. [430][431][432][433], According to scholars, Russian operatives associated with the Internet Research Agency have engaged in a sustained campaign to simultaneously promote the Black Lives Matter movement as well as to oppose it. Al Sharpton of the National Action Network spoke on the matter upon the release of bodycam footage. The study found that 2.79 more armed blacks were shot than unarmed blacks. A Black Lives Matter die-in over rail tracks, protesting alleged police brutality in Saint Paul, Minnesota (September 20, 2015) Black Lives Matter ( BLM) is a decentralized political and social movement that seeks to highlight racism, discrimination, and racial inequality experienced by black people. Black spray paint was sprayed over his name and the words "was a racist" were sprayed underneath. [447] Protests led by Black Lives Matter throughout the summer eventually developed into one of the larger movements in U.S. Freedom fighters around the globe commemorate July 13 as the day that three Black women helped give birth to a movement. [319] In December 2019, Black Lives Matter UK worked with the coalition Wretched of the Earth to represent the voices of global indigenous peoples and people of color in the climate justice movement. [272][273], Blacks in Brazil suffer from economic marginalization, state violence, discrimination, and lower life-expectancy. Black Women 13. Mich. J. Local Black Lives Matter chapters are asked to commit to the organization's list of guiding principles but operate without a central structure or hierarchy. [26] A conservative television commentator also attempted to connect Black Lives Matter to protesters chanting that they wanted to see "dead cops," at the December "Millions March" which was organized by different groups. Black Lives Matter condemned the shooting, though some right-wing media attempted to connect the group to it, with the Patrolman's Benevolent Association president claiming that there was "blood on [the] hands [of] those that incited violence on the street under the guise of protests". [75] BLM has been known to build power through protest and rallies. Using the same data set for police shootings in 2015 and 2016, Ross et al. The analysis also notes that "the vast majority of the thousands of protests across the United States in the past year have been peaceful, and [] most protests by both the left and the right were not met with any violent response by law enforcement. [254][255][256], In Illinois, Olivia Butts organized an effort to get the elimination of cash bail passed for 2023 under a new bill known as the SAFE-T Act.
