There were also BLM-themed protests in other English cities including Birmingham and Nottingham. In August, several professional athletes began participating in National Anthem protests. study. Trump must also be banned from holding elected office in the future. During the encamped protest, protesters, and outside agitators clashed with police, vandalized the station and attempted to ram the station with an SUV. [452][453], Some academics, including John McWhorter,[454] John Ellis,[455] Black Lives Matter, though less prominent in the headlines of late, continues to be quite a growth story. Omissions? [14][35] In 2015, Johnetta Elzie, DeRay Mckesson, Brittany Packnett, and Samuel Sinyangwe initiated Campaign Zero, aimed at promoting policy reforms to end police brutality. The award eventually went to journalists Maria Ressa and Dmitry Muratov. [248], On June 5, Washington, D.C.'s Mayor Muriel Bowser announced that part of the street outside the White House had been officially renamed to Black Lives Matter Plaza posted with a street sign. [96], According to a study from the Bureau of Justice Statistics from 2002 to 2011, among those who had contact with the police, "blacks (2.8%) were more likely than whites (1.0%) and Hispanics (1.4%) to perceive the threat or use of nonfatal force was excessive. Demetrick Pennie of the Dallas Police Department filed an unsuccessful lawsuit against Black Lives Matter in September 2016, which accused the group of inciting a "race war. Globalism 6. [252], From May 26 to August 22, there were more than 7,750 BLM-linked demonstrations in over 2,240 locations throughout the United States. [321] The UK protests not only showed solidarity with U.S. protesters, but also commemorated black people who have died in the UK, with protesters chanting, carrying signs, and sharing social media posts with names of victims including Julian Cole,[322] Belly Mujinga,[323] Nuno Cardoso,[324] and Sarah Reed. Players names on the back of shirts will be replaced with the phrase 'Black Lives Matter' for the first 12 games of the restarted season. [51][52], In 2016, M4BL called for decarceration in the United States, reparations for harms related to slavery, and more recently, specific remedies for redlining in housing, education policy, mass incarceration and food insecurity. [218] The VCU schedule of events also included: the Real Life Film Series The Angry Heart: The Impact of Racism on Heart Disease among African-Americans; Keith Knight presented the 14th Annual VCU Libraries Black History Month lecture; Lawrence Ross, author of the book Blackballed: The Black and White Politics of Race on America's Campuses talked about how his book related to the "Black Lives Matter" movement; and Velma P. Scantlebury, M.D., the first black female transplant surgeon in the United States, discussed "Health Equity in Kidney Transplantation: Experiences from a surgeon's perspective. [340] For a detailed explanation of the principles and the schedule, check the link below. The age-appropriate book lists have been curated to help children . 2019. [309], Black Lives Matter emerged as a movement in the UK in the summer of 2016. ", "How to Distinguish Between Antifa, White Supremacists, and Black Lives Matter. This page was last edited on 29 April 2023, at 16:16. Such differences have been the subject of scholarly literature. [56] According to Politico, Solidaire, the donor coalition focusing on "movement building" and led by Texas oil fortune heir Leah Hunt-Hendrix, a member of the Democracy Alliance, had donated more than $200,000 to the BLM movement by 2015. [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. I voted my entire life, and those votes did not convict the killers of Sandra Bland, Freddie Gray or Michael Brown". ", "Jesse Williams Wants You To 'Stay Woke' In New Film On Black Lives Matter", "Jesse Williams Chronicles 'Black Lives Matter' Movement in Powerful Documentary", "Essence Dedicates February Cover to No. [262], In 2015, after the death of Freddie Gray in Baltimore, Maryland, black activists around the world modeled efforts for reform on Black Lives Matter and the Arab Spring. [291], In June 2020, following the murder of George Floyd, Black Lives Matter Denmark held a demonstration in Copenhagen that attracted 15,000 participants. Using the same data set for police shootings in 2015 and 2016, Ross et al. [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. After receiving considerable donations in summer 2020, Black Lives Matter UK formalised its organisation. The protest also emphasized the issues of mistreatment of Aboriginal Australians by the Australian police and government. ", "AP Exclusive: Black Lives Matter opens up about its finances", "2020 Impact Report - Black Lives Matter", "Black Lives Matter: The Growth of a New Social Justice Movement", "Frustration Lies Behind 'Black Lives Matter', "False 'thug' narratives have long been used to discredit movements", "Johnson: Words of the year (#BlackLivesMatter)", "Is a hashtag a word? Or it could be the fuzzily applied label used to describe a wide range of protests and conversations focused on racial inequality. The UK-held protests marked the fifth anniversary of the shooting death of Mark Duggan. Please refer to the appropriate style manual or other sources if you have any questions. [301] The movement has been met with some backlash in the country, notably on the internet,[302] where some users criticized tennis player Naomi Osaka after she encouraged people to join a Black Lives Matter march in the city of Osaka. [274][275] He was killed the same week as George Floyd. [327] The act was later condemned by Home Secretary Priti Patel who said "This hooliganism is utterly indefensible. Black Lives Matter. [271] Cricketer Michael Holding criticized Australia, as well as England, for refusing to take a knee in support of Black Lives Matter during cricket matches. [68] From July 2013 through May 1, 2018, the hashtag "#BlackLivesMatter" had been tweeted over 30million times, an average of 17,002 times per day. "[75], Blue Lives Matter is a countermovement in the United States advocating that those who are prosecuted and convicted of killing law enforcement officers should be sentenced under hate crime statutes. [143] In Madison, Wisconsin, BLM protested after the officer was not charged in the shooting of Tony Robinson. "[213] Multiple nights of protests in September and October were held in El Cajon, California, following the shooting of Alfred Olango. Many protesters use the slogan "Black Lives Matter." (A slogan is a phrase or, in this case, a hashtag when it is used on social media: #BlackLivesMatter.) The shooting led to BLM protests. [120][121] The movement continued to be involved in the Ferguson protests, following the shooting of Michael Brown. [458] They claim that the result is self-censorship, reduced academic inquiry, and research bias. Of course, actions speak louder than words. After the march, a group of men carrying firearms and body armor[172] appeared and began calling the protesters racial slurs according to a spokesperson for Black Lives Matter. Updates? Black Lives Matter (BLM) was founded in 2012 by Alicia Garza, Patrisse Cullors and Opal Tometi, for what the organization terms as "the validity of Black life." It is also sometimes called an . [259] The releasing of camera footage regarding the death of Tyre Nichols led to protests. Following the shooting of two police officers in Ferguson and in response to BLM, the hashtag #BlueLivesMatter was created by supporters of the police. Nine percent said that neither statement reflected their own personal point of view. BLM's 7 Demands. Black Lives Matter is a phrase, and notably a hashtag, used to highlight racism, discrimination and inequality experienced by black people. Their stated goal is to offer a more complete, but not competing, narrative with the overall Black Lives Matter movement.[476][477]. Patrisse Cullors, Alicia Garza and Opal Tometi started with social media in the wake of the not-guilty verdict for the man who killed 17-year-old Trayvon Martin and prompted a cultural reckoning . Suresome of BLM's principles are divisive. [20] A Politico-Morning Consult poll done in September 2020 as well as a Civiqs poll conducted in November 2021 had also found declining support for the movement. Black Lives Matter activist Alicia Garza describes the movement as "a response to the anti-Black racism that permeates our society and also, unfortunately, our movements.". ",[84] among others. [7] While there are specific organizations that label themselves simply as "Black Lives Matter," such as the Black Lives Matter Global Network, the overall movement is a decentralized network of people and organizations with no formal hierarchy. He's issued several statements in support of Black Lives Matter. ", Shut Up and Play: Black Athletes, Protest Politics, and Black Political Action, Reckoning: Black Lives Matter and the Democratic Necessity of Social Movements, "#BlackLivesMatter: A Longform Reading List", "The complete summer reading syllabus on Black Lives Matter", "Listen, Learn, Participate: A #BlackLivesMatter Resource Series". [274] Protests continued throughout 2020 and were renewed at the end of the year after supermarket security guards beat 40-year-old welder Joo Alberto Silveira Freitas to death in Porto Alegre. [189], On July 7, a BLM protest was held in Dallas, Texas that was organized to protest the deaths of Alton Sterling and Philando Castile. [393][394], The United States population's perception of Black Lives Matter has varied consistently and considerably by race. [20] Support remained widespread among black-American adults (up 1% to 87%). The men fled the scene only to be found later and arrested. 3. "[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. [162] In Baltimore, Maryland, BLM activists marched and protested as hearings began in the Freddie Gray police brutality case. According to a 2018 study, "Black Lives Matter protests are more likely to occur in localities where more black people have previously been killed by police. [185], On July 6, Philando Castile was fatally shot by Jeronimo Yanez, a St. Anthony, Minnesota police officer, after being pulled over in Falcon Heights, a suburb of St. Paul. [396][397], The phrase "All Lives Matter" sprang up as a response to the Black Lives Matter movement, but has been criticized for dismissing or misunderstanding the message of "Black Lives Matter". "They have had a tremendous achievement in raising global awareness and consciousness about racial . In May 2020, in addition to police, 43,350 military troops were deployed against Black Lives Matter protesters nationally. [447] Protests led by Black Lives Matter throughout the summer eventually developed into one of the larger movements in U.S. ", Parker, Kim, Juliana Menasce Horowitz, and Monica Anderson. 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. "[348] O'Malley later apologized for his remarks, saying that he did not mean to disrespect the black community. [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]. They were also invited to exhibit afterward at a local showing of the 1961 film adaptation of A Raisin in the Sun. 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Garner's death has been cited as one of several police killings of African Americans that sparked the Black Lives Matter movement. used by some Black Lives Matter activists as silencing speech and repressing academic freedom. [377] Candidate Chris Christie, the New Jersey Governor, criticized President Obama for supporting BLM, stating that the movement calls for the murder of police officers. Though he agreed with their aims, he called their rhetoric "a textbook example in how to not build solidarity", arguing that the campaign alienates people with their negative attitude toward American society and law enforcement and with their overbearing tactics. Premier League players' names will be replaced on the back . Many Black Lives Matter activists have taken to the streets across the U.S. in recent weeks to voice their support for pro-Palestinian causes, including calls against Israel's occupation of. [177][178], From November into 2016, BLM protested the Murder of Laquan McDonald, calling for the resignation of numerous Chicago officials in the wake of the shooting and its handling. [98][99] The Washington Post also counts 13 unarmed black Americans shot dead by police in 2019. While Black Lives Matter in all of its glory, rhetoric, and political praxis very much disrupts anti-black publics, its living legacy as a contemporary political movement can be traced to . According to an article in Grazia in 2016, it followed "a big anti-racism meeting" of Black activists, many already organising under the BLM banner, following the Brexit referendum . [282] As a movement, Black Lives Matter is grassroots and decentralized, and leaders have emphasized the importance of local organizing over national leadership. [110][111][112][113][114][115] In November 2015, a police officer in Oregon was removed from street duty following a social media post in which he said he would have to "babysit these fools", in reference to a planned BLM event. The View from Twitter. [109] Observers, such as U.S. President Joe Biden, have noted that violent far-right mobilizations, including the 2021 United States Capitol attack, attracted smaller and more passive police presences than peaceful Black Lives Matter protests. [53] It also called for an end to mass surveillance, investment in public education, not incarceration, and community control of the police: empowering residents in communities of color to hire and fire police officers and issue subpoenas, decide disciplinary consequences and exercise control over city funding of police. The nomination was submitted by Norwegian activist and Member of Parliament Petter Eide. Restorative Justice. 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[250] At the end of 2020, approximately $8 million of the city's $179 million police budget was reallocated for violence prevention pilot programs, and was considered the type of incremental reform that activists and politicians had earlier denounced. [54][55], Politico reported in 2015 that the Democracy Alliance, a gathering of Democratic-Party donors, planned to meet with leaders of several groups who were endorsing the Black Lives Matter movement. [233] Protests were held in Louisville with calls for police reform. [274] In June 2020, two Black children, 5-year-old Miguel Otvio Santana da Silva and 14-year-old Joo Pedro Matos Pinto, died in Brazil. [48][49][50] The sum donated by the Ford Foundation and the other donors to M4BL was reported as $100million by The Washington Times in 2016; another donation of $33million to M4BL was reportedly issued by the Open Society Foundations. [21][22][23], The phrase "Black Lives Matter" can refer to a Twitter hashtag, a slogan, a social movement, a political action committee,[24] or a loose confederation of groups advocating for racial justice. Loving Engagement 4. [148][149] Around 800 people protested in McKinney, Texas after a video was released showing an officer pinning a girlat a pool party in McKinney, Texasto the ground with his knees. [220][221], On September 27 at the College of William & Mary, students associated with Black Lives Matter protested an ACLU event because the ACLU had fought for the right of Unite the Right rally to be held in Charlottesville, Virginia. [134], A week after the Michael Brown verdict, two police officers were killed in New York City by Ismaaiyl Brinsley, who expressed a desire to kill police officers in retribution for the deaths of Garner and Brown. [219] On May 12, 2017, a day after Glenn Funk, the district attorney of Davidson County decided not to prosecute police officer Joshua Lippert, the Nashville chapter of BLM held a demonstration near the Vanderbilt University campus all the way to the residence of Nashville mayor Megan Barry. Convict and ban Trump from future political office: We are joining Rep. Ilhan Omar, Rep. Ayanna Pressley, Rep. Cori Bush, Rep. Jamaal Bowman, and others who are demanding Trump be immediately convicted in the United States Senate. After her boyfriend shot a police officer in the leg,[232] Police fired several shots which led to her death. have criticized tactics[which?] [439], According to an analysis by The Guardian of statistics collected by the US Crisis Monitor, during most of 2020 "US law enforcement agencies have used teargas, pepper spray, rubber bullets, and beatings at a much higher percentage at Black Lives Matter demonstrations than at pro-Trump or other rightwing protests",[440] regardless of whether the protest was violent or peaceful. They. [472] In opposing August 2020 budget cuts, New York City Councilman I. Daneek Miller, co-chairman of the council's Black, Latino and Asian Caucus opposed reducing police funding and stated, "Black folks want to be safe like everyone elsewe can't allow folks from outside our community to lecture us about Black lives. In response, Trump said, "maybe he should have been roughed up because it was absolutely disgusting what he was doing. of BLM as disrespectful and ineffective, with Ali claiming "all they can do is disrupt and make noise. [326] During a Black Lives Matter protest in Bristol, the city center statue of Edward Colston, a late 17th early 18th-century philanthropist, politician and slave trader, was pulled down by protesters, rolled along the road and pushed into Bristol Harbour. "In 2015, I was the founder of Black Lives . Diversity 5. [122] The protests at times came into conflict with local and state police departments, who typically responded in an armed manner. An juror in the trial of a Texas man convicted of murder for killing a protester says Gov_ Greg Abbotts rush to issue a pardon in the case is an egregious overreach., After several years of painful controversy, Patrisse Cullors is focusing on her art, Subsequent protests: George Floyd, Ahmaud Arbery, and Breonna Taylor, https://www.britannica.com/topic/Black-Lives-Matter, Social Sciences Libretexts - Black Lives Matter, The First Amendment Encyclopedia - Black Lives Matter, Encyclopedia of Arkansas - Black Lives Matter, Black Lives Matter - Children's Encyclopedia (Ages 8-11), Black Lives Matter - Student Encyclopedia (Ages 11 and up), Juror: Texas governor's rush to pardon shooter a 'travesty', For BLM's Patrisse Cullors, art is both vocation, salvation. In April, CNN reported that the largest Facebook account claiming to be a part of the "Black Lives Matter" movement was a "scam" tied to a white man in Australia. [64][65], In 2014, the American Dialect Society chose #BlackLivesMatter as their word of the year. [26], In his 2018 book The Once and Future Liberal, Mark Lilla criticizes Black Lives Matter as part of his broader left-wing critique of identity politics. The same paper also backed up the findings of Ross and Fryer, and concluded that overall rate of death was a much more useful statistic than the rate of death in encounters. "[473] Vanessa Gibson of the Bronx's 16th Council District stated that, "My working-class people, my homeowners, my tenants, my neighborsthey are not out there screaming and yelling, because they have to work. [400] A few civil rights leaders have disagreed with tactics used by Black Lives Matter activists. [230] All three men were indicted on nine counts, including felony murder. [62][63][64] Despite this, opponents have falsely portrayed the movement as violent. [163] In Sacramento, California, about eight hundred BLM protesters rallied to support a California State Senate bill that would increase police oversight. [424] The "White Lives Matter" slogan was chanted by torch-wielding alt-right protesters during the 2017 Unite the Right rally in Charlottesville, Virginia. [56], According to The Economist, between May 2020 and December 2020, donations to Black Lives Matter related causes amounted to $10.6 billion. Added to this growing list of charges is that it is either irreligious or doing. [26], Also in August, Los Angeles Police Department officers shot and killed Ezell Ford; BLM protested his death in Los Angeles into 2015. Empathy 3. The Black Lives Matter movement became an international phenomenon in 2020. [92] In December 2015, BLM was a contender for the Time magazine Person of the Year award, coming in fourth of the eight candidates. [366] The DNC said that it would permit presidential candidates to attend a presidential town hall organized by activists, but that it would not add another debate to its official schedule. Auckland organizer Mahlete Tekeste, African-American expatriate Kainee Simone, and sportsperson Israel Adesanya compared racism, mass incarceration, and police violence against African Americans to the over-representation of Mori and Pacific Islanders in New Zealand prisons, the controversial armed police response squad trials, and existing racism against minorities in New Zealand including the 2019 Christchurch mosque shootings. 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[411] Obama said, "I think that the reason that the organizers used the phrase Black Lives Matter was not because they were suggesting that no one else's lives matter rather what they were suggesting was there is a specific problem that is happening in the African American community that's not happening in other communities." [330] Later in the evening violence broke out between protesters and police. [141], In May, a protest by BLM in San Francisco was part of a nationwide protest, SayHerName, decrying the police killing of black women and girls, which included the deaths of Meagan Hockaday, Aiyana Jones, Rekia Boyd, and others. "[97], According to The Washington Post, police officers shot and killed 1,001 people in the United States in 2019. Across race and place, educators, parents and allies are coming together to ensure that every Black student and educator can live, grow and thrive with support, love and joy. [169] A continuous protest was organized at the Minneapolis 4th Precinct Police. Mich. J. Al Sharpton of the National Action Network spoke on the matter upon the release of bodycam footage. [338] However, the group still uses the Black Lives Matter name in its global cooperative efforts. [116], According to a report released by the Movement for Black Lives in August 2021, the United States federal government deliberately targeted Black Lives Matter protesters in an attempt to disrupt and discourage the Black Lives Matter movement during the summer of 2020. (+video)", "Black Dallas police officer sues Black Lives Matter on behalf of 'Christians, Jews and Caucasians,' others", "Can Black Lives Matter be sued? "[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. [406] NFL cornerback Richard Sherman supports the All Lives Matter message, saying "I stand by what I said that All Lives Matter and that we are human beings. The Black Lives Matter movement is a response to the increasing views that racism is a growing social problem in the U.S. (and world), but others, particularly conservatives and Republicans, cite a plethora of examples of how racial equality has been increasing in recent years. 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". [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.
