[158] In Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Janelle Mone, Jidenna, and other BLM activists marched through North Philadelphia to bring awareness to police brutality and Black Lives Matter. They were also invited to exhibit afterward at a local showing of the 1961 film adaptation of A Raisin in the Sun. [304][305][306][307] The Auckland event, which attracted between 2,000 and 4,000 participants, was organized by several members of New Zealand's African community. Is Black Lives Matter Marxist? No and Yes. | Brad Polumbo [207][208][209] The protests have generated mixed reactions, and have since spread to other U.S. sports leagues. ", 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". The Ten-Point Manifesto of Black Lives Matter Caroline Yang for The New York Times. [26] After the shooting of Walter Scott in North Charleston, South Carolina, Black Lives Matter protested Scott's death and called for Civilian oversight of police. It became nationally recognized for street demonstrations following the 2014 deaths of two more African Americans, Michael Brownresulting in protests and unrest in Ferguson, Missouri, a city near St. Louisand Eric Garner in New York City. Patrisse Cullors, Alicia Garza, and Opal Tometi founded Black Lives Matter in 2013. . 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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 . Using the same data set for police shootings in 2015 and 2016, Ross et al. 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.". "[106], Another study found that such conclusions were erroneous due to Simpson's paradox. A number of media outlets are providing material related to racial injustice and the Black Lives Matter movement. [69] On May 28, 2020, there were nearly 8.8million tweets with the hashtag, and the average had increased to 3.7million a day. [143] In Madison, Wisconsin, BLM protested after the officer was not charged in the shooting of Tony Robinson. 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[162] In Baltimore, Maryland, BLM activists marched and protested as hearings began in the Freddie Gray police brutality case. 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. Following the shooting of two police officers in Ferguson and in response to BLM, the hashtag #BlueLivesMatter was created by supporters of the police. The Black Lives Matter Movement is guided by the following principles. Zimmerman, a neighbourhood-watch volunteer, had seen Martin walking in his neighbourhood and called the police because he thought Martin looked suspicious. Although Zimmerman was told not to do anything, he followed Martin, got into an argument with him, and shot and killed him. Suresome of BLM's principles are divisive. [20] Support remained widespread among black-American adults (up 1% to 87%). [424] The "White Lives Matter" slogan was chanted by torch-wielding alt-right protesters during the 2017 Unite the Right rally in Charlottesville, Virginia. [203], In August, Black Lives Matter protested in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania the death of Bruce Kelley Jr., who was shot after fatally stabbing a police dog while trying to escape from police the previous January.[204]. 7 Companies You Should Renounce If You Support Black Lives Matter - CCN.com [61] Black Lives Matter protests have been overwhelmingly peaceful; when violence does occur, it is often committed by police or by counter-protesters. Black Lives Matter (BLM) is an international activist movement, originating in the African-American community, that primarily campaigns for issues related to racial justice. [109] Military surveillance aircraft were deployed against subsequent Black Lives Matter protests. Law enforcement groups claim the chant promotes death to police. [129], In Milwaukee, Wisconsin, BLM protested the police shooting of Dontre Hamilton, who died in April. [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. [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. [226][227][228], On February 23, 2020, Ahmaud Arbery, an unarmed 25-year-old African-American man, was murdered while jogging in Glynn County, Georgia. In May 2020, in addition to police, 43,350 military troops were deployed against Black Lives Matter protesters nationally. [18] A June 2020 Pew Research Center poll found that 67% of adult Americans expressed some support for the Black Lives Matter movement. The names most associated with Black Lives Matter are not its leaders but the victims who have drawn attention to the massive issues of racism this country grapples with: George Floyd,. [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. [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. [187] She stated: "The officer said don't move.